Journalists, always very direct and in search of sensation, essentially asked me two questions on the occasion of this workshop: What were the goals of the meeting? With the improvement of diagnosis through the development of image techniques, didn't the contrast media already have their future behind them? Many answers were provided during the course of the workshop, and in order to best answer the journalists I proposed the following synopsis. 1. Since the 1979 Colorado Springs workshop organized by E. Lasser, progress has been so rapid and the newly available works so numerous that another...

Since the respiratory airways branch to all parts of the lungs and ready access is provided through the nose or mouth, exploration of these passages for direct visualization or tissue sampling has long been a clinical challenge. This would be particularly helpful in diagnosing those pulmonary diseases that involve the bronchial tree or affect the surrounding lung parenchyma which prove difficult to diagnose or define by indirect methods. The pioneering efforts of Chevalier Jackson in 1918, using bismuth insufflation for radiologic visualization of the bronchial tree, and of Sicard and...

2 Diagnostic Use of Radiographic Methods in Coronary Disease...56 3 Material...58 4 Mode of Operation ...62 5 Radiological Projections...63 6 Monitoring of Cardiac Parameters ...64 7 Pharmacological Tests ...66 7. 1 Coronary Arteries ...66 7. 2 Left Ventricle...67 8 Accidents and Risks of Coronary Arteriography ...67 References ...68 III Angiographic Explorations: Normal Results ...71 1 Left Ventricle and Left Ventricular Function 71 1. 1 Radiological Anatomy...71 1. 2 Normal Kinetics...77 1. 3 Analysis of Wall Contraction ...78 1. 4 Volumes and Function Indexes...81 2 Coronary Arteries and...