Cardiologists and a New Enemy: Evolving Tools of the Trade
For much of modern cardiology, in its battle against coronary artery disease—one of mankind’s greatest threats—the “enemy” seemed clear. When I trained, the diagnostic armoury was focused on accurately identifying flow-limiting narrowing of one or more coronary arteries. Yet in the last decade, a profound paradigm shift has unsettled these foundations—and in some respects, turned them on their head.
