I was at the 6 pm program. He borrowed Dr. Haacke's PowerPoint slides which have already been posted here for all to see.
I think one of the most important things I took away from the presentation was his honest (even humble) admission that at the meeting in Canada as he was looking at films (MRVs?) he would think, "Oh yes, this vein is definitely stenotic, I can see the narrowing..." but then when shown to him from a different angle, surprise, no stenosis. The reverse is also true.
He said -- and he couldn't stress this enough -- that it is critical to have someone who really understands how to interpret test results. Docs and technicians can follow
testing protocol but there are only a few people in the country (most notably Dr. Haacke but there are others like Dr. Z in Buffalo) who can accurately
interpret the results. He admits that he is not one of them... yet.
So to those who have been tested only to be told your results are normal, take heart. It could be that you just need to wait until docs are trained to interpret the results correctly or get Dr. Haacke to look at them. This point deserves its own thread I think.
Dr. Krolczyk already has 1500 patients and he is only one man. He really has his hands full. He feels things will break open a bit and things will be more accepted after April. I guess there is more info coming out of Buffalo at that time.
Excellent presentation overall.
Pam
edited to correct minor typo
