Stanley Katz, MD is chief of cardiology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhassett, New York.

The study by Schuijf and Bax, which compares multislice computed tomography (CT) versus myocardial perfusion imaging, is very timely, as this new cardiac imaging modality has gained rapid acceptance by cardiologists for managing patients.

One size doesn't fit all, yet we often approach medicine as if it does.