Climbing Mount Everest 'Because it's there!'

摘要

"Because It's There" has become a dictum in mountaineering after the response of George Mallory to the question about his intention to climb Mount Everest (please see the Appendix). In this issue of iJACC, Boogers et al. (1) report the potential use of contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging for evaluation of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function (1). This raises 2 issues; not only that we need to understand the feasibility of assessment of LV diastolic function by CT, but we also need to demonstrate whether such an exercise is worthwhile.