Cardiac CT Course Part A First step towards level 2 SCCT registration

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1 11-14 September 2015 Philips Customer Education Center Business Central Towers, Dubai Internet City, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE

2 The use of Multi-Detector CT (MDCT) in the diagnosis of various cardiac diseases has become increasingly important in recent years. This is mainly due to high performance MDCT systems with 64, 128 or 256 slice scanners being introduced to routine clinical use. They are used for routine assessment of cardiac and vascular anatomy as well as for the detection of coronary artery stenosis. Recently, initial experiences with measurement of myocardial perfusion and assessment of viability have been undertaken. Together with Philips Healthcare and organized as an inter-disciplinary approach, experienced Cardiology and Radiology clinicians have organized a 3 and a half day comprehensive cardiac CT training course to teach state-of-the-art cardiovascular MDCT targeting both Cardiology and Radiology colleagues who are not yet fully experienced in cardiac CT. Course Design Three and a half day intensive Cardiac CT course aimed at Cardiologists, Radiologists, and senior Radiographers with an interest in Cardiac CT. The basics of Cardiac CT will be established through lectures, live scanning and hands on cases. Over 50 cases will be interpreted and reviewed, sufficient for achieving level 1 ACC/AHA accreditation. Workshop Dedicated training on Philips workstations (One candidate per workstation). Instruction by experienced Cardiac CT readers and Philips applications specialists. Course Objectives How will I benefit from this course? Refresh knowledge in CT Image based cardiac anatomy and pathology Understand the valid clinical indications for Cardiac CTA (as per SCCT appropriateness criteria) Gain insight into cardiac specific CT requirements Learn best practice patient management Learn how to best optimize radiation dose in Cardiac CTA Understand the different scan protocols for Cardiac CTA (prospective versus retrospective) with the benefits and limitations of both Understand the role of calcium scoring scans and be able to report on results Interpret cardiac CTA exam Compile a structured report on a Cardiac CTA Review overview 50 cases Who should attend: This course is designed for, cardiologists, radiologists and senior radiographers with little or no experience in Cardiac CTA. Course accreditation: The course is accredited for CME hours by the ACCME Course Language: English Location: Philips Customer Education Center Business Central Towers, Dubai Internet City, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE Participants: Maximum of 16 Course Fee: USD 1850 Registration: Click here or go to

3 Faculty Dr Pál Maurovich-Horvat is the director of cardiovascular imaging research at the Heart Center, Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. His main focus of research is to develop novel approaches for coronary atherosclerotic plaque characterization with cardiac CT and multimodal imaging techniques. He is an active member of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and the European Society of Cardiology. In addition, he is a co-founder of the Cardiac CT Working Group of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology. He is the author of numerous international, peer-reviewed, highly cited publications in the field of cardiac CT. He has been invited as faculty member and lecturer to several international cardiac imaging conferences. Dr. Pál Maurovich-Horvat Dr Ben Ariff is a consultant radiologist at Imperial College NHS Trust, London and subspecialising in cardiac CT and cardiovascular MR, working within a multidisciplinary tertiary environment. He is level 3 accredited in cardiac CT (SCCT/BSCI) and CMR (SCMR); was an ESOR cardiac imaging fellow at Leiden University and has extensive experience in clinical pharmacology and general internal medicine, having completed his specialist training in both whilst working at the International Centre of Circulatory Health and St Mary's Hospital, London. He was awarded a PhD for his work focusing on carotid artery remodelling and the local haemodynamic effects of anti-hypertensive agents combining computational fluid dynamics with imaging techniques. Dr. Ben Ariff

4 Agenda Schedule 1/2 Day : Registration and Welcome Day : Case reading 8.30 : : 9.45 Coronary CTA; Anatomy and Standard terminology Technical principles (Physics and dose) : Coffee break : Cardiac chamber anatomy and function 9.45 : Coffee Break : Case reading : Buttonology CS + Calcium Score Cases (4) : Indications for Cardiac CTA : Buttonology CCA + Cases : Lunch break : Case reading : Coffee break : Case reading : Lunch break : Case reading 15:30 : Coffee Break : Tips and tricks, Pitfalls and Artifacts : Coronary Calcium score What does it mean? : Live Case Review

5 Agenda Schedule 2/ : Cases Day : Cases Day : Extra cardiac findings, tumors, cardiomyopathies and pericardial disease : CT for PCI Planning and Imaging : 11:00 Coffee Break : Cases : Lunch Break : Coffee break : Cases : Cases : Coffee Break : Iterative Model-Based Reconstruction: Clinical Perspectives : Plaque Assessment : Evaluation, certificates, adjourn : Cases : Lunch