Course directors Professor Steffen Petersen and Dr. Mark Westwood offer this two day course offers dedicated, intense, individualised and hands-on training and case-based learning. This has been endorsed by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Section CMR.
Dates: 17-18 October 2014 and 20-21 March 2015
Location: The Landmark London, London, UK
Cost: £1499
Registration for October 2014 and March 2015
For more information see the course flyer and course program.
Clinical Workshop on Cardiac MR stress imaging
Friday
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee and tea on arrival, registration
09.00 – 09.05 Introduction, Welcome
09.05 – 09.25 How to do CMR anatomy and function
09.25 – 09.45 How to do CMR perfusion
09.45 – 10.05 How to do late gadolinium enhancement imaging
10.05 – 10.30 Optimising CMR image analysis and reporting
10.30 – 10.45 Indications, contraindications and risks of CMR stress tests, including NSF
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee and tea break
11.00 – 13.00 Hands-on Sessions: Case reviews and post-processing on dedicated workstations
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 14.30 MR physics relevant to CMR stress perfusion imaging
14.30 – 14.50 Evidence for CMR stress perfusion guided management
14.50 – 15.10 Ischaemia and viability – When to use what? Low dose dobutamine, high dose dobutamine, adenosine, regadenoson, late gadolinium enhancement
15.10 – 15.40 Imaging artefacts and troubleshooting
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee and tea break
16.00 – 18.00 Hands-on Sessions: Case reviews and post-processing on dedicated workstations
Evening: Dinner
Saturday
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee, tea and croissants
09.00 – 09.30 Unexpected extra-cardiac findings
09.00 – 09.50 Coronary anatomy vs. functional imaging: Role of cardiac CT vs. Stress CMR
09:50 – 10.00 Stress perfusion analysis – absolute quantification vs. semi-quantitative vs. visual assessment
10.00 – 12.00 Hands-on Sessions: Case reviews and post-processing on dedicated workstations
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break
13.00 – 14.30 Hands-on Sessions: Case reviews and post-processing on dedicated workstations
14.30 – 14.55 Setting up a clinical CMR stress test service
14.55 – 15.15 Coffee and tea break
15.15 – 16.00 Quiz, course feedback, certificates and closing remarks
Course Faculty from Barts Health NHS Trust:
Dr Redha Boubertakh
Dr Ceri Davies
Dr Anna Herrey
Dr Derek Housenloy
Dr Charlotte Manisty
Dr Marc Miquel
Dr James Moon
Prof Steffen Petersen
Dr Francesca Pugliese
Dr Neha Sekhri
Dr Roshan Weerackody
Dr Mark Westwood
& Specialist Registrars, Clinical Research Fellows and Radiographers