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| Cardiovascular Imaging: Disease or Problem Based Teaching, Practical Protocols |
| Organizers: Victor A.
Ferrari, M.D. and Stefan G. Ruehm, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Skill Level: Intermediate |
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| Tuesday, 21 April 2009 -
Friday, 24 April 2009 |
| 07:00 - 08:00 |
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| OVERVIEW |
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This series of four one hour
talks will review current cutting-edge topics in
cardiovascular MRI that are frequently used to assess
patients with cardiovascular diseases. The major
emphases of the course will include coronary MRA, right
heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and 7T
cardiovascular MRI. Course instructors are MD’s, PhD’s
(or both), and are recognized experts in their
respective fields. Content will include selection of
pulse sequences for optimal disease detection, practical
and time-optimized imaging protocols, and a thorough
review of the potential pitfalls of imaging these
patients and disorders. Comparisons and contrasts to
other imaging modalities will be presented where
appropriate, to provide attendees with an understanding
of the strengths and limitations of current MRI methods.
The overall goals are to increase the attendee’s
knowledge base in these areas, and to inform future
clinical imaging decision-making. |
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| EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Upon completion of this
case based session, participants should be able to:
- Critique the strengths and limitations of
current cardiovascular MRI techniques when applied
to clinical diagnostic testing;
- Compare coronary MR and CT angiography at 1.5
and 3T field strengths, and how practical these
approaches currently are;
- Describe the etiologies of right heart failure,
and the clinical applications of MR techniques to
evaluate these disorders, especially the assessment
of right heart function;
- Compare the current clinical techniques for
assessment of ischemic heart disease, and the use of
MR methods for assessment of ischemia, perfusion
reserve, and viability;
- Appraise the potential clinical applications of
7T cardiovascular MRI, and the technical challenges
that will need to be resolved for wider application
of the technique, and
- Evaluate how the attendee’s current approaches
to these diseases may need to be modified based on
expert advice.
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| Tuesday, 21 April 2009 |
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Coronary MRA
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| 07:00 |
Applications and
Needs (Including CT) |
Michael
V. McConnell, M.D., MSEE |
| 07:20 |
1.5T Techniques
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Matthias
Stuber, Ph.D. |
| 07:40 |
3.0T Techniques
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Debiao
Li, Ph.D. |
| 08:00 |
Adjournment |
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| Wednesday, 22 April
2009 |
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Right Heart
Failure |
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| 07:00 |
Congenital Heart
Disease |
Jean-Paul Vallée, M.D. |
| 07:15 |
Pulmonary
Hypertension |
Gautham
Reddy, M.D. |
| 07:30 |
Arrhythmogenic Right
Ventricular and Other Cardiomyopathies |
Harikrishna Tandri, M.D. |
| 07:45 |
Techniques for Right
Heart Cardiac Function |
Daniel
B. Ennis, Ph.D. |
| 08:00 |
Adjournment |
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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Ischemic Disease |
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| 07:00 |
Nuclear
Medicine |
Thomas Schindler, M.D. |
| 07:20 |
Evaluation of Ischemia/Perfusion Reserve
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Michael Jerosch-Herold,
Ph.D. |
| 07:40 |
Prediction of
Functional Recovery (Viability and Perfusion) |
Christopher M. Kramer, M.D. |
| 08:00 |
Adjournment |
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| Friday, 24 April
2009 |
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7T Cardiovascular
MRI: Is the Pain Worth the Gain? |
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| 07:00 |
Transmitter Array
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J.
Thomas Vaughan, Ph.D. |
| 07:20 |
Cardiac
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Matthew
D. Robson, Ph.D. |
| 07:40 |
Vascular
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Mark E.
Ladd, Ph.D. |
| 08:00 |
Adjournment |
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