SCCT Board Review and Update of Cardiovascular CT Course 2023

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Board Review and Update of Cardiovascular CT Course 2023

Format: 4 videos, size: 6.61 GB

Course Audience: cardiologists, radiologists, nuclear physicians

Overview:

June 8 – 9 & August 24 – 25 | Virtual

The SCCT Board Review Course is designed to engage physicians and healthcare professionals interpreting cardiac CT in a comprehensive exploration of all aspects of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies, and clinical practice. Didactic lectures, image-based case examples, reviews of the research literature in cardiovascular CT, and question and answer sessions are designed to increase the competency and performance of the physician up to a level established for the Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT Exam and the Cardiac CT Certificate of Advance Proficiency Examination.

Learning objectives

The course includes an expanded number of interactive sessions that will focus on the “core” knowledge that every practitioner of cardiovascular CT is expected to know, across a wide range of topics, as determined by the examination board of the CBCCT and the ACR. Course highlights include an end-of-course exam simulates the testing environment, audience response question and answer that accompanies every lecture, and two dedicated imaging review sessions with an expanded question and answer format

After participating in this activity, the participants should be better able to:

• Describe the principles of cardiovascular CT scanning, acquisition, and image reconstruction to colleagues and members of the cardiovascular CT team
• Discuss and implement protocols for decreasing radiation dose while maintaining diagnostic image quality to members of the cardiovascular CT team
• Understand the indications, contraindications, capabilities, and limitations of cardiovascular CT in the care of cardiovascular patients
• Discuss criteria with colleagues for appropriate selection of patients for cardiovascular CT Identify common pathology that is diagnosed by cardiovascular CT, and distinguish true pathology from artifacts and pitfalls
• Understand the role of cardiovascular CT in the evaluation of chest pain and the treatment of valvular heart disease
• Describe new technologies that enhance conventional coronary CTA

Description Purpose/Desired Learning Outcome

After participating in this activity, the participants should be better able to describe the principles of cardiovascular CT scanning, acquisition, and image reconstruction to colleagues and members of the cardiovascular CT team. Implement protocols for decreasing radiation dose while maintaining diagnostic image quality to members of the cardiovascular CT team. Understand the indications, contraindications, capabilities, and limitations of cardiovascular CT in the care of cardiovascular patients. Discuss criteria with colleagues for appropriate selection of patients for cardiovascular CT Identify common pathology that is diagnosed by cardiovascular CT, and distinguish true pathology from artifacts and pitfalls.

 

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

Day 1, Part 1 (Video MP4 Format)

Day 1, Part 2 (Video MP4 Format)

Day 2, Part 1 (Video MP4 Format)

Day 2, Part 2 (Video MP4 Format)

 

*Detail:

Day 1

9:00am ET Welcome, introduction and entry exam | Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT

9:30am ET CT Fundamentals: Basic Principles and Scan Modes | Shuai Leng, PhD, FSCCT

10:30am ET Scan Acquisition and Protocols | Nina Meyersohn, MD

11:30am ET Break

11:45am ET Appropriate Patient Selection & Preparation | Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT

12:45pm ET Image Reconstruction, Post-Processing, and Artifacts | Jeannie Yu, MD, FSCCT

1:45pm ET Break

2:30pm ET Radiation and Radiation Safety | Shuai Leng, PhD, FSCCT

3:30pm ET Coronary Calcium and Calcification Elsewhere | Attila Feher, MD, PhD

4:30pm ET Break

4:45pm ET Non-Cardiac Anatomy & Findings | Diana Litmanovich, MD

5:45pm ET End-of-day Q&A Review Session | Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT

6:30pm ET Adjourn

Day 2

9:00am ET Coronary CTA I: Anatomy, Variations, and Anomalies | Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT

10:00am ET Coronary CTA II: Coronary Disease, Stents, and Grafts | David German, MD, MPH

11:00am ET Break

11:15am ET Non-Coronary Cardiac I: Heart Structure and Masses | Daniel Ocazionez-Trujillo, MD

12:15pm ET Non-coronary Cardiac II:  Valves and Pericardium | Brian Pogatchnik, MD

1:15pm ET Break

2:00pm ET Intervention Structural Heart Disease: TAVR, TMVR, and LAA Closure | James Lee, MD, FSCCT

3:00pm ET Functional Assessment of CAD  | Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, MSCCT

4:00pm ET Congenital Heart Disease  | Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT

4:45pm ET End-of-day Q&A Review Session   | Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT

5:30pm ET Adjourn