Coronary CTA - Revolutionizing Cardiac Care

Coronary CTA - Revolutionizing Cardiac Care
Saturday, March 6, 2010 - Sunday, March 7, 2010
Englewood, CO

MEETING SPONSOR:
Radiology Imaging Associates
Heidi Arnold
8200 E Belleview, Suite 106
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(720) 493-3218
FAX (303) 741-5598
Email: coronarycta@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.riainvision.com/ria/coronarycta.asp

CONFERENCE CENTER:
Inverness Hotel
200 Inverness Drive West
Englewood, CO 80112
Toll-Free (800) 832-9053
FAX (303) 799-5874
Website: http://www.invernesshotel.com/

MEETING DESCRIPTION:
This 2-day course delivers in-depth and hands-on exposure to the technique of interpreting Coronary CTA. Designed and taught by radiologists with no vendor bias, the course provides the additional training required to proactively translate this powerful, new tool into the effective treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Physician participants will independently process and interpret Coronary CTA cases at dedicated 3D workstations.

This course prepares participants to perform Coronary CTA at the highest level of expertise by covering all aspects of this new imaging modality, including image acquisition, pre-medication, interpretive technique, structured reporting, anatomy, and pathology. Recent cases will be discussed with hands-on practice.

At the course conclusion, participants will be able to:

- Describe the indications for Coronary CT angiography
- Acquire quality Coronary CT angiograms with an understanding of medications, imaging technique and common pitfalls
- Identify and characterize atherosclerotic plaque and discuss its medical implications
- Identify normal coronary anatomy and common variants
- Create a structured report to include a description of appropriate clinical recommendations.
- Define troubleshooting techniques for suboptimal studies.

INSTRUCTORS:
Abramson, Boone, Pachello, Fleishman, Kelly, Smazal, Trovinger

CME HOURS: 20

LECTURE TOPICS:
Angio/IR, Cardiac, CT