INSTRUCTION
The 5th Cardiac CT & MRI Course, held on 28-29 August, 2010, sponsored by Siemens Ltd, as usual was an overwhelming success. The course was limited to 100 registrants, who were extremely appreciative of the interaction with the speakers
Venue: The Bell Hotel & Convention centre
No. 88, Next to City Railway Station,
Bangalore – 560 023.
Tel : +91-80-4015 2222
Program Details
5th Cardiac CT & MRI Review Course (28th August to 29th August 2010)
| Topic | Speaker | Start time | End time | Duration(Mins) |
| Introduction to course | Sanjaya Viswamitra | 8.50 am | 9.00am | 10 |
| I – CTA – Basics | ||||
| Coronary anatomy and anomalies | Vijaya Bhaskar Nori | 9.00AM | 9.20AM | 20 |
| Basics of cardiac CT acquisition | Sanjaya Viswamitra | 9.20AM | 9.40AM | 20 |
| Cardiac CTA exam: How to perform one | R Rajeshkannan | 9.40AM | 9.40AM | 20 |
| Artifact in Cardiac CT | Sriram Rajan | 10.00AM | 10.20AM | 20 |
| Tea break | 10.20 AM | 10.40AM | 20 | |
| I – CTA – Clinical Imaging | ||||
| Clinical questions in Cardiac imaging | Srikanth Sola | 10.40AM | 11.00AM | 20 |
| How to review and report calcium score | Hemant Telkar | 11.00AM | 11.15AM | 15 |
| How to review coronary CTA | Hemant Telkar | 11.15AM | 11.45AM | 30 |
| Imaging in bypass graft and pre surgical evaluation | Srikanth Sola | 11.45AM | 12.05 AM | 20 |
| Stent Imaging | Hemant Telkar | 12.05AM | 12.20AM | 15 |
| How to build a succesful cardiac CT practice | Panel discussion | 12.20AM | 12.40PM | 20 |
| Q & A (Sessions I & II) | Panel | 12.40PM | 1.10PM | 30 |
| LUNCH | 1.10PM | 2.00PM | 50 | |
| II – Congenital Heart Disease and Radiation | ||||
| Imaging of CHD – CT vs MRI | R Rajeshkannan | 2.00PM | 2.40PM | 40 |
| Radiation issues in children and adults | Hemant Telkar | 2.40PM | 3.00PM | 20 |
| Tea break | 3.00PM | 3.20PM | 20 | |
| III – Miscellaneous | ||||
| Clinical imaging beyond 64-slice CT | Abhishek Gorlawar | 3.20PM | 3.40PM | 20 |
| Cases | GROUP | 3.40PM | 4.30PM | 50 |
| Introduction of ISCI | Sanjaya Viswamitra | 4.30PM | 5.00PM | 30 |
| Day 2- 29th August 2010 | ||||
| Topic | Speaker | Start time | End time | Duration(Mins) |
| IV – MRI-Basics | ||||
| Basics of Cardiac MR | Sanjaya Viswamitra | 9.00AM | 9.20AM | 20 |
| Normal cardiac anatomy and planes | Elizabeth Joseph | 9.20AM | 9.50AM | 30 |
| How to perform a cardiac MR | Mahesh BM | 9.50AM | 10.10AM | 20 |
| How to report cardiac MRI (including function assessment) | Narendra Bodhey | 10.10AM | 10.40AM | 30 |
| Tea break | 10.40AM | 11.00AM | 20 | |
| IV – MRI – Myocardium, Pericardium and Valves | ||||
| Cardiomyopathy | Bhavin Jankharia | 11.00AM | 11.30AM | 30 |
| Pericardium | Vijaya Bhaskar Nori | 11.30AM | 11.50AM | 20 |
| Cardiac masses | Narendra Bodhey | 11.50AM | 12.20AM | 30 |
| Valvular Disease | Elizabeth Joseph | 12.20AM | 12.50AM | 30 |
| Q & A (Sessions I & II) | All speakers | 12.50AM | 1.20PM | 30 |
| LUNCH | 1.20PM | 2.00PM | 40 | |
| V – MRI – Coronary artery disease | ||||
| Ischemia | Gurpreet Gulati | 2.00PM | 2.20PM | 20 |
| Imaging of myocardial viability | Mahesh BM | 2.20PM | 2.40PM | 20 |
| Nuclear cardiology: putting it into perspective | Sanjaya Viswamitra | 2.40PM | 3.10PM | 30 |
| Q & A | All speakers | 3.10PM | 3.30PM | 20 |
| Tea break | 3.30PM | 3.50PM | 20 | |
| VI – Miscellaneous | ||||
| Acute aortic syndrome | R Rajeshkannan | 3.50PM | 4.10PM | 20 |
| Case based review of cardiac MRI | Gurpreet Gulati | 4.10PM | 5.00PM | 40 |
| Closing remarks | 5.00PM | 5.10PM | 10 |
