Scientific programme

5th Nordic Symposium on Cardiac CT

Faculty and Programme:

Stephan Achenbach (chair), Germany; Guy Weigold, USA;
Ricardo Cury, USA; Nils Johnson, USA; Axel Schmermund, Germany;
Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed, Denmark; Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Denmark.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

09.00 - 09.10  

Welcome

CARDIAC CT BASICS
09.10 - 09.40 Patient preparation and image acquisition for coronary CT
09.40 - 10.05 Image reconstruction, post-processing tools, and radiation
 
CORONARY PHYSIOLOGY BASICS
10.05 - 10.40 Fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve
 
10.40 - 11.10 Coffee
 
CORONARY CT - THE NECESSARY STEPS
11.10 - 11.30 Calcium scoring: Image acquisition, interpretation, and current role
11.30 - 11.50 Coronary CT angiography: Stenosis evaluation and clinical utility today
11.50 - 12.10 CAD-RADS - Reporting Guidelines and interpretation
 
CORONARY CT - NEW TECHNOLOGIES: THE INSIDE PERSPECTIVE
12.10 - 12.30 CT myocardial perfusion imaging
12.30 - 12.50 CT derived fractional flow reserve
   
12.50 - 13.45 Lunch
   
READ WITH THE EXPERTS
13.45-14.15 My favourite cases
14.15-14:45 My most difficult cases

14.45 - 15.15

Coffee

USE OF CARDIAC CT THEN, NOW, AND IN THE FUTURE
15.15 - 15.40 TAVI and transcatheter mitral valve implantation
15.40 - 16.05 EP, GUCH, and closure devices
   
HONORARY LECTURE
16.05 - 16.45  How I invented the stent valve (by Henning Rud Andersen)
   
 
RECEPTION AND DINNER
18.00 -  
 

Friday, september 29, 2017

CHRONIC CHEST PAIN - ALL WE NEED IS ANATOMY
09.00 - 09.15 Pro
09.15 - 09.30 Contra
09.30 - 09.40 Rebuttals
 

09.40 - 10.10

Coffee

CARDIAC CT - THE SPECIAL CASE
10.10-10.35 CT in acute chest pain - why and why not?
10.35-11.00  The revascularized patient - is CT worthwhile?
11.00-11.25 Pitfalls in coronary CTA (and how to avoid them)
   
READ WITH THE EXPERTS
11.25-12:25 Watch experts read unknown cases – easy to complex

12.25 - 13.15

Lunch

PAPERS YOU MUST KNOW
13.15 - 13.45 Top 10 papers in cardiac CT ever
13.45 - 14.15 Cardiac CT in current Guidelines
14:15 - 14:45 What have you learned? An interactive quiz
   
14.45-15.00 Meeting adjourns