Coronary CT Angiography 2017

  • 08-10 Dec 2017
  • American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center, Reston, VA, United States

Description

Coronary CT Angiography 2017 is a course dedicated to clinical practice skills for interpreting coronary CTA examinations.

Coronary CT Angiography 2017 covers topics such as:

  • Basic technical aspects of coronary CT, including prospective versus retrospective gating, single- cycle versus multicycle reconstruction, temporal resolution, spatial resolution, scan parameters, and contrast -injection techniques
  • Normal cardiac anatomy, including coronary arteries, coronary veins, cardiac chambers, valves, and great vessels, as well as the clinical importance of variant anatomy
  • How to improve examinations with artifacts, such as cardiac arrhythmias, ECG misregistration, and poor breath hold
  • Appropriate technique for administering beta blockers and nitroglycerin, with knowledge of absolute and relative contraindications
  • The use of different post-processing techniques based on the appropriate clinical indication, including axial source images, multiplanar reconstructions, maximum intensity projections, and volume-rendered images

Earn up to 33.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and 25 SAM Credits.

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Health & Medicine: Cardiology, Radiology

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