Starting out in Cardiac CT

Thursday 2 October 2008 - London

Programme

09.00	Registration
09.30	Cardiac CT physical principles
	Dr Maria Lewis, St Georges Hospital, London
09.55	Indications and appropriateness
	Dr Mark Hamilton, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol
10.15	Radiation dose reduction strategies
	Dr Maria Lewis, St Georges Hospital, London
10.30	Calcium scoring
	Dr Mike Rubens Mittal, Brompton Hospital, London
10.50	Coffee Break
11.10	CABGs and what the surgeon needs to know
	Mr Ian Colquhoun, Golden Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow
11.30	Coronary anatomy, variants and bypass graft assessment
	Dr Lucia J M Kroft, leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
12.00	Philips Sponsored Speaker (TBA)
12.30	Lunch
13.30	Patient pre-preparation, heart rate control and contrast administration
	Dr Simon Padley, Brompton Hospital, London
14.00	Functional information- what CT can and cannot provide
	Dr Giles Roditi, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
14.30	Accuracy of CT for coronary artery disease
	Dr Konstantin Nikolau, Grossharden, Munich (TBC)
15.00	Post-processing and report generation
	Dr Tarun Mittal, Harefield Hospital, London
15.30	Training and credentialling
	Dr Carl Roobottom, Christie Hospital, Manchester
16.00	The way forward
	Panel including audience debate
16.30	Close

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