Topics & Speakers
Anatomy of the Heart and Coronary Arteries
Coronary CTA: East Coast Experience
Chest Pain in the Emergency Room: Evaluation and Triage with CTA
CT of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Charles S. White, MD
Cardiac CT: Principles, Radiation Dose and 3D Reconstruction Methods
Coronary CTA: West Coast Experience
Cardiac Function and Left Atrial/Pulmonary Vein Mapping
Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD
Evolution of Ischemic Heart Disease: Value of CT vs. MR
The Future of Imaging of Coronary Arterial Disease: Wall, Lesion and Stenosis
Charles B. Higgins, MD
Cardiac CT: Structure
Coronary Arteries: Anomalies and Aneurysms
CT of Pulmonary Embolism
CTA of the Thoracic Aorta
Avoiding Pitfalls in Interpretation of Cardiac CT
Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH
Patient Selection and Performing the Scan
Karen Ordovas, MD
Developing and Managing a Cardiac CT Service
Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH, Charles S. White, MD and Frandics P. Chan, MD,
PhD
Questions and Discussion
Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH and Charles S. White, MD
Course Director
Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Radiology; Chief, Cardiac Imaging; Director, Radiology
Residency Program
Guest Faculty
Charles S. White, MD
Professor of Radiology and Medicine; Chief, Thoracic Imaging, University
of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine,
Palo Alto, California
UCSF Faculty
Charles B. Higgins, MD
Professor of Radiology
Karen Ordovas, MD
Clinical Instructor in Radiology
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Relate the principles of cardiac CT, considerations for radiation dose,
and patient selection for CTA
- Describe the anatomy of the heart
- Evaluate congenital heart disease, coronary anomalies and aneurysms
- Evaluate chest pain in the emergency room using coronary CTA
- Evaluate cardiac function and structure using CT
- Compare CT and MRI for the assessment of ischemic heart disease
- Evaluate the pulmonary arteries and thoracic aorta with CT
- Discuss future directions in coronary CT
- Discuss the principles of developing and managing a cardiac CT service
Accreditation Statement
The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
UCSF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 9.75 AMA PRA Category
1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity.
Release date: October 1, 2006 Credits expire: September 30, 2009
CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of a program evaluation.
A $30 processing fee must accompany the completed evaluation.
Faculty Disclosure
Faculty for UCSF's Continuing Medical Education Program must complete a Declaration of Disclosure prior to the CME activity. Having an interest in or affiliation with a commercial entity does not preclude making a presentation at a CME activity, but the relationship must be made known in advance and resolved prior to presentation to the learning audience; presentation of information on investigational/off-label use of pharmaceuticals or medical devices must also be disclosed. Full disclosure of faculty is listed in the syllabus. All conflicts of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME updated standards for commercial support.
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