Stanford School of Medicine: Cardiovascular Seminar - 2006

Vascular

Contrast Delivery Challenges and Solutions for Imaging Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease Dominik Fleischmann, MD
Lower Extremity CTA: When Will Computers be Smart Enough to Really Work for Us? Justus E. Roos, MD
Dual Source CT of Vasculature – Do We Still Care About Calcified Plaque and Bones? Axel Küttner, MD
Imaging Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease: How Good Are We? Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD
CT Angiography of the Ruptured Abdominal Aorta W. Dennis Foley, MD
CT Angio of the Mesenteric Vessels Elliot K. Fishman, MD
Renal CT Angiography: Renal Artery Stenosis and Beyond Jeffrey C. Hellinger, MD
CTA of the Normal vs. Infected Vascular Graft Bart L. Dolmatch,MD
Heavy Metal, Grunge, and Other Discounted Elements in the CTA Concert Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD
New Insights into Aortic Stent-Graft Performance with Gated CTA Mathias Prokop, MD
Identifying and Characterizing Vascular Findings in Marfan and Ehlers-Danlos Type 4 Diseases F. Daniel Donovan, MD, PhD
What Really is IMH? Robert J. Herfkens, MD
Imaging Technique and Surgical Anatomy of the Aortic Root Dominik Fleischmann, MD
Static and Motion-Related 3-D Vascular Properties John D. Carroll, MD
Combining ECG-Gated with Non-Gated Acquisitions: Clinical Applications and Technical Pitfalls Jeffrey C. Hellinger, MD
Gated CTA of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta: How to Avoid Excessive Radiation Dose without Jeopardizing Image Quality
Mathias Prokop, MD
Discussion

Cardiac I: Technique, Indications, and Interpretation

Radiation Dose in Cardiac Imaging: How Does CT Compare? Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD
Strategies for Reducing the Radiation Dose of Cardiac CT: Are They Clinically Practical? U. Joseph Schöpf, MD
How to Deal with Cardiac Arrhythmia in Gated CT Acquisition Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD
CT Coronary Angiography with Dual Source CT: Initial Experience Stephan Achenbach, MD, FESC
Cardiac CTA – Indications and Appropriateness Criteria Michael Poon, MD
Patient Selection & Preparation for Cardiac CTA Wm. Guy Weigold, MD
Should I Exclude Patients with High Calcium Scores? James P. Earls, MD
MDCT in the Triage of Acute Chest Pain U. Joseph Schöpf, MD
Silent Ischemia: The Role of Coronary CTA Jeffrey P. Goldman, MD
Reading Strategies in Coronary CT: 2D, 3D, or 4D? James P. Earls, MD
How to Interpret Coronary CTA: Plaque Detection/ Characterization and Stenosis Evaluation James P. Earls, MD
Discussion

Cardiac II: Coronary CTA – Detection and Characterization

Accuracy of 16-Row MDCT Coronary Angiography– Multi-center Trial Results Mario J. Garcia, MD
Multi-Center and Multi-Vendor Trial of 16- Row Coronary CTA Study for Detecting Coronary Artery Stenosis Sachio Kuribayashi, MD
Evidence-Based Rationale for Coronary CT Angiography David E. Kandzari, MD
Core64: Trial Design and Enrollment Update Joao A. C. Lima, MD, MBA
Reimbursement for Coronary CTA: How High the Bar? Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD
Non-Invasive Imaging with CT Angiography for Interventional Cardiology Applications David E. Kandzari, MD
C-Arm Flat-Panel CT: Cardiac Imaging in the Interventional Suite Rebecca Fahrig, PhD
Integrated Use of Cardiac MDCT and Cardiac MRI in Ischemic Heart Disease Richard White, MD
Plaque Regression Monitored by MDCTA. What to Expect When the Data Becomes Available Joao A. C. Lima, MD, MBA
Discussion

Cardiac III: Non-Coronary Applications and Practice Guidelines

CABG and Coronary Stents: What “Abnormal” Looks Like Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD
Cardiac CT Imaging in Valvular Heart Disease Frandics P. Chan, MD, PhD
Imaging Coronary Veins – Cardiac Resynchronization Mario J. Garcia, MD
MDCT in Atrial Fibrillation: An Alternative to Transesophageal Echocardiography? James K. Min, MD
Use of CTA to Plan and Execute Interventions for Structural Heart Disease John D. Carroll, MD
Regional LV Function Evaluation: Can It Be Done (And Should It Be Done) With CT? Roman Fischbach, MD
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with MDCT James K. Min, MD
Integrated Use of Cardiac MDCT and Cardiac MRI in Non-Ischemic Heart Disease Richard White, MD
Cardiac CTA - Optimal Report Generation and Coding Michael Poon, MD
Discussion
Roundtable: Building a Dedicated Cardiac CT Practice  

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