Cardiac CTA – SCCT Level 1

What to expect?

• A fully virtual and interactive training
• 50 mentored cases that count towards Level 1 certification
• Hands-on with full 3D datasets that can be manipulated to arrive at diagnoses
• Multiple-choice quiz to test knowledge in key areas, including radiation dose and appropriate use
• Pre-lectures and assessment before course commencement
• Asia Pacific time zone: daily start 8:00 am Singapore time
• Duration approximately 18 hours
• Sixty-nine CPD points allocated by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists can be claimed

After taking this course, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate proficiency related to scanning procedures including scanner set up, patient preparation, indications and procedures for contrast use, image acquisition, and image reconstruction
• List the current capabilities and limitations of cardiac CT, and understand how its limitations may influence image quality and interpretability and how they should guide patient selection
• Account for artifacts and arrhythmias
• Describe and apply techniques for optimizing data acquisition in cardiac CT, and how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes
• Process and analyze increasingly complex cases including stent and CABG evaluation (Level 2 course only).
• Correlate findings with cardiac catheterisation.
• Identify a variety of forms of cardiac and coronary pathology, commonly encountered in routine clinical practice, by the method of cardiac CT including cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease.
• Analyze pre-TAVR CT work-up studies and perform annular measurements for TAVR sizing (Level 2 course only).
• Understand the role of CT in the assessment of cardiac tumors and pericardial disease.

The course uses both basic and advanced workstation features, many of which are applicable to all vendors and PACs software, allowing delegates to apply their skills across vendor platforms.

Audience
Cardiologists and radiologists seeking elementary training in Cardiac CT, in preparation for more advanced knowledge of scanning, interpreting cardiac CTA independently (Level 2).

Professional guidelines and certificate
The course has been specifically designed to meet both the case and CME credit requirements for Level 1 competencies as defined in the ACCF/AHA clinical competence statement guidelines.

Attendees will receive a certificate reflecting appropriate AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits where applicable.