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RSSA Cardiac CTA Course 2013

Faculty

Suhny Abbara
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Jill E Jacobs
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Gregory Kicska
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Harold I Litt
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Shawn D Teague
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Charles S White
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

SYLLABUS – Weekend 1

Friday, March 15, 2013

Patient Preparation and Coronary CTA Techniques Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD
Postprocessing Your Cardiac CTA (Reconstruction) Shawn D. Teague, MD
Cardiac CTA Radiation Dose: How Low Can We Go? Jill E. Jacobs, MD
I. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Suhny Abbara, MD, Vitera
I. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Suhny Abbara, MD 
II. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Harold I. Litt, MD, PhD
II. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Harold I. Litt, MD, PhD

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Cardiac CT: Pitfalls and Artifacts Shawn D. Teague, MD
III. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD
III. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD
Normal Cardiac Anatomy and Coronary Artery Anomalies Jill E. Jacobs, MD
IV. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Charles S. White, MD
IV. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Charles S. White, MD
V. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Shawn D. Teague, MD
V. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Shawn D. Teague, MD

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Coronary CT Angiography: State of the Art
Suhny Abbara, MD
VI. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Jill E. Jacobs, MD
VI. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Jill E. Jacobs, MD
Coronary CTA Imaging of Emergency Department Patients Harold I. Litt, MD, Ph

SYLLABUS – Weekend 2

Friday, March 22, 2013

CT Angiography of the Extracoronary Heart Charles S. White, MD
Plaque Characterization and Perfusion Suhny Abbara, MD
Ischemic Heart Disease Findings on Cardiac CT Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD
VII Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Shawn D. Teague, MD
VII Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Shawn D. Teague, MD 
VIII. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Harold I. Litt, MD, PhD
VIII. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Harold I. Litt, MD, PhD

Saturday, March 23, 2013

CTA of Coronary Stents & Grafts Charles S. White, MD
IX. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Jill E. Jacobs, MD
IX. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Jill E. Jacobs, MD
New Technology for Cardiac CT: Help or Hype Harold I. Litt, MD, PhD
X. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Suhny Abbara, MD
X. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Suhny Abbara, MD
XI. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Charles S. White, MD
XI. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Charles S. White, MD

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Cardiac Devices and Masses
Suhny Abbara, MD
XII. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 1 Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD
XII. Supervised Case Review w/Reconstruction Part 2 Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD
Congenital Abnormalities of the Great Vessels Charles S. White, MD
CT Imaging of Congenital Heart Disease Harold I. Litt, MD, PhD
Use of cardiac CT for Electrophysiologic Applications Harold I. Litt, MD, PhD