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Cardiac CTA Board Exam Guided Advanced Curriculum
STAGE 1: Eligibility & Certification Course: Combined Level I & II Curriculum
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| Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the professional society devoted exclusively to cardiovascular CT |
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| DAY 1 |
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Introduction: |
Reconstruction & Post-Processing: Features & Functionality of the Workstation
- Buttonology
- Conventional Orthogonal Views
- Calcium Scoring
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Lecture: |
Patient Selection, Preparation & CTA Acquisition: Optimizing Scans |
| PM |
Lecture: |
Systematic Approach to Interpreting Coronary CTA: Coronary Vessels, Cardiac Structures & Ventricular Functions |
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Work Station: |
Case Review: Shape, Pitch, & Work Station Training |
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Review with Expert: |
Case Critiques & Cath Correlation |
| DAY 2 |
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| AM |
Lecture: |
Common Mistakes of Cardiac & Aortic Measurements |
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Work Station: |
Non Cardiac Advanced Workstation Applications in Aortic & Pulmonary Artery: Review of Cases & Workstation Training |
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Lecture: |
Computed Tomography Fundamentals & Imaging Resolution Artifacts I: Recognition, Prevention, & Minimization |
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Review with Expert: |
Coronary Vessels Cath & Surgical Correlation: Artifacts: Beam Hardening, Cardiac Motion & Artifacts Related to Bright Structures |
| DAY 3 |
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Lecture: |
Coronary Vessels (Anatomy & Pathology) Bypass Grafts Assessment |
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Work Station: |
Review of Cases & Work Station training |
| PM |
Lecture: |
New Clinical Applications of CCTA: E.P.Procedural Guidance |
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Work Station: |
Review of Non-Cardiac Incidental cases & Work Station training |
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Review with Expert: |
Coronary Vessels, Cath & Surgical Correlation: Anatomy & Pathologys |
| DAY 4 |
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| AM |
Lecture: |
New Application of CTA, Congenital Heart Disease I: Diagnosis & Treatment Planning in Patients with Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death |
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Work Station: |
Review of Cases & Work Station training in Coronary Anomaly, Congenital Heart Diseases & Fistulae |
| PM |
Review with Expert: |
Case Critiques: Cath & Surgical Correlation |
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STAGE 2: Master Course:Level III Curriculum
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| Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the professional society devoted exclusively to cardiovascular CT |
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| DAY 1 |
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| AM |
Lecture: |
CCTA Lab Management: Optimizing Network, Workflow, & Protocols |
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Work Station: |
Advanced Workstation Techniques & Differentiation Between Different CT Technologies |
| PM |
Lecture: |
Indication & Reimbursement: History, Present, Future Perspectives & New Applications |
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Review with Expert: |
Case Review with Experts |
| DAY 2 |
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| AM |
Lecture: |
Optimization of CTA: Advanced Acquisition, Reconstruction, & Post-Processing |
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Work Station: |
Case Critiques & Alternative Diagnostic Modalities |
| PM |
Lecture: |
Radiation & Radiation Safety: Protocols & Patient Selection, Children & Pregnancy |
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Review with Expert: |
Case Review with Experts |
| DAY 3 |
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| AM |
Lecture: |
Artifacts II: Optimization from Acquisition & Reconstruction to Interpretation |
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Work Station: |
Case Review |
| PM |
Lecture: |
New Applications of CTA: Imaging Patients with Acute Chest Pain |
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Review with Expert: |
Case Critiques, Pre-operative Planning & Cath Correlation |
| DAY 4 |
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| AM |
Lecture: |
Valvular Diseases & Pericardial Disease |
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Work Station: |
Case Review: Advanced Workstation Training |
| PM |
Lecture: |
Myocardial Disease & Cardiac Masses |
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Review with Expert: |
Case Critiques Myocardium & Chamber Diseases & EP, PCI, Surgical Correlations |
| DAY 5 |
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| AM |
Lecture: |
Applications of CCTA II: Advanced Congenital Heart Diseases |
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Work Station: |
Case Critiques, EP, PCI, & Surgical Correlations |
| PM |
Lecture: |
New Applications of CCTA: Pre & Post Interventions & Surgery |
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Review with Expert: |
Coronary Vessel: Advanced Analysis & Case Review: Surgical Planning |
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Peripheral Vascular CTA
| DAY 1 |
| AM |
Introduction: |
Reconstruction & Post-Processing: Features & Functionality of the Workstation
- Buttonology
- Conventional Orthogonal Views
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Lecture: |
Aortic Measurements & Endovascular Aortic Repairs |
PM |
Lecture: |
Thoracic Aorta |
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Work Station: |
Case Review: Aortic Measurmemnts |
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Review with Expert: |
Endovascular Aortic Rpairs |
| DAY 2 |
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Lecture: |
Aortogram and Run Off, Mesenteric Arteries |
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Work Station: |
Case Evaluation |
| PM |
Review with Expert: |
Lower Extremity Eval, Aortic and Mesenteric Disease, Dissections, & Aneurysms |
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| DAY 3 |
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Lecture: |
Carotid Vessels (Anatomy & Pathology) |
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Work Station: |
Review of Cases & Work Station training |
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Work Station: |
Review of Rare Diseases, Bypasses, Surgical Interventions |
