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Course objectives
The course programme includes interactive lectures, plus attendees will work on dedicated workstations to get hands-on practical experience with simulation scanning and image analysis.
It also includes a review of clinical cases that can contribute to the logbook of cases to submit for ESC CMR certification.
- Review the principle of CMR physics
- Review the role of CMR in acquired cardiovascular disease
- Review the role of CMR in congenital cardiovascular disease
- Learn image analysis during hands-on sessions
- Learn image interpretation during interactive read with the experts sessions
Target audience
The course is designed for trainees and consultants, either cardiologists or radiologists that want to get certified in CMR by the EACVI.
Course programme
Course Director: Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
Co-Director: Steffen E. Petersen (UK)
Faculty members: Bernhard Gerber (BE), Vivek Muthurangu (UK), Mark Westwood (UK)
This programme may be subject to change.
Thursday, 29 September (physics option)
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
08:00-08:30 |
Registration |
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08:30-08:35 |
Welcome and introduction |
Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci |
08:35-10:00 |
Physics: The basics of signal generation ; Spatial encoding |
Vivek Muthurangu |
10:00-10:30 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
|
10:30-12:00 |
Physics: Tissue contrast ; Flow imaging |
Vivek Muthurangu |
Thursday, 29 September
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
10:00-12:00 |
Registration |
|
11:30-12:30 |
Lunch |
|
12:30-12:50 |
Intro to ESC CMR exam (questions’ structure, scoring of exam, common errors and pitfalls) |
Steffen Petersen |
12:50-13:35 |
Physics-basic principles and signal encoding |
Vivek Muthurangu |
13:35-14:05 |
CMR safety/set up/devices |
Mark Westwood |
14:05-14:35 |
Tea/coffee break |
|
14:35-15:15 |
Physics-basic and advanced pulse sequences/techniques |
Vivek Muthurangu |
15:15-15:35 |
Exam questions demo test n1 and discussion |
Vivek Muthurangu |
15:35-15:55 |
HCM and ARVC |
Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci |
15:55-16:15 |
DCM, LVNC and transplant |
Steffen Petersen |
16:15-16:35 |
Cardiac involvement in secondary disease |
Mark Westwood |
16:35-17:05 |
Exam questions demo test n2 and discussion |
C. Bucciarelli-Ducci, S. Petersen, M. Westwood |
17:05-17:35 |
Break |
|
17:35-19:35 |
Cases on workstations n1 – Non-Ischaemic |
S. Petersen, M. Westwood |
20:30-22:30 |
Group dinner at Ambassadeur Hotel |
|
Friday, 30 September
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
08:50-09:10 |
CMR methodology and applications |
Steffen Petersen |
09:10-09:30 |
Image quality/artefacts/scan optimisation |
Vivek Muthurangu |
09:30-10:00 |
Exam questions demo test n3 and discussion |
V. Muthurangu, S. Petersen, M. Westwood |
10:00-10:30 |
Tea/coffee break |
|
10:30-10:50 |
CMR in pericardial disease |
TBC |
10:50-11:20 |
Cardiac masses/tumors |
TBC |
11:20-11:50 |
Incidental non-cardiovascular findings |
Bernhard Gerber |
11:50-12:20 |
Exam questions demo test n4 and discussion |
B. Gerber |
12:20-13:20 |
Lunch |
|
13:20-15:05 |
Cases on workstations n2 – Pericardial/masses/incidental |
B. Gerber |
15:05-15:35 |
Tea/coffee break |
|
15:35-16:05 |
CMR in chronic ischaemic heart disease |
Bernhard Gerber |
16:05-16:35 |
CMR in acute coronary syndromes (infarction, myocarditis, Takotsubo) |
Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci |
16:35-17:05 |
Exam questions demo test n5 and discussion |
C. Bucciarelli-Ducci, B. Gerber |
17:05-18:30 |
Cases on workstations n3 – Ischaemic |
C. Bucciarelli-Ducci, B. Gerber |
Saturday, 1 October
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
08:30-08:50 |
Congenital sequences and specific lesions |
Vivek Muthurangu |
08:50-09:10 |
Aorta and pulmonary vessels |
Vivek Muthurangu |
09:10-09:30 |
Valves anatomy/pathology assessment |
Mark Westwood |
09:30-10:00 |
Exam questions demo test n6 and discussion |
V. Muthurangu, M. Westwood |
10:00-10:30 |
Ask the Experts: free questions from attendees |
All |
10:30-11:00 |
Tea/coffee break |
|
11:00-12:15 |
Cases on workstations n4 – Valve/vascular/congenital |
V. Muthurangu, M. Westwood |
12:15-13:00 |
Final exam questions demo test and discussion |
C. Bucciarelli-Ducci, V. Muthurangu, M. Westwood |
13:00-13:15 |
Feedback |
|
13:15 |
End of course, lunch boxes and group transportation by bus to Nice Airport |
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Logistical information
Location
Recommended airport: Nice Côte d'Azur
Course venue:
The European Heart House (EHH - Maison Européenne du Coeur)
2035 Route des Colles
Les Templiers - BP 179
Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
Registration fees and hotel accommodation
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Two registration options are available:
- Option 1 - The registration fee includes:
- Course participation
- Three nights' accommodation at Moxy Sophia Antipolis from 28 September to 01 October
- Three lunches, one dinner, five coffee breaks
- Transportation from ESC-arranged hotels to the course venue
Note: Transfer from the airport to your hotel or to the EHH on day 1 is at your charge.
- Option 2 - The registration fee includes:
- Course participation
- Two nights' accommodation at Moxy Sophia Antipolis from 29 September to 1 October
- Three lunches, one dinner, four coffee breaks
- Transportation from ESC-arranged hotels to the course venue
Note: Transfer from the airport to your hotel or to the EHH on day 1 is at your charge.
Registration fees (including 20% VAT) |
Option 1: Including extra morning of physics session |
Option 2: Without extra morning of physics session |
Standard fee |
€1,280 |
€1,080 |
EACVI Silver Member fee |
€1,080 |
€880 |
FEACVI & EACVI Silver Member below 40 years old, nurse, technician fee |
€800 |
€600 |
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Cancellation conditions
Up to six weeks before the course and upon receipt of written cancellation, a refund of fees minus a 25% administrative charge will be processed. No refund will be granted if the cancellation is made less than six weeks before the course start date.
The ESC reserves the right to cancel any of its educational programmes up to 1 (one) month before the programme starting date, in the event, there are fewer than 25 persons registered for it. In such a case, the full registration fee will be refunded to the registered participant, but the ESC shall not be liable for any cost incurred by the cancellation of accommodation and travel arrangements.