Course Objectives
This course is dedicated to helping in certification preparation. The programme encompasses a mix of interactive lectures, heavily hands-on practical with simulation scanning and image analysis sessions on dedicated workstations performed directly by attendees.
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.
Scientific Programme
Course Director: Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
Co-Director: Steffen E. Petersen (UK)
Faculty members: Marco Francone (IT), Bernhard Gerber (BE), Vivek Muthurangu (UK), Mark Westwood (UK)
This programme may be subject to change.
Thursday 5 November (physics option)
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
08:00-08:30 |
Registration |
|
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 5 November
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
10:00-12:00 |
Registration |
|
12:00-12:30 |
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/Coffe 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, M. Francone |
20:30-22:30 |
Group Dinner at Ambassadeur Hotel |
|
Friday 6 November
Time |
Title |
Speaker |
08:50-09:10 |
CMR methodology and applications |
Steffen Petersen |
09:10-09:30 |
Image quality/artefacts/scan optimization |
Vivek Muthurangu |
09:30-10:00 |
Exam questions demo test n3 and discussion |
V. Muthurangu, Steffen. Petersen, Mark Westwood |
10:00-10:30 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
|
10:30-10:50 |
CMR in Pericardial disease |
Marco Francone |
10:50-11:20 |
Cardiac masses/tumors |
Marco Francone |
11:20-11:50 |
Incidental non-cardiovascular findings |
Bernhard Gerber |
11:50-12:20 |
Exam questions demo test n4 and discussion |
M Francone, B. Gerber |
12:20-13:20 |
Lunch |
|
13:20-15:05 |
Cases on workstations n2 – Pericardial/masses/incidental |
M. Francone, 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 – Ischemic |
C. Bucciarelli-Ducci / B. Gerber |
Saturday 7 November
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 |
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 |
Feed-back |
|
13:15 |
End of course, lunch boxes and Grouped transportation by bus from the European Heart House to Nice Airport |
|
Logistical Information
Location
Recommended airport: Nice Airport
The European Heart House
2035 Route des Colles
Les Templiers - BP 179
Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
Registration fees and hotel accommodation
2 options are available:
- Option 1 - The registration fee includes:
- Course participation
- 3 nights' accommodation at Hotel Ambassadeur in Juan-les-Pins from 4 to 7 November
- 3 Lunches, 1 dinner, 5 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
- 2 nights' accommodation at Hotel Ambassadeur in Juan-les-Pins from 5 to 7 November
- 3 Lunches, 1 dinner, 4 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: Registration with extra morning of Physics session |
Option 2: Registration without extra morning of Physics session |
Standard fee |
€1280 |
€1080 |
EACVI Silver member fee |
€1080 |
€880 |
FEACVI & EACVI Silver member below 40 years old, in training, Nurse, Technician fee |
€800 |
€600 |
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Requests received less than 6 weeks prior to the course date, remain subject to availability.
The ESC reserves the right to cancel any of its Educational Programmes up to 2 months prior to the programme starting date. The ESC will not reimburse any travel or accommodation costs incurred by registered participants in the event of a programme cancellation under any circumstances.
Cancellation conditions
Up to 6 weeks prior to the course and upon receipt of a written cancellation, a refund of fees, minus a 25% of administrative charge, will be processed. No refund will be granted if the cancellation is done less than 6 weeks before the course start date. In the event of the cancellation of a course by the ESC, the full registration fee will be refunded. The ESC is not liable for any cost incurred by the cancellation of accommodation and travel arrangements.