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SIS Conference 2007
SIS 2007 Noninvasive Imaging Symposium
 
Wednesday, August 1st
Cascade Ballroom, Mezzanine Level

Symposium Directors: Stephan Achenbach, MD,

Vinay Malhotra, MD and Michael Poon, MD


8:30 AM

Coronary CT Angiography: Technology, Data Acquisition, and Image Reconstruction
Stephan Achenbach, MD
9:00 AM Clinical Results of CT Coronary Angiography
Needham E.Ward, MD
9:30 AM Difficult Situations: Bypass Grafts and Stents
Vinay Malhotra, MD

10:00 AM

Break/ Visit Exhibits

10:30 AM

Interpretation of CT Coronary Angiography: Workstation demonstration of typical cases
Stephan Achenbach, MD
11:30 AM Current Indications, Guidelines, Reimbursement for Coronary CTA
Michael Poon, MD

12:00 PM

Lunch/Visit Exhibits

1:00 PM

Cardiac CT for Risk Stratification: Imaging of Calcium and Plaque
Michael Poon, MD
1:30 PM Cardiac CT versus Cardiac MR: Knowing which test to choose
Uma S. Valeti, MD
2:00 PM Diagnosing Coronary Disease in Women: Coronary calcium scoring and CTA
Annett Magedanz, MD
2:30 PM Complementary Roles of Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac MR and CT Angiography
Daniel S. Berman, MD

3:00 PM

Break/ Visit Exhibits

3:20 PM

Cardiac CT and Acute Chest Pain
Vinay Malhotra, MD
3:40 PM Non-coronary Applications of Cardiac CT
Stephan Achenbach, MD
4:00 PM Germany vs. US - Watch expert “tag teams” compete as they read unknown cases

Team Germany: Stephan Achenbach, MD and

Annett Magedanz, MD
Team USA: Vinay Malhotra, MD, Michael Poon, MD and Needham E. Ward, MD


5:30 PM

Adjourn
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