Refresher Course: Cardiac

RC 1203 - Approaching the aorta as an organ

March 6, 08:00 - 09:00 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
15 min
Standardised aortic imaging and assessment
  1. To describe appropriate approaches for aortic imaging.
  2. To describe standardised post-processing and measurement approaches.
  3. To describe methods to minimise inter-reader & inter-study variability.
15 min
Reporting and communication of aortic imaging
  1. To describe the key aspects of every aortic imaging report.
  2. To understand key elements of reports impacting patient management.
  3. To know when and how to escalate report communication.
15 min
Heredetary aortopathies and postoperative changes
  1. To understand imaging approaches specific to the underlying aortopathy.
  2. To learn and understand predictive findings in hereditary aortopathies.
  3. To understand key elements of post-therapeutic imaging in continued surveillance.
10 min
Panel discussion: How to implement current guidelines on aortic imaging in clinical practice