E³ - European Diploma Prep Session

E³ 1023 - Cardiac and vascular

March 5, 14:30 - 16:00 CET

6 min
Chairperson's introduction
28 min
Cardiovascular imaging: coronary arteries
  1. To understand the anatomy, normal variants, and abnormalities of the coronary arteries.
  2. To describe the technical aspects and methodology of cardiac CT.
  3. To understand the clinical role of cardiac CT in the main clinical scenarios: coronary stenoses and imaging post-revascularisation.
28 min
Cardiovascular imaging: myocardium
  1. To describe the diagnostic evaluation and imaging presentation of ischaemic heart disease.
  2. To understand the diagnostic evaluation and imaging presentation of myocarditis.
  3. To become familiar with the heterogeneity and corresponding main imaging findings of myocarditis.
28 min
Cardiovascular imaging: valves, endocardium, and aorta
  1. To recognise the imaging presentation of the different forms of valvular disease.
  2. To understand the causes and imaging presentations of endocarditis.
  3. To describe the diagnostic evaluation and imaging presentation of common diseases of the great vessels, including aortic dissection and aneurysms.