Saturday

Plenary

State of the art: Cardiac CT in 2009

08:30-08:55

Current indications for coronary CTA- Tony De France

08:55-09:20

Criticisms CTCA: The voice of naysayers - Conor Murray

09:20-10:00

Paradigm shift in chest pain- Daniel Friedman

10:00-10:30

Morning tea

State of the art: Technology

10:30-10:50

Clinical advantages of 320 slice- Tony De France

10:50-11:10

Clinical advantages of dual source- Dieter Ropers

11:10-11:40

Clinical advantages of HD- Daniel Friedman

11:40-12:00

Radiation dose issues- Dieter Ropers

12:00-13:00

Lunch

Controversies in cardiac CT

13:00-13:30

Role of CT for preoperative assessment before non cardiac surgery – Richard Slaughter

13:30-14:00

Cardiac CT for coronary intervention -Steve Worthley

14:00-14:30

Cardiac CT beyond coronary stenosis - John Younger

14:30-14:50

Afternoon tea

14:50-15:10

Clinical advantages of 256- Peter Spryszynski

15:10-15:40

Cost Effectiveness of CTCA- Daniel Friedman

15:40-16:10

Future directions- Dieter Ropers

16:10-17:00

Read with the experts- Slaughter (Chair), Friedman, Murray, Worthley

Sunday

Plenary

Concurrent

Basics – optimising the exam

Advanced

08:30-09:00

Patient preparation and data acquisition tips & tricks- Tony De France

Role of CT in Valvular Heart Disease. – Conor Murray

09:00-09:30

Delayed enhancement, perfusion by CT – Dieter Ropers

Pitfalls & artifacts-    Daniel Friedman

09:30-10:00

CT for chambers and function - John Younger

10:00-10:20

Morning tea 

10:20-10:50

CTA - How it all works – Conor Murray

10:50-11:20

Status of CT for acute chest pain- Dieter Ropers

11:20-11:50

Reporting tips- Tony De France

11:50-12:20

Read with the experts- Younger (chair), Hecht, Ropers, De France,

12:20-13:00

Lunch

13:00-13:30

The state of play in stent imaging –Harvey Hecht

13:30-14:00

Plaque characterisation-  Harvey Hecht

14:00-14:30

Emerging indications for coronary CTA- Harvey Hecht

14:30-15:00

Post processing tips-    Harvey Hecht