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Target audience: Cardiologists, physicians, cardiac nurses, technicians, perfusionists and physiologists.
The role of non-invasive ischaemia testing
Speaker – Dr Raffi Kaprielian (Consultant Cardiologist)
- Consultant Cardiologist, Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Bupa Cromwell Hospital
- Senior Lecturer at Imperial College Medical School
Areas of interest
Coronary angioplasty and stenting, pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, echocardiography, general adult cardiology, ischaemic heart disease, biventricular pacing and heart failure, acute coronary syndromes, cardiac risk factor management.
Learning objectives
- Review the current literature regarding the utility of non-invasive imaging in the diagnosis and management of stable coronary artery disease.
- Discussion of the current recommendations for diagnostic testing in stable coronary artery disease.
- Compare and contrast the different imaging techniques.
- Discuss risk stratification with non-invasive imaging in stable coronary artery disease, including data regarding prognosis from recent large randomised trials.
Anticipated duration
20 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
Interesting aspects of CT angiography
Speaker – Dr Nikolaos Pantazopoulos (Consultant Cardiologist)
- Consultant Cardiologist at West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
- Lead Cardiologist, BUPA Clinics (UK)
- Director of Clinical Studies for Imperial College Medical Students.
Areas of interest
Cardiac Imaging (echo, stress echo, CT angiography); coronary angiography; hypertension; heart failure; general cardiology.
Learning objectives
- Indications for cardiac CT angiography
- Specialist applications
- Interesting CT angiography cases.
Anticipated duration
20 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
Ischaemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA)
Speaker – Dr Emmanuel Ako (Consultant Cardiologist)
- Consultant Cardiologist at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
- Lead in simulation-based training programme with Imperial College London
Areas of interest
Chest pains; acute and chronic coronary syndrome; valvular heart disease; hypertension; Arrythmia; cardiac involvement in haemoglobinopathies (Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell disease); Coronary angiogram; coronary haemodynamic studies (iFR, FFR); Intravascular ultrasound; OCT; coronary angioplasty; right heart studies; reveal implants.
Learning objectives
- What is INOCA?
- Understanding the pathophysiology
- How to diagnose and manage INOCA
- Useful trials and guidelines.
Anticipated duration
20 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
Why use cardiac MRI?
Speaker – Dr G Sunthar Kanaganayagam (Consultant Cardiologist)
- Consultant Cardiologist at Chelsea &Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Director for Quality and Safety across Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College Healthcare.
Areas of interest
Valve disease; heart failure; cardiomyopathy; chest pain; leg swelling; breathlessness; dizziness; palpitations; arrhythmia; risk assessment; transthoracic echocardiography; transoesophageal echocardiography; stress echocardiography; cardiac MRI; coronary CT; coronary angiography.
Learning objectives
- How is a cardiac MRI performed?
- What preparation is needed?
- What pathologies can be seen on a cardiac MRI?
- Interpreting results from a cardiac MRI.
Anticipated duration
20 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
Understanding coronary physiology in the Cath Lab
Speaker – Dr Sukhjinder Nijjer (Consultant Cardiologist)
- Consultant Cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Foundation NHS Trust
- Senior clinical lecturer at Imperial College London Medical School
Areas of interest
Ischaemic heart disease, angina, heart failure, arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, syncope.
Learning objectives
- Define coronary indices used in the catheter lab
- Describe the use of coronary physiology in the catheter lab
- Describe focal and diffuse disease based on physiology
- Interpret interventional strategies based on physiology data
- Describe co-registration for physiology and intravascular imaging.
Anticipated duration
20 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
