Use of nuclear cardiology in myocardial viability assessment and introduction to PET and PET/CT for advanced users
This RTC was held in Manila, Philippine in February 2011. Under the IAEA TC Regional Project RAS 6/057
The following topics were discussed during the training course.
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Agenda
Day 1 (Tuesday)
February 1, 2011
08:30 – 09:15 Registration. Opening Ceremonies. Overview of the Course (Teofilo San Luis, Jr)
09:15 – 10:00 IAEA activities in Nuclear Medicine (Thomas Pascual, IAEA)
10:00 – 10:30 Pre-course evaluation (All Participants. Coordinators: Dr San Luis and Thomas Pascual (IAEA)
10:30 – 11:00 Post-acute coronary syndrome: is the myocardium stunned? hibernating? infarcted? (Myra Dolores Torres (P) or Liberty Yaneza (P)
11:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion & open forum: Myocardial viability: which tests to do?
- 2D-Echo
- Coronary angiography
- Cardiac MRI
- CT angiography
- Nuclear (SPECT/PET)
(Eduardo Vicente S. Caguioa (C), Aileen Cynthia D. Llarena (P), Wilson Tan de Guzman (P), Ma. Helga Sta. Maria (P), Edward Bengie Magsombol (C)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:30 Country reports & open forum
- Country statistics
- Learning issues
- Local hurdles to be overcome
(Participants, IAEA Experts)
16:30 – 17:30 Photo Opportunity, Cultural Event “Walk through Time”
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Dinner hosted by UST
Day 2 (Wednesday)
February 2, 2011
09:00 – 09:30 Basic instrumentation and quality control in hybrid imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT (Nathaniel de Vera)
09:30 – 10:00 SPECT tracers: Tl-201, Tc99m sestamibi, Tc99m tetrofosmin (Elmer Llanes)
10:00 – 10:30 EPET tracers: FDG, Rb82, N13 ammonia, O15 water, etc (Hee-Seung Bom)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Image acquisition protocol and interpretation 1: SPECT or SPECT/CT (Hee-Seung Bom)
11:30 – 12:00 Cardiovascular Applications of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (Felix Keng)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 14:30 Imaging for Ischaemia Insights from Gated Scintigraphy in the era of Cardiac CT (Felix Keng)
14:30 – 15:30 Read with the Experts: Case presentations
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/tea break
14:00 – 14:30 Read with the Experts: Case presentations
Day 3 (Thursday)
February 3, 2011
09:00 – 09:30 Assessing myocardial viability in heart failure: is it worth it? (Milagros Yamamoto)
09:30 – 10:00 Evaluating prognosis for improving ventricular function: SPECT and PET before revascularization (Is imaging predictive that the patient will improve after revascularization?) (Edward Bengie Magsombol)
10:00 – 10:30 Pharmacologic augmentation in SPECT & SPECT/CT in detecting viable myocardium (Hee-Seung Bom)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Nuclear Imaging in Cardiomyopathies (Felix Keng)
11:30 – 12:00 Gated blood pool ventriculography: Is there still a role in myocardial viability? (Oliver Alix)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Read with the experts. Case presentations / Artefacts and pitfalls
16:00 – 16:45 Overall discussion
Day 4 (Friday)
February 4, 2011
09:00 – 09:30 Myocardial perfusion Imaging in the era of CT angiography (Hee-Seung Bom)
09:30 – 10:30 Cost effectiveness of myocardial imaging (IAEA Expert: Felix Keng)
10:30 – 11:00 Elements of a good and comprehensive nuclear cardiology report (Jerry Obaldo)
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 – 12:20 Open forum: Nuclear cardiology report
12:20 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:30 – 18:00 Visit to Department of Nuclear Medicine
18:00 Dinner & Cultural Night
Day 5 (Saturday)
February 5, 2011
Session to be held in conjunction with the Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine (PSNM)
09:00 – 09:45 Assessment of myocardial viability by PET/CT (Nagara Tamaki (Japan)
09:45 – 10:15 Cardiac applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Felix Keng)
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00 Competing modality 2: CT angiography (Harold Tan)
11:00 – 11:30 Post-Course evaluation (All Participants to the IAEA Training Course.
Coordinators: Dr San Luis and Thomas Pascual
11:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
14:00 – 18:00 Afternoon free
12:45 – 13:00 Closing Ceremonies. Dinner & Fellowship Night hosted by PSNM