Patient-centered imaging is the theme for 2009. An array of sessions offers you the tools you need to answer specific clinical questions for specific patient problems. In addition to in-depth technical presentations for experts, sessions for imagers and clinicians alike delve into the complementary role of echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in clinical decision-making. Also, don’t miss the latest information on guidelines and appropriateness criteria.
HOT TOPICS
Risk Assessment in Asymptomatic Individuals
- Does plaque imaging change patient management and outcomes?
- Coronary calcium score: What does it add to the Framingham risk score?
- Increasing role of carotid IMT in gauging effectiveness of therapy
- Identification of the vulnerable patient: Who needs further risk assessment?
Contrast Echocardiography in the Detection of CAD
- Emerging applications
- Contrast safety
- Advances in stress echo
- Evaluation of chest pain in the ER
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Appropriateness Criteria
- Payer response to appropriateness criteria
- The CMR experience
- Implications for physicians
- Unintended consequences
Cost-Effectiveness in Cardiac Imaging
- CT angiography in the ER: The best way to reduce unnecessary chest pain admissions?
- Adenosine CMR vs. stress echo in the evaluation of chest pain
- How to make cardiac imaging cost-effective
Integrated Imaging Spotlight
This full-day spotlight focuses on the latest advances in SPECT, PET, echo, CT and CMR in the diagnosis and management of:
- Coronary artery disease
- Myocardial diseases
- Heart failure
- Valvular heart disease
Wrap up the day with a choice of interactive case studies focused on CAD, valvular heart disease and disease-based heart failure and myocardial disease.
More Highlights
- Advances in noninvasive imaging: Fast SPECT cameras, dual source CT, quantitative PET
- Real-time 3D TEE in guiding mitral valve repair
- Cardiac PET and PET/CT: Which test for which patients?
- Imaging in adult congenital heart disease: CMR vs. echo vs. CT
- New applications of tissue Doppler and speckle tracking
- Emerging noninvasive techniques: Early assessment of vascular function
- Cardiac CT: Appropriateness, quality assurance, legal issues
- Coronary MRA: New techniques
Learn from the Experts
- Assessment of myocardial viability: Improvements in SPECT/PET, MRI, and echo
- Pericardial diseases: Which imaging modality is best?
- Cardiac CT: Challenging cases
- Evaluation of cardiac masses: Real-time 3D echo
PLUS
With Full-Access registration, i2 Summit also offers:
- Live cases from leading medical centers worldwide
- Dedicated imaging track with latest advances in IVUS, OCT, CT, and MR
- Imaging of vulnerable plaque, structural heart disease, coronary physiology
- Future concepts in the catheterization laboratory
- Lunchtime case reviews with international experts