Coronary CTA in the Emergency Department: A Hands-On Workshop

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LIVECME

Saturday, November 9, 2019, 7:15 AM - Sunday, November 10, 2019, 6:00 PM EST, Boca Raton Resort & Club


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (15.25 hours), Non-Physician (Attendance) (15.25 hours)

This two-day course begins with a four-hour didactic session on Chest Pain Patient Assessment in the Emergency Department. At this Hands-on Workshop, participants utilizing dedicated workstations will review over 50 supervised coronary CTA cases of patients presenting with acute chest pain to the ER. The focus will be on best-practice strategies for the use of coronary CTA and triple rule-out CT protocol to properly diagnose, detect and evaluate ER patients with acute chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of coronary artery syndrome.

Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the professional society devoted exclusively to cardiovascular CT.

1. Effectively utilize coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and triple rule-out CT protocol to properly diagnose, detect and evaluate emergency department patients with acute chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of coronary artery syndrome.
2. Apply the basic and more advanced interpretation principles of coronary CTA datasets.
3. Explain the relationship between coronary CTA findings and the clinical outcome of patients with acute chest pain.
4. Utilize the appropriate noninvasive studies to assess risk of acute coronary syndrome.
5. Cite the benefits and limitations of electrocardiogram, biomarkers and imaging.
6. Implement essential components of patient preparation for CTA.
7. Formulate radiation reduction strategies based on scanning methods.
8. Determine which emergency room patients will benefit most from assessment with CTA.
9. Identify the benefits and drawbacks of utilizing CTA imaging studies.
10. Detect and differentiate CTA appearances of acute conditions of the abdominal aorta.
11. Diagnose and treat life-threatening causes of chest pain.

• Full Conference Registration – $1499

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Questions? Please contact Maureen Flynn:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 952-595-1436

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Ricardo C. Cury, MD, FAHA, FSCCT

Workshop Director

This meeting is supported in part, through restricted educational grants of in-kind support from GE, Philips, TeraRecon, and vRad.

MEDNAX thanks those companies participating in the commercial support of its educational activities.  However, our appreciation does not imply that MEDNAX endorses or encourages the use of products manufactured or services provided by participating companies.