Final Programme

Postgraduate Educational Programme
16:00 - 17:30 Room F1
Cardiac
RC 1603
Imaging of myocardial infarction
Moderator: M. Pasowicz; Krakow/PL
A-405 16:00
A. Current concepts in nuclear medicine
C. Pirich; Salzburg/AT
Learning Objectives:
1. To discuss recent advances of nuclear techniques in the diagnosis and management of myocardial
infarction.
2. To discuss the nuclear techniques in the diagnosis of myocardial viability.
3. To review the impact of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy on
a) patient management
b) risk stratifi cation and prognosis.
A-406 16:30
B. Principles and practice in MRI
C.B. Higgins; San Francisco, CA/US
Learning Objectives:
1. To understand the role of MRI in the acute coronary syndrome.
2. To understand the use of myocardial imaging viability (delayed contrast enhancement) in subacute and
chronic myocardial infarctions.
3. To understand the use of dobutamine cine MRI and viability of myocardial imaging for predicting recovery
of dysfunctional myocardial segments after revascularization.
A-407 17:00
C. How to use multislice CT
K. Nikolaou; Munich/DE
Learning Objectives:
1. To understand the latest technical developments in CT imaging of the heart.
2. To understand the complementary role of CT imaging the coronary arteries and the myocardium.
3. To understand the role of CT in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and perfusion defects.
16:00 - 17:30 Room F2
Neuro
RC 1611
Infections of the central nervous system
Moderator: A. Majos; Lodz/PL
A-408 16:00
A. Brain infections
G. Schroth; Berne/CH
Learning Objectives:
1. To recognise the different types of CNS infections.
2. To understand the problems and merits of the most common imaging techniques.
3. To learn about the role of advanced neuroimaging techniques in the diagnosis of brain infections.
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