SCMR Stress CMR: A Hands-On Workshop 2024

October 4-5, 2024

Location: ACC Heart House | Washington DC

Co-Chairs: Dr. Amit Patel and Dr. Ibrahim Saeed

Intended audience: cardiologists, radiologists, pediatricians, and technologists.

Stress CMR is rapidly becoming an integral tool for the assessment of ischemic heart disease. The ability to quantify myocardial blood flow adds another reason to perform stress CMR. Now is the time to improve you stress CMR skills and learn how to integrate myocardial blood flow measurements into your interpretation. This stress CMR program is filled with a combination of didactics, case-based learning, and detailed discussions with experts.

FRIDAY, 4 OCTOBER, 2024

• Welcome
• Life After ISCHEMIA: The Current Role of Stress Testing, and Stress CMR in Particular
• How do We Stress in the Magnet: The Basics of Stress CMR
• Introduction to Interpretation
• Panel Discussion
• Cases from Stanford University
• Cases from Royal Brompton and Harefield
• Hands-On Session
• A Different Kind of Coding: Making the Business Case for Stress CMR
• Negotiating with a Health System in Starting a Stress CMR Program
• Tips for a Successful Program: The Radiology Experience
• Nursing Requirements and Patient Preparation
• Safety and Mechanisms of Drugs Used During a Stress CMR Exam: Picking the Right Agent
• Panel Discussion
• Cases from Houston Methodist
• Cases from Georgetown
• Hands-On Session
• Dobutamine and Exercise Stress MRI
• Everything I Need to Know About the Perfusion Pulse Sequences
• Other Quantitative Techniques: The Coronary Sinus, Semiquantitative, and More
• Go BOLD or Go Home
• Panel Discussion
• Cases from Virginia Commonwealth University
• Cases from McGill University

SATURDAY, 5 OCTOBER, 2024

• Welcome Back
• Interpretation of Stress CMR in Known CAD
• Identifying and Avoidance: How to Deal with Artifacts
• Panel Discussion
• Case of Complex CAD
• Cases That I Learned a Lot From
• Stress CMR in Children and Adolescents: How, When and Why
• Hands-On Session
• Overview of Quantitative Perfusion CMR: Why Do We Need it, History, and Current Status
• Physiology of MBF and Myocardial Perfusion Reserve
• Current Approach to Quantifying MBF Using First Pass Perfusion CMR
• Cases with MBF Quantification from Leeds
• Cases with MBF Quantification from the AQUA Study
• Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow – How to Make Sure Your Numbers are Trustworthy
• Interpretation and Pitfalls of QP Analysis
• Understanding MBF in NICM
• Integrating MBF with Your Visual Assessment
• Stratifying Patient Care Based Off Coronary Microvasculature Responsiveness: Lessons Learned and Suggested Future Directions
• Panel Discussion
• Cases with MBF Quantification from University of Virginia
• Cases with MBF Quantification from Barts
• Closing Remarks