This half-day course provides didactic lectures and case reviews for radiologists, cardiologist and surgeons with limited expertise in aortic imaging. The course is tailored to review different aspects of aortic imaging including cross sectional imaging techniques, and their application in the diagnosis, treatment planning and follow up of cases with aortic dissection. 

Course programme: 

Course director: Dr Saeed Mirsadraee, Consultant Radiologist and lead for Aortic Imaging, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals


AFTERNOON SESSION: DIAGNOSIS

13:00 - Welcome & Introduction 
Dr Saeed Mirsadraee, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

13:05-13:30 - Imaging of Aortic dissection: What do I need to know? 
Prof Nick Cheshire, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

13:30-14:00 - Imaging of Aortic dissection by CT: Imaging techniques and indications
Dr Hamid Mojibian, MD, Director of cardiac CT/MR Imaging for Yale Medicine's Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging - Yale University

14:00-14:30 - Imaging of Aortic dissection by MRI: Imaging techniques and indications
Prof Paul Finn, Professor of Radiology, UCLA School of Medicine

14:30-15:00 - Break 

 
AFTERNOON SESSION: IMAGING TO GUIDE PROCEDURES

15:00-15:30 - How to report a CT prior to surgical and transcatheter aortic dissection repair    
Dr Giorgio  GARZILLO, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

15:30-16:00 - Imaging surveillance of aortic dissection.
Dr Amir Awwad, Consultant Radiologist in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Imaging, Barts Health NHS Trust
           
16:00-16:30 - Case discussions.
Dr Saeed Mirsadraee, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

16:30-17:00 - Discussion and closure of the session.