This course on imaging in cardiomyopathies and athlete’s heart will help the attendees to build up their expertise in a field that has exponentially grown in the last 10 years. Cardiomyopathies are increasingly recognized as a result of the better understanding and knowledge of these conditions and cardiac imaging plays a pivotal role in this setting.
The aim of the course is to provide a basic knowledge and ability to accurately differentiate findings suggestive of a potentially lethal cardiovascular disorder from normal variants or features of benign physiological adaptations. The course will provide a road map on critical thinking in imaging interpretation (echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance) in the specific field of cardiomyopathies and physiological adaptation to exercise. Teaching will include practical sessions with discussion of clinical cases with experts in the field.
Course Code – Practical course on cardiac imaging in cardiomyopa
Course Date – 30th May 2018
Places Available – 85
Course Leader – Dr Gherardo Finocchiaro, Dr Michael Papadakis, Dr Rajan Sharma, Professor Sanjay Sharma
Course Description
What will learners who successfully complete the course know, understand or be able to do?
- Distinguish normal from pathological findings
- Recognize the imaging features of cardiomyopathy and of physiological cardiac adaptation to exercise
- Formulate possible differential diagnosis
This course is for anyone who wishes to achieve a basic level of competency in imaging interpretation in Sports Cardiology and cardiomyopathies. This course is best suited to Cardiologists, Junior Doctors, Cardiac physiologists, Cardiac sonographers, CMR radiographers.
CPD points will be applied for by Royal College of Physicians and British Society of Echocardiography
