Imaging and Diagnostic Testing

As a cardiologist, you know that imaging is at the center of successful diagnosis and therapy in heart disease. At ACC.10 you’ll find everything you need to make the best use of imaging every day — and improve the quality of care through science. A renowned faculty of international experts will guide you in delving into clinical challenges and debating controversial issues. Explore the complementary roles of echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Join your colleagues in answering specific clinical questions about specific patient problems. Learn where imaging is headed in the future, and how the latest research is improving patient care today.

HOT TOPICS!

• Should we skip imaging and just measure CRP?
• Women and CAD: What’s the best test?
• Multimodality partnerships in appropriate use criteria
• Medico-legal implications of imaging tests
• Interventional echocardiography
• CTA plaque imaging and myocardial perfusion: Where is it headed?
• Hybrid cardiac imaging
• Heart failure with normal ejection fraction
• Genotype versus phenotype in myocardial disease

Spotlight Session

• Patient-centered imaging: Procedural risks of imaging
• Multimodality imaging of the right ventricle
• Rapid-fire debates: Which test is best?
• COURAGE and SPECT in the medical treatment of stable angina