Video-based course (recorded 2014)

"Cardiac MRI: potential problems and how to avoid them"
Speaker: Elena Mershina (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Learning objectives:
• to learn the importance of patient selection and preparation for CMR in achieving high quality scans
• to understand the practical techniques for scanning patients with arrhythmia or poor breath-holding ability
• to learn how imaging parameters can be changed for optimal results
• to learn to define the artefacts during CMR and to find the ways of their elimination

"Coronary CTA in patients with severe arrhythmias and high heart rate"
Speaker: Christian Loewe (Vienna, Austria)
Learning objectives:
• to understand the criteria for optimal patient selection and preparation to achieve best results
• to learn about acquisition techniques in patients with arrhythmias and tachycardia
• to become familiar with the post-processing techniques available for optimising images quality following the scan

"Severe coronary calcinosis and stents: tips and tricks in image acquisition and interpretation"
Speaker: Francesca Pugliese (London, United Kingdom)
Learning objectives:
• to learn about technical recommendations ("tips and tricks") for imaging of severe coronary calcinosis and stents
• to understand the clinical questions for severe coronary calcinosis and stents