Use of nuclear cardiology in myocardial viability assessment and introduction to PET and PET/CT for advanced users

Day 1 - February 1, 2011

08:30 – 09:15?Registration. Opening Ceremonies. Overview of the Course (Teofilo San Luis, Jr)

09:15 – 10:00?IAEA activities in Nuclear Medicine?(Thomas Pascual, IAEA)

10:00 – 10:30?Pre-course evaluation (All Participants. Coordinators: Dr San Luis and Thomas Pascual (IAEA)

10:30 – 11:00?Post-acute coronary syndrome: is the myocardium stunned? hibernating? infarcted??(Myra Dolores Torres (P) or Liberty Yaneza (P)

11:00 – 12:30?Panel discussion & open forum: ?Myocardial viability: which tests to do?

• 2D-Echo
• Coronary angiography
• Cardiac MRI
• CT angiography
• Nuclear (SPECT/PET)

(Eduardo Vicente S. Caguioa (C), Aileen Cynthia D. Llarena (P), Wilson Tan de Guzman (P), Ma. Helga Sta. Maria (P), Edward Bengie Magsombol (C)

12:30 – 14:00?Lunch break

14:00 – 16:30?Country reports & open forum
- Country statistics
- Learning issues
- Local hurdles to be overcome
(Participants, IAEA Experts)

16:30 – 17:30?Photo Opportunity, Cultural Event “Walk through Time”

18:00 – 20:00?Welcome Dinner hosted by UST

Day 2 - February 2, 2011

09:00 – 09:30?Basic instrumentation and quality control in hybrid imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT?(Nathaniel de Vera)

09:30 – 10:00?SPECT tracers: Tl-201, Tc99m sestamibi, Tc99m tetrofosmin?(Elmer Llanes)

10:00 – 10:30?EPET tracers: FDG, Rb82, N13 ammonia, O15 water, etc (Hee-Seung Bom)

10:30 – 11:00?Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30?Image acquisition protocol and interpretation 1: ?SPECT or SPECT/CT?(Hee-Seung Bom)

11:30 – 12:00?Cardiovascular Applications of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography?(Felix Keng)

12:00 – 14:00?Lunch break

14:00 – 14:30?Imaging for Ischaemia Insights from Gated Scintigraphy in the era of Cardiac CT?(Felix Keng)

14:30 – 15:30?Read with the Experts: Case presentations

15:30 – 16:00?Coffee/tea break

14:00 – 14:30?Read with the Experts: Case presentations

Day 3 - February 3, 2011

09:00 – 09:30?Assessing myocardial viability in heart failure: is it worth it? (Milagros Yamamoto)

09:30 – 10:00?Evaluating prognosis for improving ventricular function: SPECT and PET before revascularization (Is imaging predictive that the patient will improve after revascularization?) (Edward Bengie Magsombol)

10:00 – 10:30?Pharmacologic augmentation in SPECT & SPECT/CT in detecting viable myocardium?(Hee-Seung Bom)

10:30 – 11:00?Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30?Nuclear Imaging in Cardiomyopathies?(Felix Keng)

11:30 – 12:00?Gated blood pool ventriculography: Is there still a role in myocardial viability??(Oliver Alix)

12:00 – 14:00?Lunch break

14:00 – 16:00?Read with the experts. Case presentations / Artefacts and pitfalls

16:00 – 16:45?Overall discussion

Day 4 - February 4, 2011

09:00 – 09:30?Myocardial perfusion Imaging in the era of CT angiography (Hee-Seung Bom)

09:30 – 10:30?Cost effectiveness of myocardial imaging?(IAEA Expert: Felix Keng)

10:30 – 11:00?Elements of a good and comprehensive nuclear cardiology report?(Jerry Obaldo)

11:00 – 11:20?Coffee break

11:20 – 12:20?Open forum: Nuclear cardiology report

12:20 – 14:00?Lunch break

14:30 – 18:00?Visit to Department of Nuclear Medicine

18:00?Dinner & Cultural Night

Day 5 - February 5, 2011

Session to be held in conjunction with the Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine (PSNM)

09:00 – 09:45?Assessment of myocardial viability by PET/CT (Nagara Tamaki (Japan)

09:45 – 10:15?Cardiac applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging?(Felix Keng)

10:15 – 10:30?Coffee break

10:30 – 11:00?Competing modality 2: CT angiography (Harold Tan)

11:00 – 11:30?Post-Course evaluation (All Participants to the IAEA Training Course.
Coordinators: Dr San Luis and Thomas Pascual

11:30 – 13:30?Lunch break

14:00 – 18:00?Afternoon free

12:45 – 13:00?Closing Ceremonies. Dinner & Fellowship Night hosted by PSNM