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-13hrs

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Saturday, March 5 08.15-08.45

Friday, March 4
7:15pm - 7:45pm EST

Siemens Healthineers Sponsored Symposia
Cardiac imaging with photon-counting CT: Virtual calcium free imaging and other innovations

Dr. Bernhard Theodor Schmidt

Moderator: Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT

Saturday, March 5 08.50 - 09.00

Friday, March 4
7:50pm - 8:00pm EST

Welcome & Introduction

Ming-Yen Ng, BMedSci BMBS, FRCR, FSCCT

Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT

Session #1: Preventative Cardiology and Rapid CT Assessment

Moderators: Bin Lu, MD, FSCCT and Ming-Yen Ng, BMedSci BMBS, FRCR, FSCCT

Saturday, March 5
09.00 - 09.20

Friday, March 4
8:00pm - 8:20pm EST

Calcium score or CTA for cardiovascular prevention – Why calcium score?

Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH, Msc, FSCCT

Saturday, March 5
09.20 - 09.40

Friday, March 4
8:20pm - 8:40pm EST

Calcium score or CTA for cardiovascular prevention – Why CTA?

Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT

Saturday, March 5
09.40 - 10.00

Friday, March 4
8:40pm - 9:00pm EST

Cardiac CT in stable chest pain(New ACC/ AHA Guideline)

Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT

Saturday, March 5
10.00 - 10.20

Friday, March 4
9:00pm - 9:20pm EST

Cardiac CT in the Emergency Department/acute chest pain(New ACC/ AHA Guideline)

Renee Bullock Palmer, MD, FSCCT

Saturday, March 5 10.20 - 10.30

Friday, March 4
9:20pm - 9:30pm EST

Discussion Q&A

Saturday, March 5
10.30 - 10.40

Friday, March 4
9:30pm - 9:40pm EST

Break

Session #2: Emerging Cardiac CT Technologies

Moderators: Jonan Lee, MBBS, FRCR, FHKAM, FHKCR and Jian-Long He, MD, PhD

Saturday, March 5
10.40 - 11.00

Friday, March 4
9:40pm - 10:00pm EST

FFR-CT

Jia-yin Zhang, MD, PhD 

Saturday, March 5
11.00 - 11.20

Friday, March 4
10:00pm - 10:20pm EST

Computational flow dynamics

Bon-Kwon Koo, MD

Saturday, March 5
11.20 - 11.40

Friday, March 4
10:20pm - 10:40pm EST

Cardiac CT AI

Vince Vardhanabhuti, MBBS BSC, FRCR, PhD

Saturday, March 5
11.40 - 12.00

Friday, March 4
10:40pm - 11:00pm EST

Spectral CT

Yining  Wang, MD

Saturday, March 5
12.00 - 12.20

Friday, March 4
11:00pm - 11:20pm EST

CT myocardial perfusion

Amit Patel, MD, FSCCT

Saturday, March 5
12.20 - 12.30

Friday, March 4
11:20pm - 11:30pm EST

Discussion Q&A

Saturday, March 5
12.30 - 13.30

Friday, March 4
11:30pm - 12:30am EST

Break

Session #3: Practical Cardiac CT Reporting

Moderators: Ting Liu, MD, PhD, FSCCT and Yuk-Kong Lau, MBBS, FHKCP, FHKAM, FRCP

Saturday, March 5
13.35 - 13.55

Saturday, March 5
12:35am - 12:55am EST

CT – Cases

Stephen Cheung, MBBS, FRCR, FHKAM, FHKCR

Saturday, March 5
13.55 - 14.15

Saturday, March 5
12:55am - 1:15am EST

Assessment of coronary artery stents & grafts

John Hoe, MBBS, DMRD, FRCR, FSCCT

Saturday, March 5
14.15 - 14.35

Saturday, March 5
1:15am - 1:35am EST

CT cases – Plaque characterization from basic to advanced

Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT

Saturday, March 5
14.35 - 14.55

Saturday, March 5
1:35am - 1:55am EST

CT – Cases (non-coronary)

Emma Cheasty, MBChB, FRCR

Saturday, March 5
14.55 - 15.15

Saturday, March 5
1:55am - 2:15am EST

Discussion Q&A

Saturday, March 5
15.15 -15.25

Session #4: Advanced Cardiac CT Reporting

Moderators: Mona Bhatia, MD, FRCR, FRCMR, FSCCT and Kelvin Yiu, MBBS, MRCP, FHKAM, FHKCP 

Saturday, March 5
15.25 - 15.45

Saturday, March 5
2:25am - 2:45am EST

Implementing new ACC guideline recommendations and reporting plaque characteristics

Live Panel Discussion

Kelley Branch, MD, MSC, FSCCT

Kelvin Yiu, MBBS, MRCP, FHKAM, FHKCP

Saturday, March 5
15.45 - 16.05

Saturday, March 5
2:45am - 3:05am EST

Cardiologist/general physician perspective on cardiac CT reports: Part 1

Carmen Chan, MBBS, MRCP, FHKAM, FHKCP 

Saturday, March 5
16.05 - 16.25

Saturday, March 5
3:05am - 3:25am EST

Cardiologist/general physician perspective on cardiac CT reports: Part 2

Tan Swee Yaw, MBchB (Edin), MRCP (UK), FESC, FAMS

Saturday, March 5
16.25 - 16.35

Saturday, March 5
3:25am - 3:35am EST

Discussion Q&A

Saturday, March 5
16.35 - 16.45

Saturday, March 5
3:35am - 3:45am EST

Closing comments

Ming-Yen Ng, BMedSci BMBS, FRCR, FSCCT