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State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular CT | Edinburgh

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The State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular CT meeting will be delivered with a broad international expert faculty from the UK, Ireland, North America and Europe. Leading global experts in the field of cardiovascular CT, as well as other imaging modalities, will discuss the role of this technique in 2023. This will include its broadening clinical application, updates on technical optimization and discussion of current and future innovation and research in this rapidly evolving field. This meeting will explore all aspects of cardiovascular CT, including debates on areas of contention. The aim of the meeting is to inform and educate delegates on the strengths and weaknesses of cardiovascular CT, the increasing clinical indication for cardiovascular CT and areas where debate exists as to the most appropriate imaging investigation of cardiovascular disease.

Program Committee:

Co-chair: Michelle Williams, MD, PhD, FSCCT (University of Edinburgh)
Co-chair: Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT (Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust)
Marc Dweck, MD (University of Edinburgh)
Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MSCCT (Oregon Health & Sciences University)
David Newby, MD, PhD (University of Edinburgh)
Julie O’Brien, MD, FSCCT (University Hospital Limerick)
James Shambrook, MD, FSCCT (University Hospital Southampton)

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The State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular CT meeting held in collaboration with BSCI/BSCCT

VENUE

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
1 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ

HOURS

Badge pick-up and registration hours

Location: Conference Centre Concourse

Tuesday 7 Feb | 7:30 - 19:30

Wednesday 8 Feb | 7:30 - 18:00

Exhibition hours

Conference Centre Concourse

Tuesday 7 Feb | 8:30 - 19:30

Wednesday 8 Feb | 8:15 - 16:00

Social Event

Drinks reception

Tuesday 7 Feb | 18:30 - 20:00

Conference Centre Concourse

AGENDA

World leading experts in the field of cardiovascular CT from around the globe will discuss the current state of cardiovascular CT and the role it will play in 2023. Topics will include broadening clinical application, updates on technical optimization and discussion of current and future innovation and research in this rapidly evolving field.

This course provides CPD credits in accordance with the CPD Scheme of the Royal College of Radiologists.

Tuesday 7 Feb
9:00AM	Inaugural session
9:00AM	Welcome to Edinburgh \| Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FRCR, FSCCT & Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT SCCT Presidential address \| Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT BSCI Presidential address \| James Shambrook, BM, MRCP, FRCR, FSCCT Top 10 papers since SCCT2022 \| Las Vegas \| Armin Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, FSCCT Questions for the Presidents
10:20AM	Coffee break
11:00AM	Latest on coronary CT trials
11:00AM	ISCHEMIA \| Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT DISCHARGE \| Marc Dewey, MD Calcium scoring studies: What's new? \| Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, MD PROMISE and SCOT-HEART: Still making waves \| David Newby, MD, PhD Q & A
12:40PM	Lunch and poster viewing
1:25PM	Siemens Healthineers sponsored symposium \| Photon-Counting CT, the new state-of-the-art - Experience of a Radiologist and Cardiologist working together with the NAEOTOM Alpha \| Prof. Filippo Cademartiri and Prof. Sergio Berti
2:00PM	Structural heart disease
2:00PM	Percutaneous mitral and tricuspid valves \| Jonathon Leipsic, MD, MSCCT Quantitative aortic valve assessment \| Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT CT and electrophysiology \| Steven Williams, MD Fluid dynamics and cardiac CT \| Ronak Rajani, MD, PhD, FSCCT Q & A
3:45PM	Coffee break
4:15PM	Oral abstracts \| Chairs: David Newby, MD, PhD & Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT
4:15PM	The top 5 abstracts will be presented orally.
5:10PM	Innovation parade: Company presentations \| Chairs: Jonathon Leipsic, MD, MSCCT & James Shambrook, BM, MRCP, FRCR, FSCCT
5:10PM	Learn about the latest innovations in the technology that allows us to offer the best care for our patients
6:00PM	Closing remarks \| Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FRCR, FSCCT & Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
6:15PM	Drinks reception

Wednesday 8 Feb
8:00AM	Caristo Diagnostics sponsored symposium \| The future of comprehensive cardiovascular risk prediction using CCTA \| Dr. Nik Sabharwal, Prof. Ronak Rajani and Dr. Alain Tavildari
8:45AM	Coffee break
9:00AM	AI and machine learning
9:00AM	What will photon counting CT do for cardiac imaging? \| Pal Maurovich-Horvat, MD, PhD, MPH, FSCCT Can radiomics give us more information about coronary artery plaque? \| Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT New developments in peri-coronary imaging \| Charalambos Antoniades, MD, PhD AI for cardiac CT: Hope or hype? \| Michelle Williams, MBChB, FRCR, FSCCT Panel discussion + Q & A
10:45AM	Coffee break
11:15AM	Coronary CT: The big picture
11:15AM	North American clinical practice: Challenges and priorities \| Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT How academic data is changing clinical practice \| Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT The successes and challenges of the 2019 European guidelines \| Julie O'Brien, MD, FSCCT Is the UK doing NICE-ly? \| Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBChB, FRCR, PhD Q & A
12:50PM	Lunch and poster viewing
1:25PM	GE Healthcare sponsored symposium \| Crossing the chasm in Cardiovascular CT
2:00PM	Master debates
2:00PM	Debate #1: Imaging of CAD for women needs specific guidelines PRO \| Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT CON \| Leslee Shaw, PhD, MSCCT Debate #2: CT-FFR should be incorporated in all chest pain guidelines PRO \| Andrew Kelion, MD CON \| Tim Fairbairn, MBChB, PhD, FRCP Debate #3: In stable chest pain all you need is a calcium score PRO \| Marc Dweck, MD CON \| Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, MSCCT Rebuttal and vote
3:40PM	Coffee break
4:15PM	Latest from other modalities
4:15PM	What's new in echocardiography \| Claire Colebourn, FRCP, DICM, FFICM, MMedEd, FBSE What's new in cardiac MRI \| Gerry McCann What's new in nuclear medicine \| Nik Sabharwal What's new in multi-modality imaging \| Marc Dweck, MD Prizes and closing remarks \| Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FRCR, FSCCT & Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, FSCCT
6:00PM	Adjourn

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ABSTRACTS

Abstract submission is now closed.

The State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular CT meeting Organizing Committee welcomes submission of abstracts for original contribution to the field for poster presentations.

Presenters of accepted abstracts are required to register for and attend State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular CT meeting. All accepted abstracts will be published in an online supplement of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT) .

More about the abstract program

Key dates for the State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular CT abstract program

3 October 2022	Abstract submission opens
14 November 2022	Abstract submission closes
Early December 2022	Notifications sent to First Authors
11 December 2022	Abstract withdraw deadline

Registration

Registration includes scientific sessions, tea and coffee breaks, lunch and drinks reception. Non-member registrants are eligible for discounted SCCT membership following the close of State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular CT.

All fees are charged in USD. SCCT has set the rates based on the GBP as stated below. Due to currency exchange fluctuations, the actual fee amount may vary. SCCT will adjust fees every Friday to align with the stated GBP rate as closely as possible.

Category	GBP
Members - full paying members of SCCT, BSCCT and BSCI	£299
Non-members or community members	£475
Trainees and technologists/radiographers	£175

Cancellation Policy

The registration fee is partially refundable if you cancel your registration by 11:59pm EST on January 6, 2023. Any cancellation made by January 6, 2023 is subject to a US$150 administration fee. Any cancellation after this deadline will not result in refund.

Cancellation of conference registration does not constitute a cancellation of your hotel room. Please be sure to handle both separately.

Hotel and travel

The InterContinental Edinburgh The George will be the headquarter hotel for this meeting.

Book room at the InterContinental

Air

Edinburgh Airport is eight miles from the city centre. Travel between the two takes around 25 minutes using the Airlink bus or tram service. It is Scotland’s busiest airport, with flights connecting with destinations all over the UK, Europe, and beyond .

Rail

Edinburgh is very well-connected to the rest of the UK by rail. There are two major stations in the city centre – Edinburgh Waverley and Edinburgh Haymarket. The Royal College of Physicians is a 10-minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley.

Edinburgh is approximately 4.5hours from London by train.

Frequent direct train services run from London and major cities such as York, Newcastle, and Manchester. Visitors can connect from many other towns and cities – but might need to change trains on their journey.

- LNER (formerly Virgin Trains East Coast): visitors can depart from London King's Cross and run up the east coast via Peterborough, York and Newcastle to Edinburgh.
- Avanti West Coast : visitors can travel along the west coast from London Euston via Crewe, Preston and Carlisle – many of the trains terminate in Edinburgh. Overnight sleeper services from London Euston are also available.
- Lumo are relatively new and offer visitors budget train travel from major UK hubs to Edinburgh.
- There are direct services to Edinburgh that begin outside London:
- Avanti West Coast runs services from Birmingham to Edinburgh.
- CrossCountry services link Cardiff, Paignton, Penzance, Bournemouth and Brighton with Edinburgh via Birmingham.
- First TransPennine Express operates direct services to Edinburgh from Manchester Airport via Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District and Carlisle.

For train times and fares, visit National Rail Enquiries or Traveline Scotland.

Bus or coach

Edinburgh's main bus station is just behind St Andrew Square, in the city centre.

Scottish Citylink connects Edinburgh to five of Scotland's main cities: Aberdeen, Perth, Glasgow, Dundee and Inverness at least once an hour during peak times.

There is also a daily service to Fort William which stops at some of the most popular destinations in the Highlands, including Glencoe and Bridge of Orchy. There’s even a bus to Belfast and Londonderry with a connection through the Stena Line ferry.

Megabus and National Express also connect with major cities across the UK, including London.

Car

Edinburgh boasts six bus-based park and rides which are ideal to use when travelling to the city centre. Metered on-street parking is also available across the city.

If visitors would like to hire a car, there are several car rental companies to choose from.