The Course:

MonashHeart (Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne) will be providing their 20th cardiac CT course in May 2018. The course will take place in the luminary site cardiac CT facility at MonashHeart in Melbourne.

The course will be taught by highly experienced Australian Level B accredited faculty led by - Associate Professor Sujith Seneviratne and Professor Ken Lau.

The course will include exposure to and experience in cardiac CT imaging, coronary artery disease with catheter correlation, congenital heart disease and acquired non-coronary artery disease.

All live cases will be on a Toshiba 320-slice Aquilion ONE ViSION CT scanner.

Each participant will work independently on their own state-of-the-art, dedicated cardiac CTA 3D Vitrea 6.3 workstation.

♥ Meets course component of

Australian Level A

♥ 1:1 physician to workstation ratio

♥ CSANZ Level B faculty

♥ Learn on Vitrea &

Aquilion ONE ViSION

♥ 6 day course 150 cases includes

25 live cases

♥ 4 day course is designed for

recertification purpose (100 cases, no live cases)

Level A Cardiac CTA Training on Aquilion ONE ViSION in Melbourne

Options:

♥ Meet course component of Australian Conjoint Committee Level A Competency Requirements (6 day course) 7th to 12th May 2018 The 6 day training course is designed for cardiologists & radiologists who desire an in-depth knowledge of cardiac CTA. This course’s popularity is based on our systematic review methodology, which is designed to increase your reading confidence and decrease your read time.

It is expected that 126 RANZCR CPD points can be claimed for attendance at the MonashHeart Level A CTA Training Course.

♥ Meeting recertification requirements/refresher course (4 day course) 9th to 12th May 2018 The 4 day training course is designed for cardiologists & radiologists who desire cases for recertification.

It is expected that 84 RANZCR CPD points can be claimed for attendance at the MonashHeart Level A CTA Training Course.

MonashHeart and CVCTA

320 Slice Luminary Site Cardiac CT

MonashHeart, Clayton

Level 2, Monash Medical Centre

246 Clayton Road, Clayton Victoria 3168

Telephone: 1300 MHEART or 03 9594 2243 Email: anne.mennen@monashhealth.org

Course Details:

6 day course

Date: 7th - 12th May 2018

Time: 8:30am—5.30pm (Mon-Sat)

Cost: $10,000 (AUD) plus GST

4 day course

Date: 9th - 12th May 2018

Time: 8:30am—5.30pm (Wed-Sat)

Cost: $7,500 (AUD) plus GST

Location: MonashHeart Monash Medical Centre 246 Clayton Road Clayton Victoria 3168

Course Type: Aquilion One ViSION —Vitrea

Lead Faculty: Sujith Seneviratne Ken Lau

Educational Objectives:

♥ Observe live cardiac scans from patient entry through diagnosis and report.

♥ Review CT image components, formation, and processing.

♥ Discuss clinical issues including patient safety, pre-medication, radiation exposure,

contrast delivery and reactions.

♥ Review how to use a 3D workstation to review and interpret cardiac CT images.

♥ Awareness of the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of

cardiac CT.

♥ Awareness of the clinical indications and appropriateness of cardiac CT.

♥ Learn how to comprehensively assess a wide variety of cases on the 3D workstation and

recognise varied pathology by CT.

“MonashHeart is one of the busiest cardiac CT centres nationally and internationally (over 3,800 cases per year) and offers high volume coronary CT and paediatric and adult congenital cases.” Our group has published numerous articles in international journals over the last eight years.

Schuijf JD, Ko BS, Di Carli MF, Hislop-Jambrich J, Ihdayhid AR, Seneviratne SK, Lima JAC. Fractional flow reserve and myocardial perfusion by computed tomography: a guide to clinical application. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017. Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]

Ko BS, Cameron JD, Munnur RK, Wong DTL, Fujisawa Y, Sakaguchi T, Hirohata K, Hislop-Jambrich J, Fujimoto S, Takamura K, Crossett M, Leung M, Kuganesan A, Malaiapan Y, Nasis A, Troupis J, Meredith IT, Seneviratne SK. Noninvasive CT-Derived FFR Based on Structural and Fluid Analysis: A Comparison With Invasive FFR for Detection of Functionally Significant Stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Jun;10(6):663-673.

Nerlekar N, Ko BS, Nasis A, Cameron JD, Leung M, Brown AJ, Wong DTL, Ngu PJ, Troupis JM, Seneviratne SK. Impact of heart rate on diagnostic accuracy of second generation 320-detector computed tomography coronary angiography. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2017 Jun;7(3):296-304.

Faculty: Associate Professor Sujith Seneviratne, Head of Cardiac CT, MonashHeart, Monash Health

Duration:

The mini-fellowship can provide mentored live case reporting and/or non live (library) mentored cases and can be expected to be completed in three to four days (25 live cases).

Tuition:

$5,000 (plus GST) for 25 mentored live cases

$3,500 (plus GST) for 25 mentored live cases (those who have completed the

CVCTA/MonashHeart CTA course)

$9,000 (plus GST) for 50 cases (25 live)

$6,500 (plus GST) for 50 cases (25 live) (those who have completed the CVCTA/

MonashHeart CTA course)

MonashHeart Luminary Site Cardiac CT Monash Medical Centre Ph: +61 03 9594 2243 246 Clayton Road 1300 MHEART Clayton, Australia 3168 www.monashheart.org.au

*Participants should ensure that the “mini-fellowship” meets their

personal requirements for cardiac CT training or re-accreditation.

Venue:

Cardiac CT Luminary Site (320-Slice Aquilion One), MonashHeart, Monash Health. Free car parking is available onsite.

Dates:

Dates available to suit participants. Please contact Anne Mennen on +61 03 9594 2243 or anne.mennen@monashhealth.org

Requirements for Acceptance into MonashHeart Mini Fellowship:

ACC/SCCT level 1 or level 2 CTA structured training course or

Level A or level B Australian accreditation.

Completion of “medical observership” requirements for Monash Health

Cardiac CT Luminary Site Mini Fellowships 25 or 50 (non-course) cases

To Help Meet Level A or Level B CTCA Specialist Training Requirements. MonashHeart provides a number of cardiac CT “mini-fellowship” options with either 25 or 50 mentored cases in a real practice (non-course) setting to contribute to level A or level B specialist training or re-accreditation requirements for conjoint committee (VSANZ, ANZAPNM, RANZCR) recognition of training in CT coronary angiography*. Logbook certification will be provided by Australian Level B CTCA experts.