Objectives

At the end of this course the participant will be able to:

• Understand the essential principles of MRI
• Understand potential dangers, contra-indications and safety considerations
• Understand the fundamentals of stress testing and monitoring
• Put patients into magnets for different types of MRI study
• Understand clinical indications for cardiovascular MRI
• Perform magnetic resonance imaging for conditions including
• Ventricular volume and mass measurement
• Valvular regurgitation measurement
• Assessment of valvular stenosis
• Myocardial perfusion imaging
• Coronary artery imaging
• Imaging of major congenital heart malformations in adults
• Aortic dissection and coarctation
• Report cardiovascular magnetic resonance studies
• Understand clinical and research requirements of a cardiovascular MRI unit