Seminar sessions, 12-week course

The initials refer to the participating members of staff. Check the timetable for detailed schedules.

Week 1

  1. Introductions. CMR – role and potential. Tour of Unit. DJP/PJK
  2. Set-up and monitoring, safety EDB
  3. CMR in diagnosis and research. Introduction to archives, RGBwin, etc PJK
  4. Physics 1 (including safety issues). DNF+
  5. Written test on CMR safety. Use of RGBwin PJK

Week 2

  1. Cardiac anatomy, imaging planes, appearances RHM
  2. Physics 2. DNF+
  3. Physics 3. DNF+
  4. Aortic aneurysm and dissection RHM
  5. Resuscitation skills for CMR

Week 3

  1. Valves – image planes, cine imaging, use of RGBwin   PJK
  2. Physics 4 (flow)   DNF+
  3. Valve stenosis – jet velocity mapping   PJK
  4. Echocardiography of heart valves  
  5. Valve regurgitation – flow measurements with RGBwin  

Week 4

  1. Cardiomyopathy  
  2. Physics 5   DNF+
    3.
  3. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia   RHM
  4. Cardiac masses and pericardial disease   DJP
  5. Flow imaging for CMR   RHM

Week 5.

  1. Congenital heart disease – Introduction PJK
  2. Physics 6 DNF+
  3. Aortic Coarctation PJK
  4. Defining congenital cardiac anatomy PJK
  5. Interpretation of chest x-ray and CT   Mike Rubens

Week 6

  1. Right ventricle, conduits, pulmonary arteries   PJK
  2. Physics 7  DNF+
    3.
  3. Congenital heart disease – a physician’s view  
  4. Echocardiography 
  5. Operations for CHD (Mustard, Rastelli, Fontan, etc)  PJK

Week 7

  1. Ischaemic heart disease – introduction  DJP
  2. Physics 8  DNF+
  3. ECG – use and interpretation 
  4. Ventricular function – different imaging approaches   DJP
  5. Ventricular function – MRI cine appearances, use of RGBwin 

Week 8

  1. Viability DJP
  2. Physics 9 DNF+
  3. Ventricular remodelling
  4. Stress testing DJP
  5. (extra session on clinical assignment)

Week 9

  1. Myocardial perfusion imaging 
  2. Physics 10   DNF+
    3.
  3. Myocardial perfusion imaging  
  4. MR Angiography – thoracic   RHM
  5. (extra session on clinical assignment)

Week 10

  1. MR Coronary imaging  
  2. MR Angiography – renal and abdominal   RHM
  3. MR Coronary imaging  
  4. Congenital heart disease – revision   PJK
  5. (extra session on clinical assignment)

Week 11

  1. Research methods- Statistics  
  2. Valvular heart disease - revision   PJK
  3. Research methods- Study design  
  4. (extra session on clinical assignment)
  5. (completion of clinical assignment)

Week 12

  1. Running a clinical CMR service   DJP
  2. Multiple choice questionnaire PJK
  3. Course outing PJK
  4. Subject as requested
  5. End of course