Chronic Myocardial Infarction & Viability (CME)

Purpose/ Objective

CMR is a very specialized imaging modality that is not widely available. More and more medical centers are starting to do CMRs.  Thus, basic knowledge is necessary.  One of the most common requests for CMR is the assessment of viability (scar tissue) in patients with chronic myocardial infarction.  By understanding how to optimize the images for myocardial scar, this can improve how a patient is being cared for in the type of revascularization being offered. Following this activity, learners will be able to improve image quality (e.g. utilizing phase sensitive inversion recovery, changing parameters that improves temporal resolution to minimize cardiac motion artifacts and understand the extent of transmurality late gadolinium enhancement on recovery of function with revascularization

 

Accreditation Statement

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Credit Designation Statement

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) designates this enduring material for a maximum of  1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Instructions for Claiming CME

  • Attend the sessions in full for which credit is sought
  • Complete the post-activity evaluation
  • A certificate of completion will be available once the evaluation is submitted

 

Financial Disclosures

The planners and faculty for this activity did not have any relevant relationships to disclose, unless listed below:
Dr. Nagel grant and/or reseach supprot from Bayer Healthcare and Philips Healthcare. Dr. Nagel has received Speaker's Bureau fees from Bater Healthcare.

Any resulting conflicts of interest were resolved prior to the start of the activity according to ACCME Criteria & Standards.

 

Disclosure of Commercial Support

SCMR received no funding to support this activity.

 

Bibliography

STICH Trial (SPECT, dobutamine echo). Bonow RO et al, N Engl J Med 2011;364:1617-1625

MultiContrast Delayed Enhancement (MCODE) improves detection of subendocardial myocardial infarction by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance: a clinical validation study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2012 14:83 Published on: 30 November 2012

Contrast CMR In Chronic MI: Kim RJ et al, NEJM 2000;343:1445-53

Contrast CMR In Acute MI: Beek et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:895-901

Course Information
Course Date:
April 01, 2018
How to Perform High-quality Delayed Enhancement Imaging
Speaker Information
Patricia Bandettini  [ view bio ]
Hibernating Myocardium
Speaker Information
Eike Nagel   [ view bio ]
Myocardial LGE quantification
Speaker Information
Ignor Klem  [ view bio ]
Viability - Dead is Bright or Bright is Dead
Speaker Information
Charles Peebles   [ view bio ]
Individual topic purchase: Selected
Accreditation Council For Continuing Medical Education
Total General Hours: 1.50
Products
On-Demand
SCMR Member Price:$25.00
Non-Member Price:$40.00