Use of nuclear cardiology in myocardial viability assessment and introduction to PET and PET/CT for advanced users

Day 1 - February 1, 2011

08:30 – 09:15 Registration. Opening Ceremonies. Overview of the Course (Teofilo San Luis, Jr)

09:15 – 10:00 IAEA activities in Nuclear Medicine (Thomas Pascual, IAEA)

10:00 – 10:30 Pre-course evaluation (All Participants. Coordinators: Dr San Luis and Thomas Pascual (IAEA)

10:30 – 11:00 Post-acute coronary syndrome: is the myocardium stunned? hibernating? infarcted? (Myra Dolores Torres (P) or Liberty Yaneza (P)

11:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion & open forum:  Myocardial viability: which tests to do?

• 2D-Echo
• Coronary angiography
• Cardiac MRI
• CT angiography
• Nuclear (SPECT/PET)

(Eduardo Vicente S. Caguioa (C), Aileen Cynthia D. Llarena (P), Wilson Tan de Guzman (P), Ma. Helga Sta. Maria (P), Edward Bengie Magsombol (C)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 16:30 Country reports & open forum
- Country statistics
- Learning issues
- Local hurdles to be overcome
(Participants, IAEA Experts)

16:30 – 17:30 Photo Opportunity, Cultural Event “Walk through Time”

18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Dinner hosted by UST

Day 2 - February 2, 2011

09:00 – 09:30 Basic instrumentation and quality control in hybrid imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT (Nathaniel de Vera)

09:30 – 10:00 SPECT tracers: Tl-201, Tc99m sestamibi, Tc99m tetrofosmin (Elmer Llanes)

10:00 – 10:30 EPET tracers: FDG, Rb82, N13 ammonia, O15 water, etc (Hee-Seung Bom)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30 Image acquisition protocol and interpretation 1:  SPECT or SPECT/CT (Hee-Seung Bom)

11:30 – 12:00 Cardiovascular Applications of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (Felix Keng)

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 14:30 Imaging for Ischaemia Insights from Gated Scintigraphy in the era of Cardiac CT (Felix Keng)

14:30 – 15:30 Read with the Experts: Case presentations

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/tea break

14:00 – 14:30 Read with the Experts: Case presentations

Day 3 - February 3, 2011

09:00 – 09:30 Assessing myocardial viability in heart failure: is it worth it? (Milagros Yamamoto)

09:30 – 10:00 Evaluating prognosis for improving ventricular function: SPECT and PET before revascularization (Is imaging predictive that the patient will improve after revascularization?) (Edward Bengie Magsombol)

10:00 – 10:30 Pharmacologic augmentation in SPECT & SPECT/CT in detecting viable myocardium (Hee-Seung Bom)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30 Nuclear Imaging in Cardiomyopathies (Felix Keng)

11:30 – 12:00 Gated blood pool ventriculography: Is there still a role in myocardial viability? (Oliver Alix)

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 16:00 Read with the experts. Case presentations / Artefacts and pitfalls

16:00 – 16:45 Overall discussion

Day 4 - February 4, 2011

09:00 – 09:30 Myocardial perfusion Imaging in the era of CT angiography (Hee-Seung Bom)

09:30 – 10:30 Cost effectiveness of myocardial imaging (IAEA Expert: Felix Keng)

10:30 – 11:00 Elements of a good and comprehensive nuclear cardiology report (Jerry Obaldo)

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 – 12:20 Open forum: Nuclear cardiology report

12:20 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:30 – 18:00 Visit to Department of Nuclear Medicine

18:00 Dinner & Cultural Night

Day 5 - February 5, 2011

Session to be held in conjunction with the Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine (PSNM)

09:00 – 09:45 Assessment of myocardial viability by PET/CT (Nagara Tamaki (Japan)

09:45 – 10:15 Cardiac applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Felix Keng)

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 11:00 Competing modality 2: CT angiography (Harold Tan)

11:00 – 11:30 Post-Course evaluation (All Participants to the IAEA Training Course.
Coordinators: Dr San Luis and Thomas Pascual

11:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

14:00 – 18:00 Afternoon free

12:45 – 13:00 Closing Ceremonies. Dinner & Fellowship Night hosted by PSNM