General day 1: Chest Pain and Stable Angina 1

Register for our first General Day of the academic year, which aims to clarify the best investigations in managing patients with chest pain. The latest guidelines and imaging modalities will be explored.

By attending this event, you will learn about:

• The causes of chest pain, atheroma pathology and natural history, indications, limitations, risks and predictive accuracy and prognostic value of non-invasive (Ex ECG, stress ECHO, nuclear, MRI, CT angiography) and invasive investigations
• Cardiac anatomy, physiology and haemodynamics relevant to invasive cardiology, indications and limitations of percutaneous interventions in cardiac disease
• Pharmacology of drugs, selecting investigations and landmark trials of revascularisation/medical Rx 
• Core advanced imaging training including CT and nuclear; the cardiac computed tomography techniques including contrast administration; the modalities of Ultra-fast CT Coronary angiogram (including grafts and stents), the indications for calcium score, CT coronary angiography for MPS and ERNV; and the importance of radiation protection, the methods of stress used in MPS, the radiopharmaceuticals and protocols used in MPS and ERNV; the equipment and techniques used in nuclear
• Cardiology imaging and the clinical value of MPS in different clinical settings 

Trainees: Claiming reimbursement

Once you have booked your place for this event, claim reimbursement for the full amount from your employing Trust via their usual local study leave processes. The relevant approval code to claim reimbursement for these events is MED0008.

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