Level I and II Course Descriptions

LEVEL-I

Cardiac CT 50 Case Review 2 Day Course
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of and experience performing CT coronary angiography. This course will be focused on cardiac imaging, and will specifically cover: Normal cardiac anatomy as seen on CT Coronary plaque, and how to distinguish mild, moderate, and severe disease Cath correlation Coronary anomalies. These 50 cases will count towards the total number needed for Level 2 or Level 3 training as specified by the ACCF/AHA requirements for training in cardiac CT. Although specifically geared for cardiologists, Radiologists are welcome. While there is a definite focus on accruing cases that can be used towards level 2 or level 3 accreditation, there is enough time to go over individual cases so that physicians feel comfortable using the workstation. At the end of the weekend, physicians should be able to sit down at their own workstations and process most cases with minimal assistance. Offers 12.5 CME.

LEVEL-II

Cardiac CT 50 Live and 100 Case Review Combined Level II Training.
The course is aimed at cardiologists and radiologists who would like to become independent in the performance and interpretation of cardiac CT angiography. Participants will be proctored to perform live cases during a 4-day experience that includes patients, scanner protocols, contrast injection, and image acquisition, reconstruction and post-processing. Fifty live onsite cases and 100 archived clinical cases will be reviewed in 4 days to fulfill the SCCT and ACC suggested criteria for Level II training. Course also fullfills the ACR recommendations for Cardiac CTA training for Radiologists and Heart Surgeons.

Cardiac CT 100 Case Review 3 Day Course
This 3 day course prepares participants to perform coronary CTA at the highest level of expertise. The course presents all aspects of this new imaging modality, including image acquisition, patient management, interpretive technique, structured reporting, anatomy and pathology. The course will also specifically cover normal cardiac anatomy as seen on CCTA, coronary plaque, how to distinguish mild, moderate, and severe disease, cath correlation, and coronary anomalies. Physicians will independently process and interpret coronary CTA cases at dedicated workstations and will review over 100 cases. Upon completion of additional 50 live case course, you will be given ACC level 2 certificate. Please see detailed description for 50 live case review course.

Cardiac CT 50 Live Case 2 Day Course This course entails fulfilling requirements for Level 2 credentialing . Participants will be proctored for 25 live cases during a 3-day experience that includes patient and scanner setup, contrast injection, image acquisition, reconstruction, and post-processing. Participants will also be given 25 taped case for independent review. They will learn to troubleshoot issues and challenges that might be encountered in practice. Participants will systematically read cardiovascular CTA studies on an advanced workstation. Workstation training is a hands-on experience with one workstation per student. Upon completion of the 100 case review course, you will be given an ACC Level 2 certificate. See details for 100 case review course.

Cardiovascular CT Business Development and Administration 1 day Seminar
This "onsite" course is intended for CEO's, CFO's, directors and administrative staff of hospitals, academic centers and private practice groups being faced with setting-up a complex cardiovascular CT imaging service. The following topics will be addressed by the well-renown and experienced leader in cardiovascular CT business development, Tim Attebery,

Each participant will receive the CVI.org CVCT Resource Compendium and the CVCT Billing & Coding Module. The Resource Compendium contains copies of forms, policies, procedures and other information relating to CVCT operations. The Billing & Coding Module is a series of CCTA vignettes that aid the coding staff in assigning CPT codes. An Answer Key is included that can be used to "test" the coder's knowledge of CVCT related CPT codes.

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