Cardiac CT training
CT Coronary Angiography (CTCA) is the most sensitive non-invasive test for detecting Coronary Artery Disease, using a Computed Tomography (CT) X-ray technique to look at blood vessels that supply the heart muscle.
The Victorian Heart Institute offers cardiac CT courses each year in collaboration with the Victorian Heart Hospital utilising the Canon Medical 320-slice Aquilion ONE PRISM Edition CT scanner.
Our courses
The Victorian Heart Institute in collaboration with the Victorian Heart Hospital provides CT Courses throughout the year. The courses take place at The Victorian Heart Hospital, Melbourne.
The course will be taught by highly experienced Australian Level B accredited faculty led by - Associate Professor Sujith Seneviratne and Dr Angel Wu.
The course includes exposure to and experience in cardiac CT imaging, coronary artery disease with catheter correlation, congenital heart disease and acquired non-coronary artery disease.
All live cases will be on a Canon Medical 320-slice Aquilion ONE PRISM Edition CT scanner.
Each participant will work independently on their own state-of-the-art, dedicated cardiac CTA 3D Vitrea workstation.
“The Victorian Heart Hospital is one of the busiest cardiac CT centres nationally and internationally (over 8000 CT Scans per year) and offers high volume coronary CT and paediatric and adult congenital cases.”
Educational objectives
- Observe live cardiac scans from patient entry through diagnosis and report
- Review CT image components, formation, and processing
- Discuss clinical issues including patient safety, pre-medication, radiation exposure, contrast delivery and reactions
- Review how to use a 3D workstation to review and interpret cardiac CT images
- Awareness of the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of cardiac CT
- Awareness of the clinical indications and appropriateness of cardiac CT
- Learn how to comprehensively assess a wide variety of cases on the 3D workstation and recognise varied pathology by CT
- Basic understanding of the use of Cardiac CT in Percutaneous AV treatment (TAVI/TAVR)
Course options
Prerequisite credentials for training
Each specialist seeking recognition as a CTCA Specialist must be able to demonstrate evidence of one of the following prerequisites.
Please review the latest information from the Conjoint Committee for Recognition of Training in Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography prior to registration to ensure our course is suitable for your needs.
Contact us
Please direct any queries to:
vicheartinstitute@monash.edu