Cardiac MR for Every Radiologist
What to expect
This course provides a structured introduction to Cardiac MR, combining core principles, practical techniques, and expert-led case interpretation. Focused lectures and interactive sessions cover common indications, typical pitfalls, and real-world clinical workflows. By the end, attendees will gain confidence in applying Cardiac MR in everyday practice.
All Special Focus Courses, and many more, are available on-demand for Premium Education Package subscribers.
Accreditation
Applications will be made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of this event.
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learning objectives
- Understand the fundamental principles of Cardiac MR acquisition, including patient preparation, ECG/respiratory triggering and basic hardware requirements
- Recognize standard cardiac planes, slice orientations and the AHA 16/17-segment model
- Describe the main Cardiac MR sequences used in clinical practice (cine, flow, LGE, T1/T2 mapping, edema imaging) including their strengths and limitations
- Perform and interpret basic functional and volumetric analysis (EDV, ESV, EF, SV, cardiac output, myocardial mass)
- Identify typical artefacts and common pitfalls in Cardiac MR interpretation
- Recognize characteristic Cardiac MR patterns in:
- Acute and chronic ischemic heart disease
- Cardiomyopathies
- Inflammatory and systemic cardiac diseases
- Apply a structured, pattern-based approach to Cardiac MR case interpretation
- Increase confidence in integrating Cardiac MR into routine clinical practice
programme
coming soon
Programme
all times local
| 12:30 – 12:35 | Welcome and Introduction Maja Pirnat, Maribor/SL |
| 12:35 – 12:55 | Cardiac MR Basics: Anatomy, Slice Orientation & AHA Segmentation Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Bergamo/IT |
| 12:55 – 13:35 | The Cardiac MR Toolbox I – Techniques & Set-Up in Clinical Practice (Cine, T1/T2, Flow, Hardware & Triggering) Charles Peebles, Southampton/UK |
| 13:35 – 14:15 | The Cardiac MR Toolbox II – Myocardial Tissue Characterisation (LGE, oedema-sensitive sequences & mapping) Marco Francone, Rome/IT
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| 14:15 – 14:35 | Q&A Session |
| 14:35 – 15:05 | Break |
| 15:05 – 15:45 | How I Do It: My Usual Approach to a Cardiac MR Tilman Emrich, Mainz/DE |
| 15:45 – 17:40 | Interactive Case Analysis – Fundamentals & Techniques Anatomy – Function – Flow – LGE – Oedema – Artefacts Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Bergamo/IT Charles Peebles, Southampton/UK Marco Francone, Rome/IT Tilman Emrich, Mainz/DE |
| 17:40 – 18:00 | Q&A Session |
all times local
| 12:30 – 13:10 | Cardiac MR in Acute Ischemic Syndromes, Including Differential Diagnosis, MINOCA, etc. Dominika Sucha, Utrecht/NL |
| 13:10 – 13:50 | Cardiac MR in Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease (Stress CMR, Viability, Ischemia vs Scar) Maja Hrabak-Paar, Zagreb/HR |
| 13:50 – 14:30 | Cardiomyopathies – A Phenotype-Based Approach Maja Pirnat, Maribor/SL |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Q&A Session |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 – 16:10 | Inflammatory & Systemic Diseases (Myocarditis, Sarcoidosis, etc.) Bernd Wintersperger, Toronto/CA |
| 16:10 – 17:40 | Advanced Case-Based Learning Differential diagnosis – Pattern recognition – Pitfalls – Reporting tips Dominika Sucha, Utrecht/NL Maja Hrabak-Paar, Zagreb/HR Maja Pirnat, Maribor/SL Bernd Wintersperger, Toronto/CA |
| 17:40 – 18:00 | Final Discussion & Take-Home Messages |
Fees
free of charge
For all radiologists, radiologists-in-training and radiographers, incl. those who are not yet members of the ESR.
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