The Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology offers a one-week fellowship for physicians interested in receiving cardiac CT training. Materials that will be distributed includes cardiac CT Reading Material on CD, Powerpoint printouts from didactic sessions, CT Protocols, heart rate reduction protocol, and structured cardiac CT report templates.

The course consists of:

	Observation of cardiac CT acquisitions at the 64-detector Volume CT scanner (morning/mid day)
	Observation of cardiac CT processing in 3D Lab (adjacent to the VCT) and interaction with our senior advanced CT applications specialists, Melissa Muck, RT(R), CT and Karen Barber, BS, RT(R), CT
	Didactic sessions with Cardiothoracic Radiology Faculty, including extensive time for questions/answers; examples of topics covered included are:
		Cardiac CT Workstation & Anatomy Overview
		Cardiac CT: Technology
		Coronary CTA: Approach to Interpretation
		Coronary CTA: The Evidence
		Coronary Artery Anomalies
		Coronary CTA Artifacts & Pitfalls
		Cardiac CT for the Electrophysiologists
		Coronary Calcium Scoring Using Multidetector CT
		Thoracic Aorta
		Pulmonary Vascular CT
		Pericardium
	Participation in daily cardiac and thoracic vascular CT reading sessions in the Cardiothoracic Radiology Reading Room
	Participation in daily cardiac and thoracic vascular CT reading sessions in the Cardiothoracic Radiology Reading Room
	Independent cardiac CT case review of a training set of full cardiac cases at an AW and/or Vitrea workstation, so that trainees can reach 100-150 cases within the one week time period. .

Course Fee: $5,000

For more information, please contact:
Ella A. Kazerooni, M.D., M.S.
Director, Cardiothoracic Radiology Division
Department of Radiology
Cardiovascular Center, Room 5482
1500 East Medical Center Drive, SPC 5868
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5868
Tel. 734-936-4366
Fax 734-232-5055
ellakaz@umich.edu