Nuclear Cardiology Now: Middle East

The program includes contemporary didactic lectures, case-based learning, and in-depth panel discussions all designed to enhance your skills and knowledge with the common goal of improving patient-centered care and outcomes.

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Learning Objectives

• Illustrate the approach to managing patients with chest pain in the Middle East, United States, and Europe
• Describe the role of PET myocardial perfusion imaging in the evaluation of patients with suspected cardiovascular disease
• Discuss the optimal approach for patients presenting with a combination of normal and abnormal diagnostic results
• Illustrate the important role of nuclear imaging in utilizing a multimodality approach to managing patients with amyloidosis 

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Thank You to Our Sponsor

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Agenda and Faculty

FRIDAY, MAY 20
Time (EDT)	Topic	Speaker
8:00 AM	Welcome and Review of Program	Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, MSc (Program Chair, President-Elect, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology)
	ASNC President Address	Dennis A. Calnon, MD (President, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology)
	SHA President Address	Waleed Al Habeeb (President of the Saudi Heart Association)
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM	Session I:  Cardiac Imaging in Chest Pain Guidelines: American and European Perspectives	Moderators: Gregory S. Thomas, MD, MPH Wael Al Mahmeed, MD Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, MSc
	American Perspective	Martha Gulati, MD, MS
	European Perspective	Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD
	Current Approach to Patients with Chest Pain in the Middle East - ACC vs ESC Guidelines and Local Nuances	Ahmed Al Jizeeri
	Leveraging the Best Test: Case-Based Presentation	Mohammed Zayed, MD
	Panel Discussion
9:45 – 10:15 AM	Visit Exhibits
10:15 – 10:45 AM	Plenary Talk: PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging	Moderator: Haliah Alshehri, MBBCh Speaker: Rob S.B. Beanlands, MD
10:45 – 11:00 AM	Discussion
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM	Session II: Case-Based Presentations and Discussion	Moderator: Wael Jaber, MD Commenting Panel:  Fadi Hage, MD Timothy M. Bateman, MD Daniel S. Berman, MD Rash Al Bawardy
	A Patient with Normal SPECT and High Calcium Score	Islam Shawki
	A Patient with Abnormal Vasodilator ECG and Normal SPECT Perfusion	Rami Doukky, MD, MS
	New Onset Heart Failure and VT	Amr Telmesani, MBBS
	PET For a Patient with CTO: Perfusion +/- Viability	Masoud H. J. M. Garashi, MD
	A Patient with Chest Pain and Moderate Lesion on CTA	Paul C. Cremer, MD

 

SATURDAY, MAY 21
Time	Topic	Speaker
7:30 – 8:00 AM	Visit Exhibits
8:00 – 9:30 AM	Session III: Case-Based Presentations and Discussion	Moderator: Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, MSc  Commenting Panel: Vasken Dilsizian, MD Alia Abdel Fattah, MD Firas Al Badarin, MD Ahmed Alsaileek, MD Wael AlJaroudi, MD
	Positive PYP Pre-TAVR	Syed F. Jamal, MBBS
	MPI in a Post CABG Patient	Salah E. Bouyoucef, MD, PhD
	MPI in LBBB	Adel H. Allam, MD
	Patient with Ischemia and No Obstructive Disease (INOCA)	Rami M. Abazid, MD
	Viability Imaging Prior to Revascularization	Erika Hutt, MD
	Patient with LVAD and Fever	Dixitha Anugula, MBBS
9:30 – 10:00 AM	Visit Exhibits
10:00 – 10:30 AM	Plenary Talk: How to Modernize Your SPECT Lab	Moderator: Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD  Presenter: Dennis A. Calnon, MD
10:30 – 10:45 AM	Discussion
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM	Session IV: Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Multimodality Approach	Moderators: Juwairia Tahir Alali Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH Brett W. Sperry, MD
	Cardiac Amyloidosis: Overview	Sarah Cuddy, MBChB
	Who to Image: Low Flow AS and Others	Wael Jaber, MD
	How to Start and Perform A PYP/DPD Imaging Program	Prem Soman MD, PhD
	Management Of Cardiac Amyloidosis	Firas Al Badarin, MD
	Panel Discussion
12:30 PM	Program Adjourns