17th Annual SCCT Comprehensive Board Review & Update of Cardiovascular CT August 2025

 17th Annual SCCT Comprehensive Board Review & Update of Cardiovascular CT virtually on August 16–17, 2025.

Accredited CME, expert faculty, case-based learning, and cutting-edge content tailored for cardiologists, radiologists, and CT technologists.”

Learning Objectives

After participating in this activity, the participants should be better able to:

• Describe the principles of cardiovascular CT scanning, acquisition, and image reconstruction to colleagues and members of the cardiovascular CT team
• Discuss and implement protocols for decreasing radiation dose while maintaining diagnostic image quality to members of the cardiovascular CT team
• Understand the indications, contraindications, capabilities, and limitations of cardiovascular CT in the care of cardiovascular patients
• Discuss criteria with colleagues for appropriate selection of patients for cardiovascular CT Identify common pathology that is diagnosed by cardiovascular CT, and distinguish true pathology from artifacts and pitfalls
• Understand the role of cardiovascular CT in the evaluation of chest pain and the treatment of valvular heart disease
• Describe new technologies that enhance conventional coronary CTA

Overview

The 17th Annual SCCT Comprehensive Board Review and Update of Cardiovascular CT is designed to engage physicians and healthcare professionals interpreting cardiac CT in a comprehensive exploration of all aspects of cardiovascular CT principles, methodologies, and clinical practice. Didactic lectures, image-based case examples, reviews of the research literature in cardiovascular CT, and question and answer sessions are designed to increase the competency and performance of the physician up to a level established for the Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT Exam and the Cardiac CT Certificate of Advance Proficiency Examination.

The course includes an expanded number of interactive sessions that will focus on the “core” knowledge that every practitioner of cardiovascular CT is expected to know, across a wide range of topics, as determined by the examination board of the CBCCT and the ACR. Course highlights include an end-of-course exam simulates the testing environment, audience response question and answer that accompanies every lecture, and two dedicated imaging review sessions with an expanded question and answer format.

2. Agenda & Schedule

Day 1 – August 16 (Saturday):

• Didactic lectures on cardiovascular CT fundamentals and advanced principles

• Case-based image interpretation sessions

• Expert panel discussions, technical tips, and guideline updates

Day 2 – August 17 (Sunday):

• Deep-dive review sessions by organ/system (e.g., coronary, congenital)

• Quiz-style review and interactive “case challenge”

• Latest research and innovations in CCT

3. Topics & Highlights

• Coronary Artery Disease interpretation and assessment

• Valvular, Structural & Congenital Heart Disease imaging

• Technical Aspects: image quality, dose optimization, artifact recognition

• Guidelines & Trials: current recommendations and evidence updates

• AI & Machine Learning applications in cardiac CT

• Expert Debates and real-world case discussions

4. Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Maximize image quality while minimizing radiation and managing artifacts

• Recognize when alternative imaging improves diagnosis

• Interpret emerging data and evaluate novel CT applications

• Discuss CT utilization based on current evidence and practice needs