Radionuclide cardiac imaging: essential ingredient or just a spice in the current cardiology practice?

In the view of recent advances in imaging instrumentation and techniques, the available imaging information may provide improved diagnostic and prognostic information in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Is radionuclide imaging still an essential ingredient or just a spice in the current cardiology practice? This web scientific event  attempts to answer…

Main language:Greek

Slides:English

The event is held with the scientific coordination of

The 2nd Nuclear Medicine dpt of Aristotle University, AHEPA Academic Hospital, Thessaloniki  &

the 1st Cardiology dpt of Aristotle University AHEPA, Academic hsp, Thessaloniki

Scientific Directors

Ioannis Iakovou,  Associate Professor,  

Head of 2nd Nuclear Medicine dpt of Aristotle University AHEPA  Academic Hospital

and

Theodoros Karamitsos,  Associate Professor of Cardiology, 

1st Department of Cardiology, AHEPA Hospital, 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Program

10:00-11:20      Myocardial Ischemia

Chairs:              Panagiotis Georgoulias, Charalambos Karvounis

10:00-10:20      Do we need to look for myocardial ischemia or coronary anatomy in 2021?

                         Georgios Kassimis

10:20-10:40     CMR for myocardial ischemia

                         Alexios Antonopoulos

10:40-11:00     CT for coronary anatomy

                         Vassilis Kamperidis

11:00-11:20      Is there still a role for conventional radionuclide imaging in myocardial ischemia?

                         Chrissa Sioka

11:20-11:50      Break

11:50-12:50      Cardiac Amyloidosis

Chairs:              Ioannis Iakovou, Georgios Efthymiadis

11:50-12:10      Clinical aspects of “stiff heart syndrome”

                         Thomas Zegkos

12:10-12:30      Non-ionizing cardiovascular imaging of cardiac amyloidosis

                         Theodoros Karamitsos

12:30-12:50      Radionuclide cardiovascular imaging beyond myocardial ischemia. Our experience

                          in amyloidosis quest

                          Argyris Doumas

12:50-13:20      Break

13:20-14:20      Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Chairs:              Sophia Xatzioannou, Antonios Ziakas

13:20-13:40      Understanding cardiac sarcoidosis

                          Efstathios Pagkourelias

13:40-14:00     Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for cardiac sarcoidosis

                         Evangelia Nyktari

14:00-14:20     18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis

                         Alexandros Georgakopoulos

14:20-15:40      Ventricular arrhythmias

Chairs:              Sophia Koukouraki, Nikolaos Fragkakis

14:20-14:40      Role of autonomous nervous system in ventricular arrhythmias

                         Antonis Antoniadis

14:40-15:00      Radiopharmaceuticals in conventional radionuclide imaging of autonomic innervation of the heart

                          Andreas Fesas

15:00-15:20      Autonomic radionuclide imaging in ventricular arrythmias

                          Evanthia Giannoula

15:20-15:40      Q&A

Speakers

1. Alexios Antonopoulos, MD PHD, Cardiologist, Non-Invasive Imaging Specialist (CT/CMR) Unit of Inherited Cardiac Conditions, 1st Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Academic Associate Oxford Academic CT Programme, RDM Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, UK EACVI HIT Ambassador CT/CMR Greece / Social Media Editor Cardiovascular Research

2. Alexandros Georgakopoulos, MD, MSc, PhD, Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, “Attikon” General University Hospital of Athens

3. Andreas Fesas, MSc, MRSC, Radiochemist, Department of Nuclear Medicine, German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus

4. Antonis Antoniadis, MD, MSc, PhD, Cardiologist - Arrhythmologist, Head of Arrhythmology Clinic, Inter-Balkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki

5. Antonios Ziakas, Professor, 1st Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

6. Argyrios Doumas, Associate Professor, 2nd Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

7. Charalambos Karvounis, Professor of Cardiology, First Cardiology Department, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki

8. Chrissa Sioka, Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine,University Hospital of Ioannina, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Neurosurgical Institute of the University of Ioannina, Greece

9. Efstathios Pagkourelias, MD, MSc, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Academic Scholar, Third Cardiology Department AUTh, Medical School, Hippokrateion Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

10. Evangelia Nyktari, MD, FESC Cardiologist, CRM Specialist, EURO-CRM & SCMR accreditation, ex Consultant CRM Unit Royal Brompton Hospital

11. Evanthia Giannoula, MD, MSc, PhD, Nuclear Medicine Consultant in Second Academic Nuclear Medicine dpt of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University General Hospital AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece

12. Georgios Efthymiadis, Professor, 1st Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

13. George Kassimis, Interventional Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Cardiology - Interventional Cardiology AUTh., 2nd Cardiology Clinic, Hippocrates' General Hospital of Thessaloniki

14. Ioannis Iakovou, Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine, University of Thessaloniki, Head of the Dept. of "AHEPA" General University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece

15. Nikolaos Fragkakis, Associate Professor Associate Professor 3rd Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

16. Panagiotis Georgoulias, Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Medicine Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa

17. Sophia Koukouraki, Professor of Nuclear Medicine, University of Crete, Head of the Dept of Nuclear Medicine, General University Hospital of Crete, Herakleion, Greece

18. Sophia Xatzioannou, Professor of Nuclear Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Director of PET/CT, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens

19. Theodoros Karamitsos, Associate Professor of Cardiology, 1st Department of Cardiology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

20. Thomas Zegkos, Resident in Cardiology of AHEPA University Hospital

21. Vasileios Kamperidis, MD, MSc, PhD, FESC, Cardiologist, Senior Academic Fellow, 1st Cardiology Department, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki