Houston Methodist 14th Annual Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging for the Clinician 2025

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▶︎ Course Overview

14th Annual Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging for the Clinician is a comprehensive educational conference focused on the practical use of cardiovascular imaging in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The program highlights the strengths, limitations, and appropriate clinical use of echocardiography, cardiac CT, PET, and cardiac MRI across a wide range of cardiovascular conditions.

Through didactic lectures, case-based discussions, live panels, and Q&A sessions, world-renowned experts guide participants in correlating cardiac anatomy with imaging findings to enhance clinical decision-making.

🗒  Event Information

• Start: October 4, 2025 – 8:00 AM (CDT)

• End: October 5, 2025 – 12:30 PM (CDT)

👩🏾‍⚕️ 👩🏼‍💻Target Audience

This conference is designed for:

• Cardiologists

• Cardiovascular surgeons

• Internists

• Anesthesiologists

• Radiologists

• Critical care physicians

• Advanced cardiovascular practitioners

• Fellows in training

• Sonographers

• Cardiovascular imaging technologists (Echo, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac CT, Cardiac MRI)

 💯 Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss new developments in multimodal cardiovascular imaging

• Compare imaging techniques for ischemia assessment and select the most appropriate modality for specific clinical scenarios

• Evaluate cardiac and valvular morphology and relate findings to imaging-guided interventions

• Describe optimal timing and intervention strategies for common valvular disorders

• Differentiate cardiomyopathies and cardiac masses using imaging

• Explain the role of imaging in vascular and aortic disease

• Summarize common adult congenital heart diseases and their key imaging features

Program Highlights

Day 1 – Saturday, October 4, 2025

Latest Advances in Cardiovascular Imaging

• Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)

• Advances in cardiac CT and photon-counting technology

• Cardiac MRI beyond late gadolinium enhancement

• PET/CT protocols for clinical practice

• Interventional echocardiography training guidelines

• Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging

Ischemic Heart Disease

• CT calcium scoring and risk stratification

• Vulnerable plaque assessment

• Chest pain imaging pathways

• PET vs SPECT in coronary artery disease

• CMR in acute coronary syndromes

Heart Failure Imaging

• LV and RV function assessment

• Diastolic function guidelines

• Pericardial disease imaging

• Role of CMR in prognosis and etiology

• Imaging evaluation of LVADs

Cardiomyopathies

• Stress cardiomyopathy

• Amyloidosis

• Cardio-oncology

• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• Cardiac sarcoidosis

Day 2 – Sunday, October 5, 2025

Valvular Heart Disease I: Mitral & Tricuspid Valves

• Echocardiographic assessment of mitral regurgitation

• Role of CMR and CT in valve disease

• Percutaneous valve repair and replacement

• Imaging-guided electrosurgical valve interventions

• Tricuspid regurgitation: emerging therapies

Valvular Heart Disease II: Aortic & Prosthetic Valves

• Aortic stenosis timing and intervention

• TAVR planning and prosthesis selection

• Aortic regurgitation severity assessment

• Imaging of prosthetic valves

• Catheter-based interventions for valve dysfunction

Important Notice

This course is provided for educational purposes only. It does not include CME credits, CE points, or a certificate of completion.