Interactive Game: Read with the Experts (Cardiac Radiology)

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 8:30-10:00 a.m.| E451A

Participants review coronary CT angiography and cardiac MR cases, discuss appropriate indications for cardiac imaging and learn about recent advances in coronary CT angiography and cardiac MR.

Speaker Information:

  • Ricardo Cury, MD, Radiology Associates of South Florida, Miami
  • Andrew Crean, MD, University of Toronto
  • Michael Atalay, MD, PhD, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 
  • Elliot Fishman, MD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

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