A Practical Introduction to Cardiac Catheterisation and PCI

Session 1 (Lecture Theatre)

9.00 The Patient
9.10 Introduction to the Cardiac Catheter Lab
9.20 Radiation Safety
9.35 Equipment Preparation
9.55 Vascular Access
10.25 Coronary anatomy & radiographic projections
10.45 Coffee
11.00 The Left Heart Study
11.25 Reporting the left heart study
11.45 Graft angiography & views
11.55 The right heart study
12.10 Haemostasis & vascular closure devices
12.25 Complications of coronary angiography & management
12:40 Lunch

Session 2 – Group Practical Skills (13:40 – 17:15 - 35 min per station)

Station 1 - Equipment preparation
Station 2 - Femoral Access
Station 3 - Radial Access
Station 4 - Haemostasis & Vascular closure
Station 5 - Catheter selection & radiographic projections
Station 6 - Angiography Simulators

Sunday
Session 1 – PCI (Lecture Theatre)

09.00 PCI, a historical perspective 09.25 Indications for PCI 09.45 Coronary lesions, their classification & assessment
10.05 Tea & Coffee
10.25 Guide catheters, guidewires, balloons & coronary stents
10.45 Restenosis, stent thrombosis, antiplatelets & anticoagulation
11.30 Risks & Complications of PCI
12.00 EMQ ~30 questions
12.45 Lunch

Session 2 – Group Practical Stations (13:30-17:30)

Groups A & B switch after 2 hours

A)

Station 1 Pressure wire

Station 2 IABP

Station 3 IVUS

B)

Angio Simulators