FUNDAMENTALS OF CORONARY OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY TRAINING COURSE

Location: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Hamilton General Hospital

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

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

• Determine clinical indications for OCT imaging.
• Operate the OCT software to obtain, review and analyze images.
• Interpret OCT images in a variety of clinical contexts including acute coronary syndromes, pre and post stent deployment and optimization, stent thrombosis and stent restenosis.
• Integrate OCT image information in clinical management plans for coronary intervention.

CASE BASED INSTRUCTION 

A substantial focus of the course is on hands-on image evaluation by the attendees using OCT image review software.

Participants will perform mentored interpretation of OCT cases in the categories of (a) characterization of culprit lesion morphology, (b) stent thrombosis and restenosis, and (c) percutaneous coronary intervention planning and optimization.

FACULTY 

Tej Sheth, MD, FRCPC

Course Director 

Interventional Cardiologist

Hamilton Health Sciences

Associate Professor of Medicine

McMaster University 

Natalia Pinilla, MD 

Interventional Cardiologist

Hamilton Health Sciences 

Assistant Professor of Medicine

McMaster University

Matt Sibbald, MD, FRCPC

Interventional Cardiologist

Hamilton Health Sciences

Assistant Professor of Medicine

McMaster University