SACMR 2021  PROGRAMME

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Day 1: Saturday, 20 November 2021

Sponsored breakfast symposium Session Chair: Ntobeko Ntusi
07h45 – 09h00 GE  TBD
INVITED LECTURE SESSION Session Chair: 
Introduction to CMR Sulaiman Moosa
09h00 – 09h20 An introduction to MRI physics (part 1) Ernesta Meintjes
09h20 – 09h40 An introduction to MRI physics (part 2) Stephen Jermy
09h40 – 09h55 CMR safety Patricia Solomons
09h55 – 10h10  Optimising imaging to deal with CMR artefacts Petronella Samuels
10h10 – 10h25 Optimising imaging to deal with arrhythmia Petronella Samuels
10h25 – 10h40 CMR in pregnancy Anna Herrey
10h40 – 10h55 Questions and answers  
10h55 – 11h10 Break
INVITED LECTURE SESSION Session Chair: 
Introduction to CMR Andre du Plessis
11h10 – 11h25 Cine imaging for structure, function, and mass Sulaiman Moosa
11h25 – 11h40 CMR velocity-encoded phase contrast imaging Stephen Jermy
11h40 – 11h55 Assessment of myocardial strain with CMR Gabi Captur
11h55 – 12h10 CMR for cardiac masses Andre du Plessis
12h10 – 12h25 CMR for pericardial disease Philip Herbst
12h25 – 12h40 CMR for cardiac ion quantification Mark Westwood
12h40 – 12h55 Questions and answers  
12h55 – 14h00 Lunch
OPENING PLENARY SESSION Session Chair: 
Ntobeko Ntusi
14h00 – 14h10 Congress opening Ntobeko Ntusi
14h10 – 14h30 Keynote lecture: Cardiovascular imaging in sub-Saharan Africa Anders Barasa
14h30 – 14h45  Break
INVITED LECTURE SESSION Session Chair: 
Applications of CMR Ruchika Meel
14h45 – 15h00 CMR for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Saidi Mohiddin
15h00 – 15h15 CMR for amyloidosis and infiltration Marianna Fontana
15h15 – 15h30 CMR for left ventricular non-compaction Steffen Petersen
15h30 – 15h45 CMR for hypertension Pheletso Letuka
15h45 – 16h00 Questions and answers  
16h15 – 16h30 Break  
INVITED LECTURE SESSION Session Chair: 
Applications of CMR Bronwen Cotton
16h30 – 16h45 CMR T1, T2, and ECV assessment Vanessa Ferreira
16h45 – 17h00 CMR in myocarditis Matthias Friedrich
17h00 – 17h15 CMR for sarcoid Amit Patel
17h15 – 17h30 LGE imaging for viability and non-ischaemic injury Victor Ferrari
17h30 – 17h45 CMR stress perfusion Kevin Steel
17h45 – 18h00 Instructive case presentation on use of parametric mapping Vanessa Ferreira
18h15 – 18h25 Questions and answers  
18h25 End of day


Day 2: Sunday, 21 November 2019

Sponsored breakfast symposium Session Chair: Ntobeko Ntusi
07h45 – 09h00 United Radiology Solutions  Dr Gregory Lanza
INVITED CASE PRESENTATIONS:  Session Chair: 
Introduction to CMR Anna Herrey & Safa Eltayeb
09h00 – 09h20 Case 1 Safa Eltayeb
09h20– 09h40 Case 2 Olukayode Aremu
09h40 – 10h00 Case 3 Morne Kahts 
10h00 – 10h10 Questions and answers  
10h10 – 10h20 Break
INVITED LECTURE SESSION:   Session Chair: 
Applications of CMR Vijay Dhaya
10h20 – 10h35 Imaging cardiac devices with CMR Charlotte Manisty
10h35 – 10h50 CMR for COVID-19 James Moon
10h50 – 11h05 Imaging the patient with long COVID-19 Rajarshi Banerjee
11h50 – 12h05 HIV-associated cardiovascular disease Cameron Holloway
12h05 – 12h20 CMR for prognostication in heart failure Theo Karamitsos 
12h20 – 12h30 Questions and answers  
12h30 – 13h30 Lunch
INVITED CASE PRESENTATIONS:   Session Chair:
 Philip Herbst
13h30 – 13h50 Case 1 Andre du Plessis
13h50 – 14h10 Case 2 Anna Herrey
14h10 – 14h30 Case 1 Philip Herbst
14h30 – 14h40 Questions and answers  
14h40 – 14h50  Break
INVITED LECTURE SESSION:   Session Chair: 
Applications of CMR Ron Jacob
14h50 – 15h05 CMR for valve disease: optimising imaging acquisition Saul Myerson
15h05 – 15h20 CMR for rheumatic heart disease Ntobeko Ntusi
15h20 – 15h35 CMR for right-sided valve disease Ron Jacob
15h35 – 15h50 CMR for submitral aneurysms Sulaiman Moosa
15h50 – 16h10 CMR for the transplanted heart Christopher Millar
16h10 – 16h20 Questions and answers  
16h20 – 16h30  Break
INVITED LECTURE SESSION:   Session Chair: 
Applications of CMR Leonie Scholtz
16h30 – 16h45 CMR for Tetralogy of Fallot Andrew Powell
16h45 – 17h00 CMR for ASD and VSD Andrew Powell
17h00 – 17h15 CMR for Fontan circulation Hopewell Ntsinjana
17h15 – 17h25 Questions and answers  
17h25 – 17h30 Break
CLOSING SESSION:   Session Chair: 
Ntobeko Ntusi 
17h30 – 17h45 Closing of CMR meeting Ntobeko Ntusi
17h45 End of meeting