ASPC - ASPC 2026 Imaging Symposium Webinar Registration

Course Directors

Alison Bailey, MD, FASPC

Leandro Slipczuk, MD, PhD, FASPC

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Time (EDT)

Topic

8:00 – 8:05 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Session 1: Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) – The Prevention Workhorse

8:05 – 8:20 AM	When to Order, How to Report, and How to Act
8:20 – 8:35 AM	CAC in 2026: From "Risk Marker" to "Risk Modifier" across Guidelines and Phenotypes
8:35 – 8:50 AM	CAC in Cardiometabolic Risk: Diabetes, CKD, Women, and "The Paradox of Normal LDL-C"
8:50 – 9:05 AM	Q&A
9:05 – 9:15 AM	Break

Session 2: CCTA Plaque Quantification — Beyond Stenosis

9:15 – 9:30 AM	Quantitative Plaque by CCTA: What is Ready for Prime Time?
9:30 – 9:45 AM	Lipid Lowering Therapies Based on CCTA Results: What do Clinicians Need to Know?
9:45 – 10:00 AM	Plaque Progression/Regression as a Treatment Target: Imaging Endpoints that Matter
10:00 – 10:15 AM	Hypertension Targets Based on Cardiac CT: Integrating New BP Guidelines with Subclinical Atherosclerosis
10:15 – 10:35 AM	Q&A
10:35 – 10:50 AM	Break

Keynote Lecture

10:50 – 11:15 AM

Keynote: Two Imaging Challenges in Cardiovascular Primary Prevention: Heart (the Young) and Brain (the Elderly)

Session 3: Carotid Plaque Assessment & Systemic Atherosclerosis

11:15 – 11:30 AM	Carotid Plaque Assessment (US/MR/CTA): Phenotype, Burden, and "Vulnerable Plaque"
11:30 – 11:40 AM	Non-Coronary Vascular Plaque Metrics for Risk Reclassification: What adds beyond CAC and CCTA
11:40 – 11:50 AM	Q&A
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM	Break

Session 4: Cardiometabolic Imaging — Obesity, MASLD and Body Composition

12:00 – 12:15 PM	Body Composition Imaging, Muscle Quality, Sarcopenic Obesity, and Assessing CV Risk in Patients with Obesity
12:15 – 12:30 PM	Diet and Exercise Management to Improve Outcomes After Plaque and Body Composition Imaging
12:30 – 12:40 PM	Obesity Pharmacotherapy Through the Lens of Imaging: Body Composition, Visceral Fat and Plaque Risk
12:40 – 12:50 PM	Q&A