Andrew Arai, MD

Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine

Dr. Arai is a past president of the SCMR and has been involved in development, validation, and translation of CMR into clinical practice since 1994. After 28 years at the NIH, Dr. Arai is now a Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor in the Dapartment of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Arai has trained about 70 cardiologists and radiologists in advanced cardiovascular imaging. Many of those trainees are active in the field and several have become leaders in field. He is the program director for the advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship program at the University of Utah.

Presentation(s):

• Applications in Infiltrative Heart Diseases (Including iron)

  Wednesday, January 29, 2025
  1:54 PM – 2:06 PM East Coast USA Time

• Absence of CMR Ischemia Effectively Rules Out Left Main, Multivessel Disease, and Serious Cardiovascular Events in a Multicentric United States Cohort of 4,149 Patients – Long Term Follow-up of the SCMR SPINS Registry

  Thursday, January 30, 2025
  2:40 PM – 2:50 PM East Coast USA Time

• Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of Adenosine and Regadenoson Stress CMR for Detecting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the Multicenter AQUA Study (RF_FR_396)

  Friday, January 31, 2025
  2:20 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

• Oral Abstract Translation #2- Transformative Cardiac MRI Research

  Saturday, February 1, 2025
  10:50 AM – 11:50 AM East Coast USA Time