Agenda
Saturday, November 11
6:45 - 7:45am
Registration
7:45 - 8:00am
Welcome, Course Objectives
William Blincoe MD, David Dean MD
8:00 - 10:00am
(15 min each)
HF with Reduced EF: Clinical Pearls
Moderator: Mani Vannan MBBS
- LV Size and EF: Does it Still Matter?
Andrew Darlington MD
- Hemodynamic Profile: Prognostic Value
Sherif Nagueh MD
- Myocardial Strain: What Value?
Bijoy Khandheria MD
- LA Size and Function: Why?
Richard Grimm MD
- Scar and Fibrosis: Incremental Value?
Mani Vannan MBBS
- Right Ventricular Function: Essential, Not Optional
Grace Lin MD
- MR and TR: Prognostic Value
Julieta Morales MD
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience
10:00 - 10:30am
Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits
10:30 - 11:45am
(25 min each)
Chamber Size and Function: Practical Skills
Moderator: Mani Vannan MBBS
- How to Assess the LV in HF?
Alison Rock RDCS/ Mani Vannan MBBS
- How to Assess the LA in HF?
Margaret Park RDCS/ Richard Grimm MD
- How to Assess the RV in HF?
Christopher Kramer RDCS/ Bijoy Khandheria MD
11:45am - 1:00pm
(15 min each)
HF For the Imager: Clinical Pearls
Moderator: Andrew Darlington MD
- LVAD: Top 10 for the Imager
Amin Yehya MD
- ECMO: What is it?
William Ballard MD
- Heart Transplant: What Do I Want From the Imager?
Arun Krishnamoorthy MD
- CRT: Who Gets it in 2017?
Ashish Bhimani MD
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience
1:00 - 2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00 - 4:30pm
(15 min each)
Imaging HFrEF: Case Studies
Moderator: Bijoy Khandheria MD
- Normal LVAD Echo
Margaret Park RDCS
- Abnormal LVAD Echo
Christopher Kramer RDCS
- ECMO Echo
Kenneth (Scott) Edwards RDCS
- Transplant Heart Echo
Tom Van Houten RDCS
- Dyssynchrony Echo
Richard Grimm MD
- Contrast Echo for Sludge/Swirl/Clot
Lauren Stutes RDCS
- Contrast Echo for Vortex Flow
Ge-Ru Hong MD
- Contrast Echo for Myocardial Morphology
Eliana Villeda (Student Sonographer)
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience
4:30 - 4:45pm
Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits
4:45 - 6:45pm
(15 min each)
Imaging HFrEF: Case Studies
Moderator: Grace Lin MD
- Echo of Secondary MR
J.D. Cochran, RDCS
- Quantification of Secondary MR
Mani Vannan MBBS
- Echo of Secondary TR
Christopher Kramer RDCS
- Quantification of Secondary TR
Sherif Nagueh MD
- Low EF AS
Thippeswamy Murthy MD
- Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: Appropriate Imaging of HF
Bijoy Khandheria MD
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience
Sunday, November 12
6:45am
Registration, Breakfast and Visit Exhibits
7:30 - 8:45am
Special Session: Workload, Workflow and Workforce in The Contemporary Practice of Echocardiography
Moderator: Geoffrey Rose MD
Panel: Beverly Gorman RDCS, Terika Jarrett RDCS, Margaret Park RDCS, Bijoy Khandheria MD, Sherif Nagueh MD
8:45 - 10:15am
(15 min each)
HFpEF: Clinical Pearls
Moderator: Richard Grimm MD
- How to Grade Diastolic Dysfunction?
Bijoy Khandheria MD
- E/E for Filling Pressure: Does it Work?
Sherif Nagueh MD
- Exercise Doppler in HF: Is it Useful?
Geu-Ru Hong MD
- LA Strain for Diastolic Dysfunction: More or Better?
Richard Grimm MD
- Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: Echo, BNP and HFpEF
Grace Lin MD
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience
10:15 - 10:45am
Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits
10:45am - 12:30pm
(15 min each)
Interventional HF: Clinical Pearls/Case Studies
Moderator: Vivek Rajagopal MD
- Mitra-clip for MR
Julieta Morales MD
- TMVR for MR
Sara Mobasseri MD
- TTVR for TR
Christopher Meduri MD
- Echo for LAA Morphology and Function
Geoffrey Rose MD
- LAA Device Closure in AF: In Whom and How?
Sandeep Goyal MD
- Reduce - LAP for HFpEF
William Ballard MD
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience
12:30 - 12:45pm
Lunch Break (Working Lunch)
12:45 - 2:30pm
(15 min each)
Myocardial Strain: Case Studies/Clinical Pearls
Moderator: Margaret Park RDCS
- Contrast Echo for EF
Tanya Taylor RDCS
- Strain in Cardiotoxicity
Yasmin Murillo RDCS
- Strain in MR
Marcela Thornton RDCS
- Strain in LVH/HCM
Christopher Kramer RDCS
- Strain in Amyloid
Margaret Park RDCS
- Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: Strain Without Stress
Mani Vannan MBBS
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience
2:30 - 4:00pm
(15 min each)
RV Function: Case Studies/ Clinical Pearls
Moderator: Mani Vannan MBBS
- Echo for RV Function
Margaret Park RDCS
- How to do RV Strain?
Cayla Casaletta RDCS
- RV Strain in Pulmonary Hypertension
Tom Van Houten RDCS
- RV Strain in TR
Theresa Green RDCS
- Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: The Long and Short of It
Mani Vannan MBBS
- Questions and Discussion
All speakers and audience