Cases in Echocardiography, Cardiac CT, and MRI

October 20-23, 2021
In-Person or Livestream | The Meritage Resort, Napa, CA

Registration Closed
Credit Types: ABIM MOC (22.25), AMA PRA Category 1™ (22.25), Nursing (22.25), Price: $699.99-$899.99 | Early Registration Saves $100

Overview

This program will be presented live in-person in Napa, CA and also is available via livestream Pacific Daylight Time.

Due to Mayo Clinic COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, at this time we are required to limit registration for live course participation. Currently, seating is full for the conference room. We do invite you to participate in this course livestream. Please indicate on the registration form if you will be participating livestream at home, livestream in hotel room, livestream but put me on the waitlist to attend in-person.

What do I get with the livestream option?  As a livestream participant learners will have access to the live presentations, ability to participate in polling, as well as submit questions to the faculty.  Also available for one year post conference are PDF’s of the PowerPoint presentations, video recordings uploaded to your learning dashboard, as well as CME and MOC. If you participate in the livestream option while at the destination, we welcome you to participate in the meal options available for the course.


COURSE LOCATION
The Meritage Resort and Spa
875 Bordeaux Way
Napa, CA 94558


This advanced course is designed to provide the clinician and advanced sonographer with an update on thoracic, stress, and transesophageal echocardiography as well as cardiac CT and MRI. This is not a "how-to" course, but instead will concentrate on the application of these modalities to clinical decision making.

The program consists primarily of clinical cases which illustrate the problems cardiovascular specialists commonly encounter. Multiple choice questions addressing the clinical utility and limitations of echocardiography follow each case. Utilization of cardiac CT and MRI is also incorporated into the cases. In addition, faculty presents “rapid fire” and “unknown” cases. 

Special breakout sessions are devoted to the interpretation of Doppler hemodynamics, diastolic function, stress echocardiography, congenital heart disease, interventional, heart failure, CT/MRI, and perioperative echocardiography.

Attendees have the opportunity to share an interesting case with the faculty and audience. If you would like to share an interesting case, please make this available as an MPEG, AVI, or WMV file. The images should be deidentified. Please provide this case to the registration desk at check-in with a small written history of the patient.

This course is designed to encourage maximum audience participation and interaction with the faculty. 

Access to course recordings for one year with registration. 

INTENDED AUDIENCE
The course is intended for physicians and sonographers with an advanced background in echocardiography.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Utilize cardiovascular imaging modalities to aid in clinical decision making for evaluation and management of patients with valvular heart disease
  • Identify normal and abnormal features of patients with prosthetic valves
  • Identify the pitfalls of interpretation with exercise and dobutamine stress echocardiography 
  • Apply Doppler hemodynamics and strain imaging into clinical decision-making in patients with heart failure symptoms with both normal and abnormal systolic function
  • Describe a systematic approach to echocardiography for patients with complex congenital heart disease
  • Recognize the utility of echocardiography in patients with acute ischemic syndromes and other acute illnesses requiring admission to the intensive care unit
  • Identify common indications and potential pitfalls for intraoperative and interventional transesophageal echocardiography
Credit Types Offered
  • ABIM MOC
    22.25
  • AMA PRA Category 1
    22.25
  • Nursing
    22.25

Price: $699.99-$899.99 | Early Registration Saves $100

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