Echocardiography in the Nation's Capital: Practical Review of Adult Echocardiography for Physicians and Sonographers

April 21-23, 2017
Fairmont Washington D.C., Washington DC, District of Columbia

Registration Closed
Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (17.5), ABIM MOC (17.5), MOC Points (17.5), Price: $675 - $725

Program

Friday, April 21 2017

7:15 a.m.	Registration – Continental Breakfast
7:55 a.m.	Welcome and Course Overview Drs. Patricia Pellikka, M.D. and Sunil Mankad, M.D.
8:00 a.m.	Orientation to the Audience Response System and Knowledge Assessment
	Assessment of Cardiac Function Moderator: Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D.
8:15 a.m.	Echocardiography for Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Function: 2-D and 3-D Echo and Doppler Jeffrey B. Geske M.D.
8:40 a.m.	Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function: Basic Concepts and Practical Points Barry L. Karon, M.D.
9:05 a.m.	Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Heart Pressures and Right Ventricular Function Garvan C. Kane, M.D.
9:30 a.m.	Strain Imaging for Assessment of Left and Right Ventricular Function Grace Lin, M.D.
9:55 a.m.	Panel Discussion Drs. Geske, Karon, Kane, & Lin
10:15 a.m.	Refreshment Break
	Diastolic Function and Myocardial Disease Moderator: Sunil V. Mankad, M.D.
10:35 a.m.	Echo in Heart Failure – Implementing Guidelines Grace Lin, M.D.
11:00 a.m.	Echocardiographic Assessment for Patients with Cardiac Amyloid, Eosinophilic Endomyocardial Disease, and Primary Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Michael W. Cullen, M.D.
11:25 a.m.	Echocardiography for Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Jeffrey B. Geske, M.D.
11:50 a.m.	Echocardiography in Pericardial Disease and Constriction Joseph F. Maalouf, M.D.
12:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion Drs. Lin, Cullen, Geske, and Maalouf
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
	Coronary Artery Disease Moderator: Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D.
1:30 p.m.	ECHO EXTRA Optimizing Imaging Carin Moe, R.D.C.S.
1:40 p.m.	Stress Echo – Ischemic Heart Disease Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D.
2:05 p.m.	Case Studies in Contrast Echocardiography Tasneem Z. Naqvi, M.D.
2:30 p.m.	Echocardiography Cases: Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction Sunil V. Mankad, M.D.
2:55 p.m.	Panel Discussion Drs. Naqvi & Mankad
3:15 p.m.	Adjourn
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Optional Session: Myocardial Strain Workshop Drs. Kane, Lin and Karon

Saturday, April 22 2017

7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
	Valvular Heart Disease I Moderator: Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D.
8:00 a.m.	Echocardiography for Aortic Valve Stenosis: Comprehensive 2-D and Doppler Assessment Patricia A. Pellikka., M.D.
8:25 a.m.	Echocardiography for Mitral Stenosis Sunil V. Mankad, M.D.
8:50 a.m.	Echocardiography for Mitral Regurgitation including Assessment with PISA Sorin V. Pislaru, M.D.
9:15 a.m.	Echocardiography for Aortic Regurgitation including Assessment with Continuity Equation Joseph F. Maalouf, M.D.
9:40 a.m.	Panel Discussion Drs. Pellikka & Mankad
10:00 a.m.	Refreshment Break
10:15 a.m.	ECHO EXTRA PISA Calculations Pearls Carin Moe, R.D.C.S.
10:30 a.m.	Assessment of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation Naser M. Ammash, M.D.
10:55 a.m.	Echocardiography for Prosthetic Valves Sorin V. Pislaru, M.D.
11:20 a.m.	Which Valve for Which Patient Joseph A. Dearani, M.D.
11:50 a.m.	Panel Discussion Drs. Pislaru, Ammash and Dearani
12:20 p.m.	Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Rotate to another session 2:30 - 3:15 p.m.	Concurrent Session - Breakouts (Pick 2) Session 1: Stress Echo – Non-Ischemic Echo Dr. Pellikka Session 2: 3-D Echo Drs. Mankad, Maalouf, and Pislaru Session 3: Imaging Tips and Tricks and Artifacts Drs. Cullen, Geske, and Carin Moe

3:15 p.m.	Adjourn

Sunday, April 23 2017

7:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
	Congenital Heart Disease and Special Topics Moderator: Sunil V. Mankad, M.D.
7:30 a.m.	Knowledge Assessment
7:45 a.m.	Multimodality Imaging Brian P. Shapiro, M.D.
8:10 a.m.	What the Adult Cardiologist Needs to Know About Congenital Heart Disease Naser M. Ammash M.D.
8:35 a.m.	3-D Echocardiography: Practical Applications Sunil V. Mankad, M.D.
9:00 a.m.	Controversies in Adult Congenital Screening & Follow-up Naser M. Ammash, M.D.
9:25 a.m.	Intraoperative Echocardiography: Cases Where Echo Made a Difference Sorin V. Pislaru M.D.
9:50 a.m.	Interventional Echo: Watchman / Mitral Clip Jeffrey B. Geske, M.D.
10:15 a.m.	Panel Discussion Drs. Shapiro, Ammash , and Pislaru
10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break
	Special Topics Moderator: Patricia A. Pellikka, M.D.
10:45 a.m.	Imaging in TAVR Steven A. Goldstein, M.D.
11:10 a.m.	Heart Failure, Transplant & LVADs: Role of Echocardiography Barry L. Karon, M.D.
11:35 a.m.	Role of Cardiac Surgery for Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Joseph A. Dearani, M.D.
12:00 p.m.	Cardiac Masses: Key identifying/differentiating Features Michael W. Cullen, M.D.
12:25 p.m.	Adjourn