2016 Meeting

Program

Thursday, 7 April 2016
17:30	Registration
18:30	Dinner
18:45	Introduction – Chi-Ming Chow, MD
Advances in Echo – Potpourri of New Techniques That You Can Start Using in Your Daily Practice *By the newly formed Young Echocardiographers of Canada (YEC)* Co-Chairs: Chi-Ming Chow, MD and Ian Burwash, MD
18:50 – 19:10	3D TTE – EZ Applications – Wendy Tsang, MD View Summary Play Video
19:10 – 19:30	3D TEE – Mitral Valve and More – Christine Henri, MD View Summary Play Video
19:30 – 19:50	Strain Imaging – When Does it Help? – Dinesh Thavendiranathan, MD Play Video
19:50 – 20:10	Doppler Techniques – Basics and Beyond – François Tournoux, MD Play Video
20:10 – 20:30	Discussion

Friday, 8 April 2016
07:00 – 08:00	Registration & Breakfast
08:00	Introduction and Welcome – Chi-Ming Chow, MD
My Patient has a Murmur Co-Chairs: Philippe Pibarot, MD and Lawrence Rudski, MD
08:10 – 08:30	Aortic/LVOT Murmurs – Jonathan Choy, MD View Summary View Slides Play Video
08:30 – 08:50	Mitral Murmurs – Davinder Jassal, MD View Summary View Slides Play Video
08:50 – 09:10	Right-Sided Murmurs – Robbie Stewart, MD Play Video
09:10 – 09:30	My Young Patient Has a Murmur – Erwin Oechslin, MD Play Video
09:30 – 10:00	Discussion
10:00 – 10:20	Nutrition Break
My Patient Has Chest Pain Co-Chairs: Sabe De, MD and Arsène Basmadjian, MD View Summary
10:20 – 10:40	Stress Echo – A Safe, Reliable, and Readily Available Diagnostic Modality – Christine Henri, MD View Summary Play Video
10:40 – 11:00	Adding Contrast – Will it Suffice? – A Case Based Presentation – Harald Becher, MD View Summary Play Video
11:00 – 11:20	Multimodality Imaging – Complementary Methods in Assessing Patients with Chest Pain – Kim Connelly, MD Play Video
11:20 – 11:40	Pericarditis vs Myopericarditis – Is There a Difference and How Should We Follow Them? – Vartan Mardigyan, MD View Summary Play Video
11:40 – 12:00	Discussion
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch
12:00 – 13:30	New this year! 3D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop – These hands-on computer workshops are 90 minutes long and are limited to 10 people per session. Sign up at time of registration. This is a ticketed session. Using Philips Equipment – Session leader Wendy Tsang, MD
13:30 – 15:00	3D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop (Repeat above)
13:00 – 13:45	Spotlight Session with the EACVI President – Gilbert Habib, MD Infective Endocarditis: A Changing Disease Co-chairs: Chi-Ming Chow, MD and Lawrence Rudski, MD View Slides Play Video
Echo Guidelines – What is new and what is relevant? Co-chairs: Ian Burwash, MD and Arsène Basmadjian, MD
13:45 – 14:05	2015 ASE/EACVI Chamber Quantification – Lawrence Rudski, MD Play Video
14:05 – 14:25	2013 ASE/EACVI Multimodality Pericardial Disease – Gillian Nesbitt, MD Play Video
14:25 – 14:45	2016 EACVI Prosthetic Valve Guideline – Philippe Pibarot, MD View Summary Play Video
14:45 – 15:05	2014 ACC/AHA Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines – Nowell Fine, MD Play Video
15:05 – 15:30	Discussion
15:30 – 16:00	Nutrition Break
16:00 – 17:00	Resident Research Projects – 4 projects of 15 mins each Co-Chairs: Davinder Jassal, MD and Howard Leong-Poi, MD

Saturday, 9 April 2016
07:00 – 08:00	Registration & Breakfast
My Patient Is Short of Breath Co-Chairs: Hisham Dokainish, MD and Igal Sebag, MD
08:00 – 08:20	Diastolic Function Assessment – Does it finally make sense? (New ASE Diastolic Function Guidelines) – Hisham Dokainish, MD Play Video
08:20 – 08:40	Updates on Cardio-Oncology – the Imager’s Role – Warner Mampuya, MD Play Video
08:40 – 09:00	Role of Stress Echo in Valvular Heart Disease – Is the Exercise Worth the Effort? – Ian Burwash, MD View Summary Play Video
09:00 – 09:20	Screening for Pulmonary Hypertension – Can we Shorten the Delay to Diagnosis? – Lawrence Rudski, MD Play Video
09:20 – 09:40	Discussion
09:45 – 10:15	Nutrition Break
10:30 – 11:15	Simultaneous Session I(choose 2 out of 4) An Insider’s Guide to the Ontario CCN Standards for Echo (where are the pitfalls, why labs fail etc.) – Tony Sanfillipo, MD and Cairrine Sloggett How to Perform Echo Measurements as Per the ASE/EACVI Chamber Quantification Standards – Janice Barnett, Colleen Londry, / Chi-Ming Chow, MD and Lawrence Rudski, MD Optimal Use of Echo Contrast – Howard Leong-Poi, MD Stress Echo – Optimal Techniques and Pearls Zion Sasson, MD /Sonographer Play Video
11:15 – 12:00	Simultaneous Session II(a repeat of above sessions)
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch
12:00 – 13:30	New this year! 3D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop – These hands-on computer workshops are 90 minutes long and are limited to 10 people per session. Sign up at time of registration. This is a ticketed session. Using GE Equipment – Session leader Igal Sebag, MD
13:30 – 15:00	3D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop (Repeat above)
13:00 – 14:00	Spotlight Session with the ASE Vice-President– Vera Rigolin, MD Chair: Tony Sanfillipo Appropriate Use vs. Clinical Indications View Summary View Slides Play Video
14:00 – 16:00	Great Cases and Conundrums From Across the Country Chair: Dr. David Bewick Case 1: Patient with Chest Pain Case 2: The False Positive Stress Echo Case 3: A Case of Thrombus Case 4: The Unexpected Delivery Case 5: A 37 Year Old Man with Dyspnea Case 6: Difficult Case From My Echo Lab Case 7: A Hole In The Heat Case 8: Use of Echo In The Cancer Patient
16:00 – 16:05	Closing Comments & Evaluation – Chi-Ming Chow, MD