2017 Meeting

2017 – Great Cases and Conundrums From Across the Country

Program

Thursday, 20 April 2017
17:30 Registration
18:30 Dinner
18:45 Introduction Chi-Ming Chow, MD and Lawrence Rudski, MD
Great Debates in Echo
LV systolic function
Co-Chairs: Howard Leong Poi, MD and Lawrence Rudski, MD
LV systolic function – “Just the FACs (Converted in to LVEF by Simpson’s) ma’am”
– Tony Sanfilippo, MD
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You gotta strain a little if you want to achieve a better outcome
– Davinder Jassal, MD
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Aortic stenosis
Low gradient severe AS with preserved LVEF: this is measurement error and non-severe AS in the vast majority of patients
– Kwan Chan, MD
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Low gradient severe AS with preserved LVEF: this is severe AS and requires AVR in the vast majority of patients
– Philipe Pibarot, MD
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20:10 – 20:30 Discussion

Friday, 21 April 2017
07:00 – 08:00 Registration & Breakfast
08:00 – 08:15 Introduction and Welcome
– Chi-Ming Chow, MD
08:15 – 10:00 Tips and Tricks of Murmur Masters
Co-Chairs: Chi-Ming Chow, MD and Kwan Chan, MD
How an Expert Assesses AS – from fundamentals to fancy tricks
– Ian Burwash, MD
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The “ingredients” to accurate evaluation of “organic” and functional MR
– Jonathan Beaudoin, MD
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Tricuspid Regurgitation – The most complex valve – simplified
– Karima Addetia, MD
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Aortic Insufficiency – Don’t Just Regurgitate the Pressure Half-time
– Arsene Basmadjian, MD
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10:20 – 12:00 Stress Echo
Co-Chairs: Zion Sasson, MD and Jonathan Choy, MD
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Modalities and Principles
– Jeremy Edwards, MD
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Reading with the experts – echo-catheterization correlates
– David Bewick, MD
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Reading with the Experts – false negatives
– Sharon Mulvagh, MD
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Reading with the Experts – false positives
– Zion Sasson, MD
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12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
12:00 – 13:15 New this year! 2D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop – These hands-on computer workshops are 75 minutes long and are limited to 13 people per session. Sign up at time of registration. This is a ticketed session.
GE 2D Strain – Session leader Nowell Fine, MD
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Philips 2D Strain – Session leader Raveen Pal, MD
13:15 – 14:00 EACVI Joint Session
Co-chairs: Lawrence Rudski, MD and Francois Tournoux, MD
Practical role of echo in guiding the comprehensive management of atrial fibrillation. From diagnosis to rhythm control to procedural intervention
– Erwan Donal, MD
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14:00 – 15:15 International Guidelines – Canadian Perspectives
Co-chairs: Ian Burwash, MD and Igal Sebag, MD
Recommendations for Non-Inavsive Evaluation of Native Valve Regurgitation
– Dinesh Thavendiranathan, MD
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Chamber Quantification – A reapraisal 2 years later
– Wendy Tsang, MD
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Diastolic Function Assessment
– Sabe De, MD
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15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 16:45 Those Walls Are Thick! – Myocardial Diseases
Co-chairs: John Jue, MD and Davinder Jassal, MD
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Amyloidosis
– Kibar Yared, MD
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Multimodality – Echo/MRI
Lysosomal Storage Diseases
– Robbie Stewart, MD
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HCM
– Kevin Ong, MD
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16:45 – 17:45 Echo Jeopardy
Chair: Francois Tournoux, MD
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Saturday, 22 April 2017
07:00 – 08:00 Registration & Breakfast
08:05 – 09:30 Getting it Right?
Co-Chairs: Lawrence Rudski, MD and Chi-Ming Chow, MD
Screening for PH – How Good is Echo and How do we Serve our Referral Base Good Enough?
– James Tam, MD
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Advanced Imaging in PH – how 3D and Strain can add information and insights
– Julia Grapsa, MD
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The Right Heart in Systolic and Diastolic heart Failure
– Christine Henri, MD
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9:30 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 11:00 Workshops (choose 2 out of 4)

  • 2D and Doppler Optimization – Accreditation Standards (Londry, Sloggett)
  • Stress Echo
  • How to do a Cardio-oncology study 2D strain & 3D
  • Contrast
11:00 – 12:00 Workshops(a repeat of above sessions)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
12:00 – 13:15 3D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop – These hands-on computer workshops are 75 minutes long and are limited to 13 people per session. Sign up at time of registration. This is a ticketed session.

  • GE – 3D – Igal Sebag, MD
  • Philips – 3D – Wendy Tsang, MD
13:30 – 14:45 3D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop
(Repeat above)

  • GE – 3D – Wendy Tsang, MD
  • Philips – 3D – Karima Addetia, MD
13:15 – 14:00 Spotlight ASE
Chair: Tony Sanfilipo, MD and Amer Johri, MD
Quality Measures in Echocacardiography – Can IAC, AUC, and POC Help?
– Susan Wiegers, MD
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14:00 – 16:00 Great Cases
Chair: David Bewick, MD
Presenters from around the country and the world.
16:00 – 16:05 Closing Comments