| 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 |
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| LV systolic function – “Just the FACs (Converted in to LVEF by Simpson’s) ma’am” – Tony Sanfilippo, MD Play Video |
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| You gotta strain a little if you want to achieve a better outcome – Davinder Jassal, MD View Summary View Slides Play Video |
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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 View Summary Play Video |
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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 View Summary View Slides Play Video |
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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 Play Video |
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| The “ingredients” to accurate evaluation of “organic” and functional MR – Jonathan Beaudoin, MD View Summary View Slides Play Video |
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| Tricuspid Regurgitation – The most complex valve – simplified – Karima Addetia, MD Play Video |
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| Aortic Insufficiency – Don’t Just Regurgitate the Pressure Half-time – Arsene Basmadjian, MD Play Video |
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| 10:20 – 12:00 | Stress Echo Co-Chairs: Zion Sasson, MD and Jonathan Choy, MD View Slides |
| Modalities and Principles – Jeremy Edwards, MD Play Video |
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| Reading with the experts – echo-catheterization correlates – David Bewick, MD Play Video |
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| Reading with the Experts – false negatives – Sharon Mulvagh, MD Play Video |
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| Reading with the Experts – false positives – Zion Sasson, MD Play Video |
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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 View Summary 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 Play Video |
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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 View Slides Play Video |
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| Chamber Quantification – A reapraisal 2 years later – Wendy Tsang, MD View Summary View Slides Play Video |
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| Diastolic Function Assessment – Sabe De, MD Play Video |
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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 View Summary View Slides |
| Amyloidosis – Kibar Yared, MD View Summary View Slides Play Video |
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| Multimodality – Echo/MRI | |
| Lysosomal Storage Diseases – Robbie Stewart, MD Play Video |
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| HCM – Kevin Ong, MD Play Video |
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| 16:45 – 17:45 | Echo Jeopardy Chair: Francois Tournoux, MD Play Video |
| 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 View Summary Play Video |
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| Advanced Imaging in PH – how 3D and Strain can add information and insights – Julia Grapsa, MD Play Video |
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| The Right Heart in Systolic and Diastolic heart Failure – Christine Henri, MD View Summary Play Video |
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| 9:30 – 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Workshops (choose 2 out of 4)
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| 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.
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| 13:30 – 14:45 | 3D Echocardiography Made Simple! A Hands-on Analysis Workshop (Repeat above)
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| 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 View Summary View Summary Play Video |
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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 |