| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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)
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| 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
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| 16:00 – 16:05 | Closing Comments & Evaluation – Chi-Ming Chow, MD |