Program

Day 1:

• EACTAIC – Aortic Valve 
  
  • Aortic Valve repair – the surgeon’s perspective, (TBA) 
  • Aortic Valve repair TEE, Oana Cole
  • TEE quantification of AS (Including 3D and Low Flow Low Gradient), Johan Bence 
  • TEE Assessment of AV Prosthesis, Stefaan Bouchez
  • TEE for Basilica Procedure, F Guarracino

• Toronto – Mitral Valve
  
  • Classical mitral valve repair techniques – David and Omran
  • Emerging and minimally invasive techniques – Piroze and Salvatori

• UCLA – Adult Congenital Heart Disease 
  
  • Common post-surgical ECHO findings in ACHD patients. Speaker: Dr. Jeannette Lin, cardiologist
  • ECHO support for Structural Heart Disease Intervention in ACHD patients. Speaker: Dr. Gentian Lluri cardiologist
  • ECHOing the unexpected and undiagnosed ACHD patient. Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Williams, anesthesiologist

Day 2

South America and South Africa – Infectious disease in developing nations (TBA)

• • Chagas Disease – Carlos Galhardo
  • Endocarditis – Felipe Munoz
  • HIV and TB – Blanche Cupido (South Africa)

Boston – Mechanical Circulatory Support

• • TEE Guided Decision Making for LVAD Implantation (TBA) – Aidan Sharkey
  • ECHO guidance for temporary MCS (TBA) – Mark Robitaille
  • The ECMO Alphabet Soup (TBA) – Maurizio Bottiroli
  • MCS Case Review (TBA)  – Megan Krajewski

Montreal – Structural Heart Disease

• • TEE and triclip, Patrick Garceau cardiologist
  • Introduction to ICE for structural heart disease, Reda Ibrahim cardiologist 
  • Challenging mitral clip cases, Marco Julien anesthesioogist
  • New development in educational tools to teach TEE, André Denault anesthesiologist 

Additional program details coming soon.