Programme 6th - 9th October 2010
Wednesday 6th October:
09.00 - 09.05
Opening
Jan Marek, London
09.05 - 09.30
Basic principles of ultrasound imaging
Els Pieper, Groningen
09.30 - 10.00
Doppler techniques and quantification
Bart Bijnens, Barcelona
10.00 - 10.30
Image optimisation
Jackie McGhie, Rotterdam
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 - 11.20
Imaging windows & views
Luc Mertens, Toronto
11.20 - 11.50
Valvular stenosis and regurgitation: assessment of severity
Helmut Baumgartner, Muenster
11.50 - 12.15
Basics of Real time 3 D echocardiography
Jackie McGhie, Rotterdam
12.15 - 12.35
Image orientation & how to prepare for the accreditation examination
John Simpson, London
12.35 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 14.30
Segmental approach to normal and abnormal situs arrangement
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography: Jan Marek, London
14.30 - 15.30
Atrial communications
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography-paediatric: David Coleman, Dublin
Imaging & device closure: Manfred Vogt, Munich
15.30 - 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 - 17.00
Atrioventricular septal defects
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography-paediatric: Ian Sullivan, London
Echocardiography adult: Jackie McGhie, Rotterdam
17.00 - 17.45
Ventricular septal defects
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography: Giovanni Di Salvo, Naples
Thursday 7th October:
09.00 - 09.05
Opening remarks day 2
Folkert Meijboom, Utrecht
09.05 - 10.00
LV outflow tract obstruction
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography: Viktor Tomek, Prague
10.00 - 11.00
RV outflow tract obstruction and DORV
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography - paediatric and pre-op: David Coleman, Dublin
Echocardiography - adult and post-op: Helmut Baumgartner, Muenster
11.00 - 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30
Complete transposition
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography – pre op and arterial switch: Manfred Vogt, Munich
Atrial switch and Rastelli: Els Pieper, Groningen
12.30 - 13.30
Congenitally corrected transposition
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography – pre and post op: John Simpson, London
13.30 - 14.30
Lunch
14.30 - 15.45
Functionally single ventricle
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography - paediatric: Luc Mertens, Toronto
Fontan circulation: Folkert Meijboom, Utrecht
15.15 - 16.00
Coarctation and aortic arch anomalies
Morphology: Andrew Cook, London
Echocardiography - paediatric: Viktor Tomek, Prague
Adult case presentation: Jackie McGhie, Rotterdam
14.00 - 16.30
Coffee break
Mini symposium on pulmonary hypertension
16.30 - 17.00
Pulmonary hypertension in transition: were we are today
Ingram Schulze-Neick, London
17.00 - 17.20
Echocardiography in PAH and congenital heart disease
Mark Friedberg, Toronto
17.20 - 17.40
Follow up in adolescence and adults
Helmut Baumgartner, Muenster
Friday 8th October:
09.00 - 09.05
Opening remarks day 3
Luc Mertens, Toronto
09.05 - 09.30
Systolic ventricular function – how to assess the left ventricle
Mark Friedberg, Toronto
09.30 - 10.15
Diastolic ventricular function (restriction x constriction and tamponade)
Luc Mertens, Toronto
10.15 - 10.40
Coffee break
Mini symposium on intraoperative echocardiography
10.40 - 11.00
Indications and techniques used?
Giovanni di Salvo, Naples
11.00 - 11.20
Interpretation and judgment
Manfred Vogt, Munich
11.20 - 11.40
Should intraoperative echo be universal and who should do it?
Jan Marek, London
11.40 - 11.55
View of anaesthetist
Angus McEwan, London
11.55 - 12.10
View of surgeon
Martin Kostolny, London
12.10 - 12.30
How we should do it in Europe? Panel discussion
G. di Salvo, M.Vogt, J.Marek, A.McEwan, M.Kostolny
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 15.00
Accreditation examination: examples and test (for EchoOskar award)
John Simpson, London
15.00 - 17.00
Hands on session (only if Saturday’s session fully booked):
A. RT-3DE datasets manipulation
B. Transesophageal Echo practising
19.00 - 23.00
Social event and announcement of best score of the test examination Award of the EchoOskar 2010
Saturday 9th October:
Mini symposium advanced functional echocardiography in congenital heart disease.
09.00 - 09.05
Opening remarks day 4
Mark Friedberg, Toronto
09.05 - 09.30
Cardiac mechanics - the basics and its applications
Andrew Taylor, London
09.30 - 10.00
Effect of loading and geometry on functional parameters
Piet Claus, Leuven
10.00 - 10.30
Myocardial velocity and deformation assessment - an overview of different techniques
Chris de Korte, Nijmegen
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 - 11.30
Myocardial velocity and deformation imaging: how do the different techniques perform in children?
Luc Mertens, Toronto
11.30 - 12.00
Myocardial deformation imaging in paediatric cardiac resynchronisation therapy: does it work?
Jan Marek, London
12.00 - 12.20
Strain imaging in children: from Tissue Doppler to 3D?
Mark Friedberg, Toronto
12.20 - 12.40
3D volumetrics in children: new 3-D techniques to quantify ventricular function. Are they useful?
Folkert Meijboom, Utrecht
12.40 - 12.45
Closing remarks and adjourn
Jan Marek, Luc Mertens, Folkert Meijboom
12.45 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 16.30
Hands on session:
A. RT-3DE datasets manipulation
B.Transesophageal Echo practising (simulators: EchoCom Project, Leipzig & HeartWorks Simulation, London)
C. Transthoracic Echo scanning with patients (this workshop is now FULL)
2010 Courses
5th European Echocardiography Course on Congenital Heart Disease
- 6th – 9th October 2010
- UCL Institute of Child Health in London
Hands-on sessions
- 9th October 2010 after lunch
- Limited places so books soon