08.00-08.15

Welcome and introduction

From imaging to reporting

08.15-08.35 (20 min)

EACTA/EACVI certification in adult TOE

08.35-08.55 (20min)

Know your echo-machine and optimize!

08.55-09.15 (20 min)

Safety, indications and complications of TOE

09.15-09.40 (25 min)

Comprehensive TOE exam, measurements and
normal values

09.40-10.00 (20 min)

How to write a comprehensive TOE report

10.00-10.30 (30 min)

BREAK

What about the ventricles?

10.30-10.55 (25 min)

LV systolic function and newer modes of assessment

10.55-11.20 (25 min)

LV diastolic function

11.20-11.45 (25 min)

RV function

11.45-12.15 (30 min)

Echo quiz with questions and answers
on ventricular function

12.15-13.15 (60 min)

LUNCH

The mitral valve

13.15-13.45 (30 min)

Mitral valve: a systematic evaluation

13.45-14.15 (30 min)

Mitral valve pathologies: repair or replace?

14.15-14.45 (30 min)

Echo quiz with questions and answers
on the mitral valve

14.45-15.15

BREAK

The aortic valve

15.15-15.40 (25 min)

Aortic valve: A systematic evaluation

15.40-16.10 (30 min)

Aortic valve pathologies: Repair or replace?

16.10-16.40 (30 min)

Echo quiz with questions and answers
on the aortic valve

Potpourri

16.40-17.05 (25 min)

Cardiac masses and sources of embolism
incl. echo quiz

17.05- 17.30 (25 min)

Congenital heart and GUCH
incl. echo quiz

17.30

Adjourn

More on valves: tricuspid, pulmonary, and prosthetic valves

08.30-08.55 (25 min)

Tricuspid and pulmonary valves

08.55-09.30 (35 min)

Evaluation of prosthetic valves

09.30-10.00 (30 min)

Echo quiz with questions and answers
on tricuspid, pulmonary and prosthetic valves

10.00-10.30 (30 min)

BREAK

Advanced imaging

10.30-11.05 (35 min)

Myocardial deformation imaging:
tissue/Doppler/strain/speckle

11.05-11.45 (40 min)

The basic 3D exam and clinical applications
of 3D echocardiography

11.45-12.15 (30 min)

Echo quiz with questions and answers
on myocardial deformation and 3D echo

12.15-13.15 (60 min)

LUNCH

Cardiac pathologies and more

13.15-13.40 (25 min)

Tamponade and pericardial disease

13.40-14.05 (25 min)

Pathologies of the aorta

14.05-14.30 (25 min)

Endocarditis

14.30-15.00 (30 min)

Echo quiz with questions and answers on pericardium, aorta and endocarditis

15.00-15.30 (30 min)

BREAK

Potpourri

15.30-15.55 (25 min)

Artifacts and pitfalls

15.55-16.20 (25 min)

TOE in transcatheter procedures
(TAVR, Mitraclip)

16.20-16.45 (25 min)

Essential hemodynamics

16.45-17.15 (30 min)

Echo quiz with questions and answers
on artifacts/pifalls, transcatheter procedures
and hemodynamics

17.15

Closing remarks and adjourn