08.00-08.15

Welcome and introduction

3D TEE and myocardial imaging

08.15-08.45 (30 min)

3D TEE: How do I get started?

08.45-09.15 (30 min)

3D TEE of the mitral valve

09.15-09.45 (30 min)

3D TEE of the aortic valve

09.45-10.15 (30 min)

Quantitative 3D TEE of the LV / RV (EF, volume)

10.15-10.45 (30 min)

BREAK

10.45-11.15 (30 min)

Tissue Doppler and strain imaging: How do I do it?

11.15-11.45 (30 min)

Application of tissue Doppler and strain imaging for
quantification of ventricular function

11.45-12.15 (30 min)

3D interactive case presentations

12.15-13.15 (60 min)

LUNCH

Learning lab: 3D and myocardial imaging

13.15-15.30 (45 min per session.
Participants rotate through each station)

Workshop 1: Acquisition of 3D datasets

Workshop 2: Measurements (valves, ventricles)
in 3D (laptops)

Workshop 3: Application of tissue
Doppler/Strain/Speckle
(laptops and/or echomachines)

15.30-16.00 (30 min)

BREAK

Dilemmas in valve surgery

16.00-16.30 (30 min)

Aortic root replacement:
Should the aortic valve be repaired or replaced?

16.30-17.00 (30 min)

How do I use 2D/3D TEE in mitral valve repair

17.00-17.30 (30 min)

TAVR vs. SAVR: For whom and why?

17.30-18.00 (30 min)

Tricuspid regurgitation in left heart surgery:
repair or leave it alone?

18.00-19.00

Welcome reception

Echo in transcatheter procedures

08.30-09.00 (30 min)

How I use echo for mitral clip procedures

09.00-09.30 (30 min)

What are the critical elements in TAVR ?

09.30-10.00 (30 min)

How to manage complications in transcatheter
procedures: Interactive case presentations

10.00-10.30

BREAK

Echo in heart failure

10.30-11.00 (30 min)

How I use echo for pre- and post VAD insertion

11.00-11.30 (30 min)

TEE in guiding right heart failure

11.30-12.00 (30 min)

Echo in extracorporeal life support (ECLS):
problems in veno-venous and veno-arterial ECLS

12.00-12.30 (30 min)

Integrating lung ultrasound in the hemodynamic
evaluation of acute circulatory failure

12.30-13.30 (60 min)

LUNCH

How to use echocardiography in the OR and ICU to make clinical diagnosis  
(small groups case discussions)

13.30-15.30 (40 min per session. Participants rotate through each station)

1: Acute aortic syndrome

2: Misfortune after valve repair

3: Hemodynamic instability in the ICU

15.30-16.00 (30 min)

BREAK

Interesting case presentations with audience and expert panel

16.00-17.30 (90 min)

The audience is invited to present short cases
(max. 10 min) to discuss with an expert panel

17.30

Adjourn