Certification Course
| EACTA Echo CERTIFICATION COURSE | Day 3 - 14 september 2015 |
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08.00-08.15 |
Welcome and introduction |
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From imaging to reporting |
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08.15-08.35 (20 min) |
EACTA/EACVI certification in adult TOE |
Skinner (UK) |
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08.35-08.55 (20min) |
Know your echo-machine and optimize! |
Erb (Germany) |
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08.55-09.15 (20 min) |
Safety, indications and complications of TOE |
Erdemli (Turkey) |
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09.15-09.40 (25 min) |
Comprehensive TOE exam, measurements and |
Rosseel (Netherlands) |
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09.40-10.00 (20 min) |
How to write a comprehensive TOE report |
Hogan (Abu Dhabi) |
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10.00-10.30 (30 min) |
BREAK |
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What about the ventricles? |
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10.30-10.55 (25 min) |
LV systolic function and newer modes of assessment |
Seeberger (Switzerland) |
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10.55-11.20 (25 min) |
LV diastolic function |
Guarracino (Italy) |
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11.20-11.45 (25 min) |
RV function |
Greenhalgh (UK) |
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11.45-12.15 (30 min) |
Echo quiz with questions and answers |
Seeberger (Switzerland) / Guarracino (Italy) / |
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12.15-13.15 (60 min) |
LUNCH |
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The mitral valve |
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13.15-13.45 (30 min) |
Mitral valve: a systematic evaluation |
Bettex (Switzerland) |
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13.45-14.15 (30 min) |
Mitral valve pathologies: repair or replace? |
Ender (Germany) |
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14.15-14.45 (30 min) |
Echo quiz with questions and answers |
Bettex (Switzerland) / |
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14.45-15.15 |
BREAK |
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The aortic valve |
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15.15-15.40 (25 min) |
Aortic valve: A systematic evaluation |
Swanevelder (South-Africa) |
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15.40-16.10 (30 min) |
Aortic valve pathologies: Repair or replace? |
Skinner (UK) |
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16.10-16.40 (30 min) |
Echo quiz with questions and answers |
Swanevelder (South Africa) / |
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Potpourri |
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16.40-17.05 (25 min) |
Cardiac masses and sources of embolism |
Fassl (Switzerland) |
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17.05- 17.30 (25 min) |
Congenital heart and GUCH |
Van Melle (Netherlands) |
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17.30 |
Adjourn |
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| EACTA Echo CERTIFICATION COURSE | Day 4 - 15 september 2015 |
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More on valves: tricuspid, pulmonary, and prosthetic valves |
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08.30-08.55 (25 min) |
Tricuspid and pulmonary valves |
Fassl (Switzerland) |
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08.55-09.30 (35 min) |
Evaluation of prosthetic valves |
Mukherjee (Germany) |
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09.30-10.00 (30 min) |
Echo quiz with questions and answers |
Fassl (Switzerland) / |
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10.00-10.30 (30 min) |
BREAK |
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Advanced imaging |
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10.30-11.05 (35 min) |
Myocardial deformation imaging: |
Wouters (Belgium) |
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11.05-11.45 (40 min) |
The basic 3D exam and clinical applications |
Bouchez (Belgium) |
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11.45-12.15 (30 min) |
Echo quiz with questions and answers |
Wouters / Bouchez (Belgium) |
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12.15-13.15 (60 min) |
LUNCH |
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Cardiac pathologies and more |
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13.15-13.40 (25 min) |
Tamponade and pericardial disease |
Guarracino (Italy) |
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13.40-14.05 (25 min) |
Pathologies of the aorta |
Nierich (Netherlands) |
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14.05-14.30 (25 min) |
Endocarditis |
Hogan (Abu Dhabi) |
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14.30-15.00 (30 min) |
Echo quiz with questions and answers on pericardium, aorta and endocarditis |
Guarracino (Italy) / |
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15.00-15.30 (30 min) |
BREAK |
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Potpourri |
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15.30-15.55 (25 min) |
Artifacts and pitfalls |
Erb (Germany) |
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15.55-16.20 (25 min) |
TOE in transcatheter procedures |
Mukherjee (Germany) |
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16.20-16.45 (25 min) |
Essential hemodynamics |
Trekatsch (Germany) |
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16.45-17.15 (30 min) |
Echo quiz with questions and answers |
Erb / Mukherjee / Treskatsch (Germany) |
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17.15 |
Closing remarks and adjourn |
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