ECHO Course 2021

08:00-10:30 - Basics and essentials of Echocardiography - on demand session

08:00-08:05 Welcome and Introduction - P. Wouters (Belgium)
08:05-08:15 EACTAIC/EACVI Certification in Adult TOE - J. van der Maaten (The Netherlands) 
08:15-08:45 Review of Ultrasound Physics - J. Erb (Switzerland)
08:45-09:15 Image optimization: Know your echo machine - R. Mosca (United Kingdom)
09:15-10:00 Comprehensive TOE exam, measurement and normal values - A. Mahdi (Denmark)
10:00-10:30 Storage and Reporting - H. Skinner (United Kingdom)

11:00-12:30 - LV/RV session - on demand session

11:00–11:30 LV systolic Assessment - B. Mackensen (USA)
11:30–12:00 LV diastolic Assessment - P. Wouters (Belgium)
12:00–12:30 RV Function Assessment - I. Michaux (Belgium)

13:00-15:00 - Mitral valve session - on demand session

13:00-13:30 Physiologic Mitral valve - D. Bettex (Switzerland)
13:30–14:00 Mitral Valve Pathology - M. Schupp (United Kingdom)
14:00–14:30 Surgical Mitral Valve Repair - M. Meineri (Germany)
14:30–15:00 Interventional Mitral Valve Repair - J. Ender (Germany)

15:30-17:30 - Aortic valve session - on demand session

15:30–15:50 Normal Aortic Valve - A. Myburgh (South Africa)
15:50–16:20 Aortic Valve Pathology - J. Swanevelder (South Africa)
16:20–17:00 Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement/Repair - J. van der Maaten  (The Netherlands)
17:00–17:30 Transcatheter aortic valve procedures - C. Mukherjee (Germany)

08:00–08:10 Welcome and Introduction of Day

08:10-09:20 - Tricuspid and Pulmonic valve session - on demand session

08:10–08:40 Tricuspid Valve - E. Turton (South Africa)
08:40–09:00 Tricuspid Valve Repair/Replacement - J. Bence (United Kingdom)
09:00–09:20 Pulmonic Valve - P. Wouters (Belgium)

09:50-11:50 - Cardiac Pathology session - on demand session

09:50–10:20 Diseases of the Aorta - P. Rosseel (Belgium)
10:20–10:50 Cardiac Masses and Sources of embolism - J. Fassl (Germany)
10:50–11:20 Tamponade and Pericardial diseases - S. Bouchez (Belgium)
11:20–11:50 Endocarditis - M. Hogan (United Arab Emirates)

13:00-14:30 - Echo in action - on demand session

13:00–13:30 Assist Device Implantation: RV and LV - C. Mukherjee (Germany)
13:30–14:00 TOE for Haemodynamic function - S. Treskatsch (Germany)
14:00–14:30 The role of TOE in Congenital Heart Disease - S. Rex (Belgium)

15:30-17:30 - Live Q&A session - LIVE and interactive session joined by all the faculty members and by all the delegates (not CME accredited)

The EACTAIC Echo Course 2021 - Certification Course, Rome, Italy, 12/06/2021-13/06/2021 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 10 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA

Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

08:55–09:00 Introduction

Critical Care Echocardiography

09:00–11:00 Combining echocardiography and hemodynamic monitoring - LIVE session

09:00-09:30 Heart-Lung interaction - G. Tavazzi (Italy)
09:30-10:00 Echocardiography and hemodynamic monitoring in ARDS - S. Treskatsch (Germany)
10:00-10:30 Monitoring strategy in different types of shock - F. Guarracino (Italy)

10:30-11:00 Live discussion

11:00–13:30 PBL in ICU - LIVE session

11:00-11:30 Echocardiography during cardiac arrest - R. Breitkreutz (Germany)
11:30-12:00 Echocardiography and hemodynamic monitoring in ECMO - S. Bouchez (Belgium)
12:00-12:30 Combined transesophageal echocardiography and hemodynamic monitoring during cardiac surgery - F. Guarracino (Italy)
12:30-13:00 Lung or chest ultrasound? - D. Canty (Australia)
13:00-13:30 Live discussion

15:00–17:00 Echo for Percutaneous and Minimal Invasive Intervention - Session 1 - LIVE session

15:00-15:30 Tricuspid clipping - B. Mackensen (USA)
15:30-16:00 Mitral clipping - S. Shernan (USA)
16:00-16:30 Transcatheter Mitral Interventions - F. Guarracino (Italy)
16:30-17:00 Live Discussion

14:00–16:00 Echo for Percutaneous and Minimal Invasive Intervention - Session 2 - LIVE session

14:00-14:30 Basilica procedure - V. Protsyk (Germany)
14:30-15:00 LAA Apex device Closure (Perc) - S. Agarwal (USA)
15:00-15:30 POST MI VSD Closure - M. Sosin (United Kingdom)
15:30-16:00 Live discussion

16:00-18:00 Intraoperative decision making (Decision Dilemmas) - LIVE session

16:00-16:30 Surgical Mitral Valve repair, minimally invasive - J. Ender (Germany)
16:30-17:00 TOE in Aortic Dissection/surgery - D. Bainbridge (Canada)
17:00-17:30 Complex endocarditis: Decision making - A. Nicoara (USA)
17:30-18:00 Tricuspid regurgitation during MV surgery - A. Vegas (Canada)
18:00-18:30 Decision making for assist device implantation - S. Pai Cole (USA)
18:30-19:00 Live Discussion

The EACTAIC Echo Course 2021 - Advanced Course, ROME, Italy, 14/06/2021-15/06/2021 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 10 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.