3D Advanced Echocardiography practical course with live scanning and hands-on sessions on Philips and Tomtec workstations.

Early Bird Price: AED 2000 or USD 545 (31 Oct – 12 Dec)

Original Price: AED 2500 or USD 680 (13 Dec – 20 Jan, 2022)

COURSE OVERVIEW

Advanced interactive course about 3D echocardiography using Philips and Tomtec workstations to foster the implementation of 3D echocardiography imaging in the daily routine of the echo labs.

This course includes live scanning sessions with expert guided hands-on sessions on workstations.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This activity is designed for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists, anesthesiologists, sonographers, who require advanced training in 3D TTE and for those who want to understand the added value of 3D echocardiography to understand the anatomy and pathophysiology in various heart diseases and guide surgical and interventional procedures.

KEY TOPICS

• 3D-Echocardiography image acquisition (Hands-on)

• Advanced 3D-Echocardiography offline analysis (Hands-on)

• Speckle tracking echocardiography (Hands-on)

• 2D/3D-TEE role in the Cath-LabB

• Basics of 2D-Trans-esophageal echocardiography

• Strain imaging (concept & clinical applications)

• Basics of 3D-TTE (Live demonstration)

• 2D/3D-TEE in Mitral Regurgitation

• 2D/3D-TEE in Aortic Valve disease

• 2D/3D-TEE in prosthetic valves/PVR

• 2D/3D-TEE in ASD/Closure

• 2D/3D-TEE in mitral stenosis

• Hands-On sessions

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

DAY 1

• Basics of 2D-Trans-esophageal echocardiography

• Strain imaging (concept & clinical applications)

• Basics of 3D-TTE (Live demonstration)

• Hands-on sessions (Philips 3D- TTE Acquisition Hands-on)

Coffee Break

• 2D/3D-TEE in Mitral Regurgitation

• 2D/3D-TEE in Aortic Valve disease

Lunch Break

Hands-on Sessions (Q-Lab and Tomtec)

DAY 2

• 2D/3D-TEE in prosthetic valves/PVR

• 2D/3D-TEE in ASD/Closure

• 2D/3D-TEE in mitral stenosis

Coffee Break

• Hands-on Sessions (Tomtec and Q-Lab)

Lunch Break

• 2D/3D-TEE in ASD/Closure

• 2D/3D-TEE in mitral stenosis

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Hani Mahmoud-Elsayed MBBCh, MSc, MD, FESC, FASE

EACVI/Education-HIT Committee Member

Consultant Echo-Cardiologist, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Egypt

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this program, participants will be better able to:

• Understand the added value of 3D echocardiography to assess the anatomy and the pathophysiology of the various heart diseases and be able to incorporate its use in the daily practice of the echo lab
• Integrate 3D echocardiography information in the clinical decision making
• Assess cardiac chamber geometry and function using 3D echocardiography
• Use 3D echocardiography to perform quantitative analysis of heart valve morphology and function
• Define the most important clinical uses of 3D TTE
• Understand the role of 3D echocardiography in structural heart disease interventions
• Recognize the role of 3D echocardiography to assess the most common congenital heart defects
• Advanced Hands-on practical training on Philips 3-D TTE Acquisition, Tomtec and QLab Hands-on