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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Workshop

"The Quantitative Hemodynamic and Cardiac Function Laboratory"
What to measure? How to measure? What are the technical pitfalls?
What are the clinical merits? What are the drawbacks?

 

Faculty
Stefano Caselli Francesco Faletra H. Joachim Nesser
Sunil Mankad Natesa Pandian Partho Sengupta
Itzhak Kronzon Jose Angel Urbano Jose Zamorano

 

AM  
9:00 Onwards – Registration
PM  
12:15 Welcome
   
12:30 Session I

Stenotic and Regurgitant Disorders:
Stroke Output/Cardiac Output
Stenotic Valve Gradients
Stenotic Valve Areas by Planimetry
Stenotic Valve Areas by Continuity Equation
Subaortic Obstruction Gradients
Intraventricular Gradients
Supravalvular Obstruction Gradients
Stress Echo Doppler Measurements
Regurgitant Volume/Fraction by 2D/PW Doppler
PISA/Vena Contracta Parameters, ERO
Shunt Volume and Ratio
Other Hemodynamic Information from Velocity Profiles
   
3:00 Coffee Break
   
3:20 Session II

Diastole:
Diastolic Function Parameters
(E/A Ratio, Deceleration Time, IVRT, Tau)
Diastolic Function Parameters
(TDI Annular/Septal Velocity, E/e’, Strain and Strain Rate)
LA and RA pressures
LA Volume, Emptying Index by 2D/3D echo


Session III

Pulmonary Hypertension:
Estimation of Pulmonary Artery Pressures
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance
RV Volume Estimation by 2D/3D Echo
   
6:00 Adjourn

 

Sunday, June 19, 2011

AM  
8:30 Session IV

Valve and Chamber Quantitation:
2D/3D Measurements of Valvular and Annular Anatomy
2D/3D Measurements of Septal Defects/Rims
3D Volume Flow Quantitation
2D/3D Estimation of LV Volumes and EF
Doppler Parameters of Systolic Ventricular Function


Session V

Ventricular Dyssynchrony:
Dyssynchrony Index from Spectral Pulsed Doppler
Dyssynchrony Index from Tissue Doppler
Dyssynchrony Index from 3D Echo
   
10:00 Coffee Break
   
10:20 Session VI

2D/3D Speckle Tracking:
Radial, Circumferential, Longitudinal Strains
Segmental Area Change
Twist, Torsion and Deformation
   
12:00 Quiz, Case Studies, Questions and Answers
   
PM  
1:00 Adjourn
   
Supported by
Actelion, GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, Siemens, Toshiba Ultrasound