Topics And Speakers:
Session 1: Valve Disease– Focus on the Mitral Valve
Complexities of the Mitral Valve: Structure and Mechanics
Robert J. Siegel, MD
Mitral Regurgitation: Etiology and Quantification
Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC
Management of Mitral Regurgitation
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
Primary and Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: Who, Who-Not, and When to Do Surgery?
Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair: Imaging and Procedural Guidance
Robert J. Siegel, MD
How Does the Sonographer Acquire Quality Data for the Mitral Valve and the Left Atrium?
Amy Dillenbeck, MS, ACS, RDCS, FASE
Panel Discussion
Session 2: Structural Interventions– Mitral Valve and Left Atrium
Exercise Testing in Mitral Valve Disease: What Do the Guidelines Say?
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation After Percutaneous Valve Repair: What Do the New Guidelines Say?
Robert J. Siegel, MD
LAA Occluder Devices – Current Indications
Robert J. Cubeddu, MD
Calcific Mitral Stenosis: Percutaneous and Surgical Options and Challenges
Samir Kapadia, MD
Panel Discussion
Session 3: Controversies in Mitral Valve Disease
Debate: Transcatheter Mitral Leaflet Repair Will Be Routinely Used to Treat Severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Robert J. Siegel, MD
Debate: Transcatheter Mitral Leaflet Repair Will Not Be Routinely Used to Treat Severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Samir Kapadia, MD
Debate: Transcatheter Mitral Leaflet Repair Pro Rebuttal
Robert J. Siegel, MD
Transcatheter Mitral Leaflet Repair Debate Discussion
Session 4: Percutaneous Mitral Valve Intervention Cases
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Case #1
Robert J. Siegel, MD
Double Trouble: A Case of Mitral Valve Disease With Two Mechanisms
Balint Laczay, MD
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Case #3
Michael Chetrit, MD
Mitraclip: The Corner Pocket
Robert J. Cubeddu, MD
Mechanisms Mechanical Valve Failure
Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD
Session 5: Valve Disease– Focus on the Aortic Valve
Low Flow, Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis: What Does This Mean and How to Image?
Rebecca Hahn, MD
Stress Echo in Aortic Stenosis: Indications, Methods, Impact on Management
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
Aortic Root Anatomy: Utilizing the Best of Echo and CT Imaging to Optimize TAVR Outcomes
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
TAVR vs. SAVR: New Devices and Expanding Indications
Samir Kapadia, MD
Panel Discussion
Session 6: Structural Interventions and the Tricuspid Valve
The Forgotten Valve: Tricuspid Valve Therapies
Jose Navia, MD
Imaging the Tricuspid Valve for Procedural Guidance
Rebecca Hahn, MD
Percutaneous Treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation: Which Patients and What Devices?
Samir Kapadia, MD
How Does the Sonographer Acquire Quality Data for the Tricuspid Valve and Right- Sided Chambers?
Anne Campbell, MS, RDCS
Panel Discussion
Session 7: Controversies in Aortic Valve Disease
Debate: TAVR Will Replace SAVR in Low and Moderate Risk Aortic Stenosis Patients – Pro
Rebecca Hahn, MD
Debate: TAVR Will Replace SAVR in Low and Moderate Risk Aortic Stenosis Patients – Con
Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD
Debate: TAVR Will Replace SAVR in Low and Moderate Risk Aortic Stenosis Patients – Pro
Rebecca Hahn, MD
Debate: TAVR Will Replace SAVR in Low and Moderate Risk Aortic Stenosis Patients – Con
Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD
Panel Discussion
Session 8: Aortic Valve Intervention Cases
Aortic Valve Interventions Case #1
Robert J. Siegel, MD
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Rebecca Hahn, MD
Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty in Severe Calcific Mitral Stenosis
Robert J. Cubeddu, MD
Aortic Valve Interventions Case #4
Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD
Session 9: Diastolic Function Evaluation
Physiology of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function: Is it Really That Complicated?
Sherif Nagueh, MD
Estimating LV Filling Pressures With Doppler Echo and Hemodynamics
Partho Sengupta, MD
How to Handle Indeterminate and Difficult Cases
Amy Dillenbeck, MS, ACS, RDCS, FASE
Diastology Guidelines: State of the Art
Sherif Nagueh, MD
Cardiac Amylodosis: What is New in 2020?
Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC
Panel Discussion
Session 10: Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases
How to Differentiate Athlete’s Heart From Non-obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Management Pearls
Craig Asher, MD
Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease: The Role of Multimodality Imaging
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
Complicated Pericarditis: A Paradigm Shift of Treatment
Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC
Artificial Intelligence: Is This Going to Help the Clinician?
Partho Sengupta, MD
Contrast Echo for the Assessment of Cardiac Structure and Function
Amy Dillenbeck, MS, ACS, RDCS, FASE
Session 11: Controversies in Cardiac Imaging
Debate: Strain Will Replace EF in Evaluation of Heart Disease
Partho Sengupta, MD
Debate: Strain Will Not Replace EF in Evaluation of Heart Disease
Sherif Nagueh, MD
Strain Debate: Pro Rebuttal
Partho Sengupta, MD
Strain Debate: Con Rebuttal
Sherif Nagueh, MD
Strain Debate Discussion
Session 12: Cases in Constriction, Restriction, Contrast and More
Case #1
Michael Chetrit, MD
Case #2
Sherif Nagueh, MD
Case #3: Unrepaired Tetrology of Fallot in an Adult
Jared Klein, MD, MPH
Case #4: Worsening TRA After Pericadiectomy
Ray Tabucanon, MD
