Day 1 - Thursday, 14 October

THURSDAY, 14 OCTOBER

COMBINED MORNING SESSION - GRAND BALLROOM

THE BASICS OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

7:30am	REGISTRATION
8:45am	WELCOME
	FOCUS ON CARDIAC ANATOMY	Presiding: Darryl Burstow
9:00am	The Left Heart: Best Practice Tips for Serial Evaluation of LV and LA via by 2D Echo	Cathy West
9:20am	Assessment of RV Systolic Function: the latest from ASE	Bonita Anderson
9:40am	Getting started with 3D Echo: Methods for assessing LV chamber size and systolic function	Natalie Kelly
10:00am	2D/3D assessment of Valve anatomy	Greg Scalia
10:30am	BREAK
	FOCUS ON HAEMODYNAMICS and ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS	Presiding: Bonita Anderson
10:55am	Haemodynamic Assessment of Valve Stenosis	Bijoy Khandheria
11:15am	Haemodynamic Assessment of Valve Regurgitation	Lieng Hsi-Ling
11:35am	Echo Evaluation of Pulmonary Pressures including PVR, PA Pressure estimation in the Absence of TR	Darryl Burstow
11:55pm	Diastology : basic concepts and measurements	Sherif Nagueh
12:15pm	An introduction to advanced myocardial imaging techniques (including Strain, SR, Torsion, VVI)	Buzz Miller
12:35pm	LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSION – CONCURRENT WORSHOPS

NOW YOU KNOW THE BASICS, LET US SHOW YOU THE PRACTICE

1:30pm	CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (90 minutes duration for each workshop)
	4D WORKSHOP: –SESSION 1 Be quick, numbers are limited to 50 delegates per session Hands-on session. Sit down on workstations with a partner and learn how to perform 4D echo “slice and dice” for the assessment of valvular lesions, septal defects and associated abnormalities	Presiding: Helen Thomson Natalie Kelly, Greg Scalia
	ADVANCED MYOCARDIAL IMAGING – SESSION 2 Be quick, numbers are limited to 50 delegates per session Hands-on calculation and measurement session. Sit down at workstations with a partner and learn how to derive and measure tissue Doppler parameters; velocity, strain and strain rate imaging	Presiding: Bijoy Khandheria Brian Haluska, Jonathan Chan, David Prior
	FUNDAMENTALS OF SCANNING WORKSHOP WITH LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS Basic 2D Measurements: LV size and systolic function, LA volumes, RV size and systolic function	Presiding: Bonita Anderson Buzz Miller, Darryl Burstow, Cathy West
3:00pm	BREAK
3:30pm	CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (90 minutes duration for each workshop)
	4D WORKSHOP: –SESSION 2 (REPEATED) Be quick, numbers are limited to 50 delegates per session Hands-on session. Sit down on workstations with a partner and learn how to perform 4D echo “slice and dice” for the assessment of valvular lesions, septal defects and associated abnormalities	Presiding: Greg Scalia Natalie Kelly, Helen Thomson
	ADVANCED MYOCARDIAL IMAGING – SESSION 2 (REPEATED) Be quick, numbers are limited to 50 delegates per session Hands-on calculation and measurement session. Sit down at workstations with a partner and learn how to derive and measure tissue Doppler parameters; velocity, strain and strain rate imaging	Presiding: Bijoy Khandheria Sherif Nagueh, Jonathan Chan, Lieng Hsi-Ling
	FUNDAMENTALS OF SCANNING WORKSHOP WITH LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS Basic Doppler measurements, Quantitative Doppler assessment of valvular lesions, Right heart pressures.	Presiding: Darryl Burstow Buzz Miller, Bonita Anderson, Cathy West
5:00pm	ADJOURN

Day 2 - Friday, 15 October

FRIDAY, 15 OCTOBER

7:15am	REGISTRATION
8:00am	WELCOME AND COURSE OVERVIEW
	FOCUS ON MYOCARDIAL DISEASE	Presiding: Greg Scalia
8:10am	Beyond EF: new methods for assessing LV function: can they make a difference?	Buzz Miller
8:30am	Assessing LV diastolic function – a critical look at the ASE Diastology Guidelines	Sherif Nagueh
8:50am	Commonly encountered technical pitfalls and how to avoid these	Bonita Anderson
9:05am	Now I have the tools, how do I use in……………
	Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	Sherif Nagueh
	Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Transplant	David Prior
	Restrictive cardiomyopathy	Lieng Hsi-Ling
09:50am	What ails the apex?	Bijoy Khandheria
10:05am	Challenging Cases in Diastology (with audience response system)	Buzz Miller, Sherif Nagueh
10:30am	BREAK
	FOCUS ON VALVULAR DISEASE (1)	Presiding: Aubrey Almeida
11:00am	Asymptomatic valvular disease: The pivotal role of Echo in management decisions	Bijoy Khandheria
11:25am	Degenerative versus Ischaemic MR: Mechanisms, classifications and echo identification	Helen Thomson
11:50am	Surgical approaches to Mitral valve repair: How echo can help me?	Aubrey Almeida
12:10pm	Challenging Cases in Aortic Valve Disease (with audience response system)
	(1) How severe is the AS? When the numbers don’t make sense	Lieng Hsi-Ling
	(2) Low gradient severe AS : is it too late to operate?	Jonathan Chan
	(3) Mixed AS/AR – What the guidelines say	Darryl Burstow


12:45pm	Questions and Panel Discussion
1:00pm	LUNCH

	FOCUS ON VALVULAR DISEASE (2)	Presiding: David Platts
2:00pm	Prosthetic Valves: Integrating the ASE Guidelines into clinical practice	Buzz Miller
2:20pm	Percutaneous Aortic Valves: Role of Echo in patient selection, and peri-procedure assessment	Greg Scalia
2:40pm	Surgical options in Combined Aortic valve and root disease: How I use the Echo data	Aubrey Almeida, Helen Thomson
3:00pm	Challenging Cases in Prosthetic Valve Assessment (with audience response system)	Darryl Burstow, Buzz Miller
3:20pm	Panel discussion and Questions
3:30pm	BREAK
4:00pm	CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
	SONOGRAPHER SESSIONS	Presiding: Bonita Anderson
4:00pm	Left Ventricular Non-Compaction: what is it and how to diagnose via echo	Natalie Kelly
4:20pm	Acute Pulmonary Embolism: how not to miss this important diagnosis via echo	Alison Kinghorn
4:40pm	Tamponade Tips: Clues to making the diagnosis	Bonita Anderson
5:00pm	Echo in Chest Trauma: What to look for on the transthoracic echo	Cathy West
5:20pm	Questions and Panel Discussion

	PHYSICIANS SESSIONS: FOCUS ON TOE (with audience response system)	Presiding: Darryl Burstow
4:00pm	Importance of a Systematic Approach	Helen Thomson
4:20pm	Comprehensive assessment of the aorta: How not to miss a dissection	Darryl Burstow
4:40pm	TOE Cases in the OR/ICU: The day it all went pear shaped!	David Platts
5:00pm	TOE in Infective Endocarditis: how to use optimally.	Bijoy Khandheria
5:30pm	Move to ‘Echo Jeopardy’

5:45pm	ECHO JEOPARDY – Test Your Knowledge along with the Experts	Greg Scalia, Bonita Anderson
6:45pm	ADJOURN

Day 3 - Saturday, 16 October

SATURDAY 16 OCTOBER

7:30am	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
	FOCUS ON ADVANCED IMAGING	Presiding: David Prior
8:00am	CMRI/CT: Superior Imaging Method of Choice in Which Clinical Problems	Jonathan Chan
8:20am	Role of echo in the assessment of ECMO and LVADS	David Platts
8:40am	3D Echo in a busy Echo Lab – lessons we are learning at TPCH	Darryl Burstow
9:00am	3D TOE in Interventions (Defect closures / Valve repairs): just pretty pictures or a must.	Greg Scalia
09:20am	BREAK

	FOCUS ON STRESS ECHO	Presiding: Helen Thomson
09:40am	Stress echo and quantitative techniques	Jonathan Chan
10:10am	Stress echo in Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction	David Prior
10:30am	Stress echo in Myocardial Viability	Bijoy Khandheria
10:50am	Stress echo in Valvular Heart Disease	Lieng Hsi-Ling
11:10am	Stress echo in Pulmonary Hypertension	David Prior

	THE GREAT DEBATE	Presiding: Bijoy Khandheria
11:30am	Contrast Echo: Saviour of the Echo Lab	David Platts
11:45am	Contrast Echo: Human rights atrocity	Greg Scalia
12:00pm	Rebuttal	David Platts
12:03pm	Rebuttal	Greg Scalia
12:06pm	And the Winner Is…… (Audience response)
12:10pm	LUNCH

1:10pm	CASE OF THE YEAR Your Best Cases - stump the expert panel with your toughest case Panel : David Prior, David Platts, Lieng Hsi-Ling, Helen Thomson	Presiding: Bonita Anderson

	FOCUS ON ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
2:00pm	Conduits, Baffles and Patches: The ones that you are most likely to encounter	Dorothy Radford
2:30pm	Conduits, Baffles and Patches: Tips for echo assessment in the adult patient	Alison Kinghorn
3:00pm	Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cases (with audience response system)	Dorothy Radford, Cathy West
3:20pm	SHORT BREAK
3:30pm	LAST GASP CASES Challenging Clinical Cases from the Mayo Clinic	Presiding: Darryl Burstow Buzz Miller
4:15pm	WRAP UP

Program Overview

Echo Australia 2010 is a three-day conference designed to provide a practical overview of the current uses and limitations of two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography, spectral Doppler, and colour flow imaging in the assessment of adult cardiac disease. Integrating state-of-the-art science and ultrasound technology with clinical cardiology will again be a strong emphasis of this meeting.

The first day of the program will focus on the fundamentals of echocardiography followed by 'how to' interactive workshops. Delegates have a choice of attending two out of six workshops: workshops include live scanning and computer workstations where attendees can learn to perform various Doppler Tissue measurements as well as 'slice and dice' 4D data sets with the experts.

Please note that places for the computer workshops are strictly limited and reserved on a 'first in' basis. The fee to register for a computer-based workshop is $35.00 per workshop.

The second and third days of the program will cover a broad range of topics within the Echo curriculum, including the role of emerging technologies such as contrast left ventricular opacification (LVO) and case examples incorporating the use of an audience response system to enhance interaction. Break-out sessions on Friday afternoon are designed to meet the special needs of all participants with separate sessions for Physicians and Sonographers.

Who Should attend

This course is designed for both physicians or sonographers who perform and interpret echocardiographic examinations and who wish to enhance their knowledge of the echocardiographic assessment of adult cardiac disease. Participants with knowledge of basic echocardiographic techniques and applications will benefit most from this program.