Comprehensive Echocardiography Course: Enhance Your Clinical Practice

This comprehensive course is designed to provide a thorough review of state-of-the-art 2-D, 3-D, M-Mode, Doppler, and transesophageal echocardiography, with a strong emphasis on newer and rapidly changing areas. The topics covered will include diastology, ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, application of TEE in clinical practice, cardiomyopathy, and planning, performing, and following interventions.

Course Objectives

Upon conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Use echocardiographic and Doppler methods to assess hemodynamics and cardiac function, including valvular heart disease, heart failure, and cardiomyopathies.
• Describe the utility of newer techniques of strain imaging and 3-Dimensional imaging and their role in modern echo practice.
• Identify the clinical and echocardiographic assessment for common congenital heart diseases.

Intended Audience

This course is designed for clinical cardiologists, cardiac sonographers, cardiology trainees, application specialists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and physician echocardiographers with an interest in echocardiography.

Course Schedule

The course will take place from Sunday, March 5, 2023, to Thursday, March 9, 2023, at The Peaks Hotel and Telluride Conference Center (TCC) Mountain Village Lobby.

Sunday, March 5, 2023

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Registration (The Peaks Hotel)
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.: Welcome Reception (The Peaks Hotel) – Family members/guests invited

Monday, March 6, 2023

7:00 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast (Telluride Conference Center (TCC) Mountain Village Lobby)
Breakfast with Mayo Clinic Sonographers – Ask Your Questions (look for assigned tabletops)
7:25 a.m.: Welcome and Course Overview
Moderators: Martha Grogan, MD, Kyle Klarich, MD
Valvular Heart Disease

7:30 a.m.: 7th Annual George M. Gura Memorial Lectureship | Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Misconceptions, Mistakes & Missed Opportunities
Carole Warnes, MD
8:00 a.m.: Aortic Stenosis: Assessment for TAVI
Sunil Mankad, MD
8:25 a.m.: Mitral Regurgitation: Role of Echo Before and During MitraClip
Rekha Mankad, MD
8:50 a.m.: Forgotten No Longer: Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: When and How to Intervene
Steven Lester, MD
9:15 a.m.: Questions and Answers with Panel
9:30 a.m.: Adjourn until 3:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops

3:30 p.m.: Case Base Approach to Complex Valvular Heart Disease: Role of Echo and Multi-Modality Imaging
Rekha Mankad, MD, Rick Nishimura, MD
4:30 p.m.: 3-D Echo: Practical Tips for Day to Day Practice – Live Demonstration
Ian Chang, MD, Sunil Mankad, MD, Evan Skroch, RDCS

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

6:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast – Visit Exhibits
LV Function and Heart Failure

Moderator: Kyle Klarich, MD
7:00 a.m.: The Role of Echo Contrast Today in 2023
Martha Grogan, MD
7:25 a.m.: Diastolic Function Assessment: Can Echo Replace Invasive Hemodynamics? If So, When?
Rick Nishimura, MD
7:50 a.m.: Strain Imaging – Where and When It Should It Be Done Routinely?
Steven Lester, MD
8:15 a.m.: The Future of Echo: Will AI Replace Us?
James Thomas, MD
8:40 a.m.: Role of Echo in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis: Can We Detect Early Disease?
Martha Grogan, MD
9:05 a.m.: Questions and Answers with Panel
9:20 a.m.: Adjourn until 3:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops

3:30 p.m.: Hemodynamic Workshop: A Case-Based Approach of Echo Assessment of Diastolic Function and Cardiomyopathies
Steven Lester, MD, Rick Nishimura, MD, James Thomas, MD
4:30 p.m.: Strain Workshop Live Demonstration: How to Know If Results Are Reliable How to Do It Right and How to Do It Wrong
Amber Arendt, RDCS, Sunil Mankad, MD, Evan Skroch, RDCS

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

6:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast – Visit Exhibits
Echo Versatility In Usual and Unusual Situations

Moderator: Martha Grogan, MD
7:00 a.m.: Key Role of Echocardiography in Hematology-Oncology Patient Management
Ian Chang, MD
7:25 a.m.: Echo in Systemic Diseases
Rekha Mankad, MD
7:50 a.m.: Intraoperative Imaging: Echo Under the Gun in the OR
Sunil Mankad, MD
8:15 a.m.: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: State-of-the-Art Role of Echo Diagnosis and Management
Kyle Klarich, MD
8:40 a.m.: Questions and Answers with Panel
9:05 a.m.: Adjourn until 3:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops

3:30 p.m.: Masses Workshop
Kyle Klarich, MD, Joseph Maleszewski, MD
4:30 p.m.: Case Base Approach
Rekha Mankad, MD, Rick Nishimura, MD

Thursday, March 9, 2023

6:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast – Visit Exhibits
CHD and Other Topics

Moderator: Rick Nishimura, MD
7:00 a.m.: Adult Congenital Heart Disease What Every Cardiologist May See/Miss
Carole Warnes, MD
7:25 a.m.: Assessment of Prosthetic Heart Valves
Rick Nishimura, MD
7:50 a.m.: Beyond the Heart: Echo Assessment of LVAD, ECMO, and Other Gizmos: What Are We Looking For and How to Recognize Trouble
Grace Lin, MD
8:15 a.m.: PET Imaging for Cardiac Infection
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
8:40 a.m.: Echocardiogram Before and After Surgery: What Should a Surgeon Know?
Gabor Bagameri, MD
9:05 a.m.: Questions and Answers with Panel
9:20 a.m.: Adjourn until 3:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops

3:30 p.m.: Cardiomyopathy Workshop | Echo and Multimodality Imaging: Case Based Assessment of the Myocardium
Ian Chang, MD, Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Martha Grogan, MD
4:30 p.m.: Rapid Fire Review: Key Take Home Points
Martha Grogan, MD, Kyle Klarich, MD
5:20 p.m.: Adjourn – Closing Comments