Webcasts from EUROECHO 2008

The European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) is pleased to share with its members a select number of webcasts from the last congress

The Education and Web committees have clustered webcasts from the three main educational courses held at EUROECHO 2007 and 2008 to develop three teaching courses accessible only for members.
This aims at rewarding our members with an online teaching course on subspecialties and increasing education in Echocardiography.

13/12/2008 00:00:00

Echocardiography:

Echocardiography in congenital disease

Transoesophageal echocardiography

General

Title	Speaker	Topic
Differentiate hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from athlete’s heart	Ribeiras R (Cascais -Lisbon, PT)	Athletes heart vs HCM
Detect abnormal origin of the coronary arteries and early-onset atherosclerosis	Fiuza M M (Lisbon, PT)	Coronary anomaly
Prevent sudden death in athletes by preparticipation screening in 2007: should this athlete be disqualified?	D'Andrea A (Naples, IT)	Sudden death
Treat sudden death in athletes: the recovery of broken hearts!	Andrade M J (Lisboa, PT)	Sudden death
Edler Lecture 2007 Echo Odyssey: A journey into the secrets of the heart	Pinto F J (Lisbon, PT)	Pinto's Edler lecture
Imaging the vulnerable plaque: virtual histology	Weissman N (Washington, US)	Vulnerable plaque
How to evaluate the aorta. Segments and techniques.	Gallego Garcia De Vinuesa Pastora	Aorta: echo approaches
Assessment of aortic distensibility. Clinical applications.	Vlachopoulos Charalambos	Aorta: distensibility
The normal examination: image and morphology correlates.	Fox Kevin F	Teaching course: the normal examination
Principles of Doppler and haemodynamic assessment.	Kalimanovska-Ostric Dimitra	Teaching course: Doppler and hemodynamics
Reverberations and the apex: people and innovative [echo] technology changing lives	Martin R (Atlanta, US)	EuroEcho lecture: Present & Future of echo &EAE
The EAE accreditation experience: what we learned.	Popescu B A (Bucharest, RO)	Accreditation
Digital laboratories: do they improve quality?	Badano L (Udine, IT)	Dig-Echo lab
The spread of the culture of accreditation in Europe.	Hagendorff A (Leipzig, DE)	Accreditation in Europe
Training, individual and laboratory accreditation.	Nihoyannopoulos P (London, GB)	Accreditation
Preparing for the EAE accreditation process written exam. Advice for supervisors and applicants.	Pinto F J (Lisbon, PT)	How to prepare accreditation exam
Writing effective echocardiography reports for your colleagues and for the EAE accreditation Log Book Markers.	Kneeshaw J D (Cambridge, GB)	Echo reports
Maintaining competence in echocardiography. Continuing education and skill development.	Fox K F (London, GB)	Maintaning competence
What do I need to know from echo to make a percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect?	Dubois-Rande Jean-Luc	Echo to monitor percutaneous procedures: ASD and PFO
The agreement between noninvasive and invasive indices for the estimation of RV hemodynamics and function.	Cabrita Ines	Pulmonary hypertension: invasive vs non-invasive assessment
The utility of new imaging modalities in the prognosis of PHT patients.	Brili Stella V	Pulmonary hypertension: new imaging modalities
How to evaluate LV global systolic function: the old and the new.	Pierard Luc	Teaching course: global LV function
An integrated approach to study LV diastolic function: what, when and how.	Popescu Bogdan Alexandru	Teaching course: LV diastolic function
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.	Elliott Perry Mark	Teaching course: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Cardiac tamponade.	Andrade Maria Joao	Teaching copuse: pericardial effusion
How to diagnose left ventricular non compaction.	Perez-David Esther	Rare heart diseases: no-compaction
How to diagnose Friedreich cardiomyopathy.	Weidemann Frank	Rare heart diseases: Friederich's CMP
How to diagnose cardiac amyloidosis.	Pellerin Denis	Rare heart diseases: amyloidosis
From luminology to functional evaluation of a coronary stenosis: where we are going?	Escaned Barbosa Javier	Multimodlaity in CAD: assessing coronary stenosis
Why and when to perform CMR in CAD?	Carreras Costa Francesc	Multimodality in CAD: MRI
Atherosclerotic disease: what can be gathered through echo?	Brodin Lars-Ake	Teaching course: echo in atherosclerosis
Differentiate restrictive cardiomyopathy from constrictive pericarditis.	Moya Mur Jose Luis	Teaching course: restriction vs constriction
Report an echocardiographic study.	Pinto Fausto Jose	Teaching: reporting an echo

Contrast Echocardiography

Title	Speaker	Topic
Principles and choice of agents	Pare Bardera J C (Barcelona, ES)	Contrast Basics
Contrast for optimal border detection	Hoffmann R (Aachen, DE)	Contrast LVO
How to perform stress echo with contrast	Becher H H (Oxford, GB)	Contrast How to
Rest contrast echo for ischemia and viability	Vanoverschelde J-L (Brussels, BE)	Contrast Ischemia/viability
Engineering of microbubbles. Which one to choose?	Agati L (Rome, IT)	Contrast Microbubbles
For left ventricular volumes and function	Hoffmann R (Aachen, DE)	Contrast LV function
For valve disease and cardiac shunts	Ten Cate F J (Rotterdam, NL)	Contrast Cardioembolic disease
Evaluation of microcirculation	Kaul S (Portland, US)	Contrast Microcirculation
Contrast perfusion during stress	Zoghbi W A (Houston, US)	Contrast Stress
The next step: automated quantification of perfusion and contrast without stress for detecting ischaemia	Agati L (Rome, IT)	Contrast Quantification of perfusion
Cost-effectiveness of contrast in stress echo	DeMaria A (San Diego, US)	Contrast costs
Contrast echocardiography in coronary heart disease diagnosis: a comparison with CMR and multislice CT	Ito H (Osaka, JP)	Contrast, CAD diagnose vs CT
Assessment of myocardial blood volume and its relationship to blood flow	Yamada S (Sapporo, JP)	Contrast to assess MBF
Evaluation of patients with chronic coronary heart disease after coronary events or interventions	Kamp O (Amsterdam, NL)	Contrast in chronic CAD
Basics of molecular imaging using contrast	Aguilar Torres R J (Barcelona, ES)	Contrast, molecular imaging
Targeted microbubbles for atherosclerosis	DeMaria A (San Diego, US)	Contrast, Future
Thrombus targeting	Lindner J R (Portland, US)	Contrast, targeting thrombus
Vasa vasorum imaging	Feinstein S B (Chicago, US)	Preventive cardiology
Myocardial perfusion contrast: 25 years of loneliness.	Vanoverschelde Jean-Louis	Stress echo: perfusion contrast
Technical aspects and current applications for contrast echocardiography.	Aguilar Torres Rio Jorge	Teaching course: contrast

Echocardiography in heart failure and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Title	Speaker	Topic
What do the guidelines say? Do I need echocardiography? A view from the electrophysiologist	Gasparini M (Rozzano, IT)	CRT, EP point of view
The only proven criteria are NYHA and QRS duration. Why is delayed electrical activation important in heart failure?	Mont L (Barcelona, ES)	CRT Identifyin candidates
Is there any role for other imaging modalities?	Ajmone Marsan N (Leiden, NL)	CRT, other imaging modalities
QRS duration is enough to assess the correct programming of the device during follow-up	Kautzner J (Prague, CZ)	CRT, QRS is enough
Echocardiography is necessary to optimise the AV and the VV times: a practical point of view	Bax J J (Leiden, NL)	CRT, AV & VV optimization
Follow-up should be performed jointly by heart rhythm specialists, heart failure specialists and echocardiographers	Merino J L (Madrid, ES)	CRT, follow-up
Tips and Tricks (mini lecture)	Mele D (Marina Di Ravenna, IT)	CRT, identifying responders
Tips and Tricks (mini lecture)	Yu CM (Hong Kong, HK)	CRT, optimization AV interval
Clinical and prognostic value of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.	Picard Michael H	HF preserved EF: prognosis
Assessment of filling pressures and assessment of filling patterns: additive or redundant?	Ozer Necla	HF preserved EF: filling pressures
Diastolic stress echo.	Nesser Hans-Joachim	HF preserved EF: stress echo
New EAE/ASE recommendations for the diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction.	Flachskampf Frank Arnold	HF preserved EF: EAE/ASE recommendations
Regional function and evaluation of dyssynchrony.	Nesser Hans-Joachim	Teaching course: Regional wall motion and dyssynchrony
Dilated cardiomyopathy.	Karatasakis Georgios	Teaching course: dilated cardiomyopathy
Cardiotoxic effects of drugs and radiation.	Plana Juan Carlos	Teaching course: cardiotoxicity
Follow-up of CRT patients. How to do it?	Breithardt Ole Alexander	CRT: follow-up studies
The non-responder CRT patient. What to look for?	Yu Cheuk-Man	CRT: non-responders
Atrioventricular optimization step by step.	Nakatani Satoshi	CRT: atrio-ventricular optimization
Optimization of the interventricular delay step by step.	Izumi Chisato	CRT: inter-ventricular delay

Echocardiography and valvular disease

Title	Speaker	Topic
Anatomy and development of the mitral valve.	Barbosa Marcia	Mitral valve: anatomy
Basics of TEE mitral valve examination: planes and scallops.	Bettex Dominique A	Mitral valve: TEE views
Advanced views of the MV with a view to repair.	Guarracino Fabio	Mitral valve: views to MV repair
Intraoperative TEE of the mitral valve. What to tell the surgeon. Practice, problems and pitfalls.	Kneeshaw John D	Mitral valve: intraoperative
What is new in mitral prostheses?. TEE evaluation of complications.	Hassager Christian	Mitral valve: prosthetic valve complications
Basics of aortic valve evaluation with TEE.	Ionescu Adrian	Aortic valve: TEE views
Surgical options for the aortic valve. When is it possible to repair?	Schaefers Hans-Joachim	Aortic valve: surgical options
Advanced Evaluation of the Aortic Root for the Surgeon: Normal and Complications.	Vannan Mani	Aortic valve: aortic root
The coronary patient with unknown abnormal aortic valve in TEE. What to do?	Feneck Robert Owen	Aortic valve: during CABG
Aortic root evaluation. The problem of aortic valvular disease due to ascending aortic disease.	Rosenhek Raphael	Aorta: functional valve disease
Aortic regurgitation and diseases of the aorta.	Evangelista Masip Arturo	Teaching course: aortic regurgitation
Mitral stenosis and selection of patients for valvotomy.	Perez De Isla Leopoldo	Teaching course: mitral stenosis
Mitral regurgitation: organic and functional.	Lancellotti Patrizio	Teaching course: mitral regurgitation
Combined, multivalvular diseases.	Sanchez Sanchez Violeta	Teaching course: multivalve disease
Diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis: the role of echo.	Habib Gilbert	Teaching course: infective ednocarditis
Prosthetic heart valves: normal and abnormal functioning.	Badano Luigi Paolo	Teaching course: prosthetic heart valves
Stress echo in valvular heart disease.	Pierard Luc	Stress echo: valve diseases
Quantification by echo.	Shiran Avinoam	Tricuspid regurgitation: quantitation
New cardiac magnetic resonance imaging approaches to quantification.	Pujadas Olano Sandra	Tricuspid regurgitation: MRI
Measurement of the right ventricular response.	Kaden Jens J	Tricuspid regurgitation: RV remodeling
Follow-up and timing of intervention.	Iung Bernard	Tricuspid regurgitation: follow-up

Deformation imaging

Title	Speaker	Topic
Can we use deformation imaging to quantify stress echo?	Vinereanu Dragos	Deformation imaging: stress echo
Regional deformation in valve stenosis/regurgitation. When does the ventricle fail?	Donal Erwan	Deformation imaging: valve disease
Hypertension/Athletes hypertrophic cardiomyopathies. What do the new indices add?	Fraser Alan Gordon	Deformation images: myocardial hypertrophy
Dilated cardiomyopathies / CRT. Is 2D strain essential in patient selection?	Parsai Chirine	Deformation imaging: DCM and CRT
Identify subclinical disease by deformation imaging.	Di Salvo Giovanni	Deformation imaging: subclinical LV dysfunction
The potential clinical role of ultrasonic myocardial deformation imaging in the evaluation of the right ventricle.	Deljanin Ilic Marina	Right Ventricle in HF: deformation imaging
Myocardial mechanics: from bench to bedside and back to the bench.	Khandheria Bijoy	EuroEcho lecture

Stress echocardiography

Title	Speaker	Topic
The imperative of appropriateness.	Sicari Rosa	Stress echo: appropriateness
Alveolar capillary membrane stress echo: the incredible ULC.	Gargani Luna	Stress echo: ultrasound lung cometes
Paediatric stress echo: small is beautiful.	Marek Jan	Stress echo: pediatrics
Intraventricular pressure gradient.	Cotrim Carlos	Stress echo: intraventricular gradients
Stress echo in valvular heart disease.	Pierard Luc	Stress echo: valve diseases
Stress echo: road to sustainability in cardiac imaging.	Picano Eugenio	Stress echo: sustainability of imaging
Noninvasive evaluation of coronary flow reserve: what diagnosis and which pathways?	Rigo Fausto	Multimodlaity in CAD: coronary flow reserve
Myocardial perfusion contrast: 25 years of loneliness.	Vanoverschelde Jean-Louis	Stress echo: perfusion contrst
Quantitative stress echo with hope and hype of TDI techniques.	Hoffmann Rainer	Stress echo: quantitative assessment
Stress echocardiography: when and how?	Picano Eugenio	Teaching course: stress- echo

Echocardiography in congenital disease

Title	Speaker	Topic
Device closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale: What echo needs to provide.	Baumgartner Helmut	Congenital Heart Disease: device closure of PFO and ASD
Echocardiographic diagnosis of ventricular septal defects: typical cases.	Marek Jan	Congenital Heart Disease: VSD and Fallot
Imaging Tetralogy of Fallot: what to know before surgery?	Mertens Luc	Congenital Heart Disease: Fallot
Postoperative evaluation after atrial switch procedure.	Meijboom Folkert	Congenital Heart Disease: post-op of atrial switch
Paediatric stress echo: small is beautiful.	Marek Jan	Stress echo: pediatrics
Perform an echo in the adult patient with congenital heart disease.	Budts Werner	Teaching course: GUCHD

Transoesophageal echocardiography

Title	Speaker	Topic
Basics of TEE mitral valve examination: planes and scallops.	Bettex Dominique A	Mitral valve: TEE views
Basics of aortic valve evaluation with TEE.	Ionescu Adrian	Aortic valve: TEE views
Transoesophageal echocardiography: principles and added value.	Flachskampf Frank Arnold	Teaching course: TEE