EACVI Teaching Course on Transoesophageal 2D and 3D Echocardiography

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NEW this year: the course will contain basic lectures (1 day) and advanced ones (1 day and a half). You can register for both basic and advanced courses, or only the advanced course.

Course objectives

This course is dedicated to doctors, either in training or consultants, interested in improving their knowledge and skills in 2D and 3D echocardiography. This course will also serve those who aim to obtain the EACVI certification in TOE.

The Course programme encompasses a mix of lectures, case-based presentations with multiple-choice questions, and two types of hands-on practical workshops: image acquisition and optimisation on TOE simulators; and image post-processing performed by attendees on dedicated workstations and guided by Faculty.

Upon completion of this course program, participants will be better able to:

• recognise the main clinical indications for a TOE study
• assess valvular and ventricular function using 2D and 3D TOE
• understand the added value of 3D echo over conventional 2D and Doppler TOE
• acquire basic skills in probe manipulation and 2D TOE image acquisition
• optimise 3D TOE acquisition and analysis
• integrate information from 2D and 3D TOE for patient selection and guidance for interventional procedures for structural heart disease

Target Audience

The course is designed for:

• Echocardiographers interested in advancing their knowledge in 2D and 3D transesophageal echocardiography and improving their practical skills in image acquisition, analysis and interpretation
• Cardiologists and non-cardiologists interested to achieve basic knowledge in main indications, acquisition, interpretation and added value of 2D and 3D transesophageal echocardiography (e.g. cardiologists in training, multimodality imaging specialists, interventional cardiologists, anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, critical care, emergency physicians etc).

Scientific Programme

An application has been made for the accreditation of this programme to EACCME for CME credits.

This programme might be subject to change.

Course Directors: Denisa Muraru (IT), Erwan Donal (FR), Bogdan A. Popescu (RO)

Faculty Members: Nina Ajmone Marsan (NE), Maria Magdalena Gurzun (RO), Leyla Elif Sade (TR),
Jaroslaw Kasprzak (PL), Hani Mahmoud-Elsayed (UK), Ralph Stephan Von Bardeleben (GE)

Friday 18 October - Basic Course

Saturday 19 October - Advanced Course

Sunday 20 October - Advanced Course

Logistical information

Location

Park Inn Hotel Prague

Svobodova 1
128 00 Prague 
Czechia

Registration fees:

2 options are available:

• Option 1 – Registration to Basic and Advanced Courses which includes:
  • Course participation
  • 3 nights' accommodation (17-20 October) at Park Inn Hotel Prague 
  • 3 lunches, 5 coffee breaks, 1 dinner
• Option 2 – Registration to Advanced Course only which includes:
  • Course participation
  • 2 nights' accommodation (18-20 October) at Park Inn Hotel Prague 
  • 2 lunches, 3 coffee breaks, 1 dinner

Note: No transportation from the airport to course venue.

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Requests received less than 6 weeks prior to the course date, remain subject to availability.

The ESC reserves the right to cancel any of its Educational Programmes up to 2 months prior to the programme starting date. The ESC will not reimburse any travel or accommodation costs incurred by registered participants in the event of a programme cancellation under any circumstances.

Cancellation conditions

Up to 6 weeks prior to the course and upon receipt of a written cancellation, a refund of fees, minus a 25% of administrative charge, will be processed. No refund will be granted if the cancellation is done less than 6 weeks before the course start date. In the event of the cancellation of a course by the ESC, the full registration fee will be refunded. The ESC is not liable for any cost incurred by the cancellation of accommodation and travel arrangements.