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"The Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE) is a non-profit organization of cardiovascular professionals committed to excellence in Echocardiography, and promotion and delivery of quality echocardiographic services across Canada."
Congratulations to the ASE 13th annual Feigenbaum Lecturer
Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, FASE of the Laval University in Quebec, Canada, has been named the 13th annual Feigenbaum Lecturer. ASE is proud to recognise Dr. Pibarot's significant contributions to research in the field of echocardiography and his potential to continue at a high level of achievement at the ASE 23rd Annual Scientific Sessions. He will present his lecture, titled "Doppler echocardiography is the cornerstone of the management of aortic stenosis," during the 2012 Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigators' Award Competition and Annual Feigenbaum Lecture on Monday, July 2. Be there to support our own.
Advances in the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart
Program developed by Dr. James Tam & Dr. Lisa Mielniczuk
This program has been designed to tbe delievered in a live-group session, facilitated by two experts (one with expertise in Pulmonary Hypertension, and one with expertise in Echocardiography).
Program content including the slide sets with notes, facilitator guides, and tips for creating a case study is available for download below:
1. Program slides (PDF, 5.0 MB)
2. Program slides with notes (PDF, 25.2 MB)
3. Tips for creating a comprehensive and interactive patient case study (PDF, 814 KB)
4. Program facilitator guide (PDF, 25.8MB)
2011 CSE Achievement Award Winner - Dr. Jeffrey Smallhorn
Dr. Kwan Chan presented the 2011 Achievement Award to Dr. Jeffrey Smallhorn during the CSE dinner at the Candian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) in Vancouver.
iASE, New ASE Echo Guidelines Mobile App launched at ASE Annual Meeting in Montreal
iASE is a tool developed by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) to provide clear and concise summaries of the most popular guidelines published by the ASE, and as a platform to deploy additional guidelines and tools in the future. Each guideline summary includes key tables, reference values, and figures that are quick and easy to look-up. They can also serve as a teaching tool in an educational setting.
Over 20 echocardiography calculators are alsoincluded to complement the guidelines. They feature useful information, figures, and references.
Included guideline summaries:
• Chamber Quantification (2005)
• Right Heart (2010)
• Valvular Regurgitation (2003)
• Valvular Stenosis (2009)
iOS (iPhone 3GS or above/iPad/iPod Touch) and Android versions are now available.
2010 Echocardiography to Guide Intervention: From the Cath Lab to the Operating Room, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Qc
This McGill Jewish General Hosptial Symposium was held on 29 May 2010. Dr. Igal Sebag and Dr. Lawrence Rudski was kind enough to allow us to present about 5 hours of lecture videos (in both French and English) at this site. Due to technical difficulties, not all the presentations are available. To access the lecture videos, please click on the following icon:
Membership Site Launched
The membership site has been revamped with better user interface and easier to update your personal information. Please click on the "Become a Member" tab to become a meber. Please click on the "Members Area" to log in to change your profile.
"Contrast Echocardiography: Putting things into perspective - a Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society of Echocardiography Joint Commentary" available at the Canadian Journal of Cardiology website
"Contrast echocardiography in Canada: Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society of Echocardiography position paper" available for download.
"Treating The Right Patient At The Right Time: Access To Echocardiography In Canada", developed by Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) and secondary review by Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE) available for download.
"Guidelines For The Provision Of Echocardiography In Canada", jointly developed by Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) and Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE) available for download.
A section with more than 25 commonly used echo and stress test calculators. Each formula is accompanied by illustrations, detailed description, and references. Click here to access the online calculators
Echocardiography Forum
Moderated forum for general echo discussion is now open. You are welcome to sign up to post your challenging cases, technical questions, special equipment questions. An area for posting echo related jobs for sonographers and echocardiographers is also open . Please email your postings to info@csecho.ca
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The 14th Annual Canadian Echo Weekend 2012 (GTA).
The meeting took place in Toronto from 26 to 28 April 2012.
The meeting was a sold out event. We had over 410 participants. It was the best attandence in history. We will be providing the session videos to the registered participants shortly.
For the 2012 program: http://www.csecho.ca/csemeeting/
Please follow this link to view the 2012 event photos
Pleae reserve next year's dates: .9 to 11 May 2013. It will be held in downtown Toronto. Please mark the date.
