2009 Canadian Society of Echocardiography - Meeting 2009
TWELFTH ANNUAL
CANADIAN ECHO WEEKEND
EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
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Program

 
Thursday, April 29
18:45                 Symposium on Contrast Echocardiography
                          Chair: Dr. Howard Leong-Poi
 
19:00 - 19:45
Use of Echo Contrast in 2010
Dr. Harald Becker
19:45 - 20:15
Case presentations
Dr. Howard Leong-Poi
20:15 - 20:30
Panel Discussion
Friday, April 30
08:15 - 08:30
Introduction and formal welcome
Dr. James Tam
 
Symposium: My Patient is Short of Breath
                      Chair: Dr. James Tam
 
08:30 - 08:50
LVEF in 2010
Dr. James Tam
08:50 - 09:20
Newer modalities of LV evaluation
Dr. Davinder Jassal
09:20 - 09:40
Pericardial constriction/effusion
Dr. Howard Leong-Poi
09:40 - 10:00
Panel Discussion
10:00 - 10:30
Nutrition Break
 
Symposium: My Patient has Chest Pain
                      Chair: Dr. Zion Sasson
 
10:30 - 11:00
Practical Use of Stress Echo in CAD
Dr. Harald Becher
11:00 - 11:20
My Patient has chest pain post revascularization
Dr. Zion Sasson
11:20 - 11:40
My Patient has normal coronaries
Dr. Davinder Jassal
11:40 - 12:00
Panel Discussion
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
 
Symposium: My Patient has a Murmur
                      Chair: Dr. Chi-Ming Chow
 
13:00 - 13:30
Paradoxic low flow aortic stenosis
Dr. Philippe Pibarot
13:30 - 13:50
Why is there mitral regurgitation?
Dr. Igal Sebag
13:50 - 14:10
Systemic diseases involving the valves
Dr. Mark Hansen
14:10 - 14:30
Panel Discussion
14:30 - 15:00
Nutrition Break
 
15:00 - 16:30     Symposium: Cases from across the country - session I
                          Chair: Dr. David Bewick
 
Saturday, May 1
08:15 - 08:20
Introductions  
Dr. James Tam
 
Symposium: Diastology 2010
                      Chair: Dr. John Jue
 
08:20 - 08:30
Overview of new guidelines
Dr. John Jue
08:30 - 09:10
Contradictory data in diastolic evaluation
Dr. Hisham Dokainish
09:10 - 09:40
Prognostic and therapeutic implications
Dr. Teresa Tsang
09:40 - 10:00
Panel Discussion
10:00 - 10:30
Nutrition Break
 
10:30 - 12:00
Simultaneous Sessions
Sonographer (How to Workshop)
Chair: Dr. Chi-Ming Chow and Dr. Howard Leong-Poi
Live patient demonstration of scanning and measurements: Including 2D/3D EF calculation, tissue Doppler imaging, Diastology, LA volume
                OR
Resolving discordant echocardiographic information
Chair: Dr. Bibiana Cujec
Prosthetic valve with high gradient - normal or abnormal prosthetic function?
Dr. Philippe Pibarot
High RV systolic pressure but no evidence of RV enlargement - Is there really pulmonary hypertension?
Dr. Lawrence Rudski
Can we accurately measure LV mass with echocardiography?
Dr. George Honos
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
 
Symposium: 3D Echo in 2010
                      Chair: Dr. Kwan Chan
 
13:00 - 13:40
3D Echo: The benefits of the Additional Dimension
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Roberto Lang (ASE President)
13:40 - 14:00
Incremental Value of Transthoracic 3D Echo: A Cased-Based Approach
Dr. Igal Sebag
14:00 - 14:20
Incremental Value of Transesophageal 3D Echo: A Cased-Based Approach
Dr. Kwan Chan
14:20 - 14:30
Panel Discussion
14:30 - 15:00
Break
 
15:00 - 16:30     Symposium: Cases from across the country - session II
                          Chair: Dr. David Bewick
 
16:30 - 16:45
Closing Remarks
Dr. James Tam
Earn a total of 12 CME credits!