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EUROPEANECHOCARDIOGRAPHYCOURSEon congenital heart disease
ROMEOctober 10th-13th 2018

Wednesday, October 10 th, 2018
08.45

Opening remarks

Luc Mertens- Paolo Ciliberti

Welcome Address

Fiore Iorio, Head of Pediatric Cardiology
and Cardiac Surgery Department
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
Fabrizio Drago, Head of Cardiac Unit,
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital

Session I Practical aspects of Congenital Echocardiography

Chair: Folkert Meijboom, Utrecht

09.00

Image Optimization and Imaging Views in Congenital Echocardiography

Cristina Almeida, Toronto

09.35

Quantitative measurements in individuals of different size and age

Leo Lopez, Miami

10.00

How to prepare for the EACVI congenital accreditation examination

Owen Miller, London

10.30

Coffee break

Session II Ventricular function in CHD

Chair: Leo Lopez, Miami

11.00

Left ventricular function in CHD

Mark Friedberg, Toronto

11.30

Right ventricular function in congenital heart disease

Giovanni Di Salvo, London

12.00

Single ventricular function

Luc Mertens, Toronto

12.30

Lunch

Session III Segmental approach to normal and abnormal situs

Chair: Paolo Ciliberti, Rome

13.30

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

13.55

Echocardiography

Jan Marek, London

14.20

Questions & discussion

Session IV Interatrial communications

Chair: Mark Friedberg, Toronto

14.30

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

14.55

Echocardiography

Luciano Pasquini, Rome

15.20

Questions & discussion

15.30

Coffee break

Session V Ventricular septal defects

Chair: Gabriele Rinelli, Rome

16.00

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

16.25

Echocardiography

Leo Lopez, Miami

16.50

Questions & discussion

Session VI Live scanning
17.00

Live scanning (Philips)

Cristina Almeida, Toronto
Marcello Chinali, Rome17.30

Live scanning (Siemens)

Cristina Almeida, Toronto
Marcello Chinali, Rome

18.00

End of the session

Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Session VII Atrio-ventricular septal defects

Chair: Luciano Pasquini, Rome

08.30

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

08.55

Echocardiography

Meryl Cohen, Philadelphia

09.20

Questions & discussion

Session VIII LV outflow tract obstruction

Chair: Meryl Cohen, Philadelphia

09.30

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

09.55

Echocardiography of left outflow tract obstruction

Gabriele Rinelli, Rome

10.20

Echocardiography of coarctation of the aortaPaolo Ciliberti, Rome

10.45

Questions & discussion

11.00

Coffee break

Session IX Tetralogy of Fallot

Chair: Xavier Iriart, Bordeaux

11.30

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

11.55

Echocardiography- pre-operative

Owen Miller, London

12.20

Echocardiography post-repair and evaluation in the adult

Luc Mertens, Toronto

12.45

Questions & discussion

13.00

Lunch

Session X Transposition of the great arteries

Chair: Giovanni Di Salvo, London

14.00

TGA Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

14.20

Pre and peri-operative assessment and arterial switch

Xavier Iriart, Bordeaux

14.40

Adult patients after arterial and atrial switch procedures

Folkert Meijboom, Utrecht

15.00

Questions & discussion

Session XI Double outlet right ventricle

Chair: Fiore Iorio, Rome

15.10

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

15.40

Echocardiography- what you need to know for surgical decision-making

Meryl Cohen, Philadelphia

16.10

Questions & discussion

16.20

Coffee break

Session XII Live scanning
16.45

Live scanning (GE Ultrasound)

Cristina Almeida, Toronto
Alessia Del Pasqua, Rome

17.15

End of the session

Friday, October 12 th, 2018
Session XIII Congenitally corrected transposition and its variants

Chair: John Simpson, London

08.30

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

08.50

Echocardiography, assessment of morphology

Mark Friedberg, Toronto

09.10

Questions & discussion

Session XIV Tricuspid valve abnormalities

Chair: Fabrizio Drago, Rome

09.20

Morphology of the tricuspid valve

Andrew Cook, London

09.50

Ebstein malformation and other tricuspid valve anomalies- echocardiography

Jan Marek, London

10.10

Questions & discussion

10.20

Coffee break

Session XV Functionally Univentricular Heart

Chair: Xavier Iriart, Bordeaux

10.50

Morphology

Andrew Cook, London

11.10

Echocardiography at diagnosis

Owen Miller, London

11.30

Echocardiography after stage I & Stage 2 palliation

John Simpson, London

12.00

Echocardiography after Fontan surgery

Folkert Meijboom, Utrecht

12.20

Questions & discussion

12.30

Lunch

Session XVISpecial Lecture - Contributions to Congenital Echocardiographic Education in Europe
Honoring Prof Dr. Umberto Squarcia - The Parma Course on Fetal and Congenital Echocardiography
13.30

On a Journey from Parma to Jerusalem

Umberto Squarcia, Parma

Session XVIIPractical test which serves as preparation for accreditation examination and Quiz for Echo-Oskar award
14.00

Chair: Owen Miller, London

15.30

End of the session

20.00

Social event and announcement of the best score of the test examination: Echo Oskar Award 2018
Location social event:Ristorante Scarpone
Please do not forget to bring with you the dinner voucher included in the congress kit

Saturday, October 13 th, 2018
Imaging in Clinical Decision-Making - Case-based decision making - Ask the experts (part 1)
09.00

When to close a PDA in a preterm infant?

John Simpson, London

09.30

When to intervene for aortic valve regurgitation in children?

Luc Mertens, Toronto

10.00

When to intervene for mitral or left AV-valve regurgitation?

Meryl Cohen, Philadelphia

10.30

Coffee break

Imaging in Clinical Decision-Making- Case based data-driven decision making - Ask the experts (part 2)
11.00

When to intervene for tricuspid valve regurgitation?

Jan Marek, London

11.30

When to replace the pulmonary valve after tetralogy of Fallot repair?

Xavier Iriart, Bordeaux

12.00

When to intervene for dilatation of the aortic root/ascending aorta in CHD?

Mark Friedberg, Toronto

12.30

Discussion and final remarks

Jan Marek, Folkert Meijboom, LucMertens

12.45

Adjourn

Congress Location

Social Dinner Location - October 12 th

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Scientific Committee
Jan Marek, MD
Great Ormond Street
Hospitalfor ChildrenLondon, United Kingdom

Folkert Meijboom, MD
UMCU
University Hospital
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Luc Mertens, MD
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada

Local Organizer:
Paolo Ciliberti
Bambino GesùChildren’s Hospital
Rome, Italy

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