23
Jun
2021
16:00
BST
17:00
CEST
Webinar
Tips and Tricks in Imaging Your Patients With Valvular Heart Disease – Aortic Stenosis, Mitral Regurgitation and Tricuspid Regurgitation
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Overview
Join a world-renowned faculty to explore tips, tricks and expert insight to optimise echocardiographic image acquisition strategies to support earlier diagnosis and improved patient outcomes.
Led by Chair Prof José Luis Zamorano (University Complutense, Spain) and Scientific Director Dr Rebecca T Hahn (New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Medical Center, US), this engaging session will combine opinion, discussions, and practical presentations from Dr Philippe Pibarot (Laval University, Canada), Prof Patrizio Lancellotti (University of Liège, Belgium), and Dr Martin Swaans (St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, the Netherlands).
With a live Q&A, this interactive event aims to support general cardiologists and all healthcare professionals engaged in imaging avoid common pitfalls and make informed diagnosis.
Key issues addressed within this programme will include how to do an aortic valve echo, what to look for, how to interpret results; how to optimise a mitral valve echo; why doing tricuspid imaging is difficult, how to do a tricuspid valve echo (with various parameters) – and many more.
Faculty:
Philippe Pibarot
Patrizio Lancellotti
Jose Luis Zamorano
Rebecca T Hahn
Martin Swaans
This webinar is supported by
Agenda
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Learn the essential echocardiographic views to assess TR severity with the 5 grade scheme
- Learn the essential echocardiographic views to assess MR etiology and severity
- Learn about how to interpret TR and MR results and appropriately refer patients for further management
- Learn about the best practices to correctly diagnose AS using echocardiography
- Learn about how to avoid the most common pitfalls in correctly grading AS severity
TARGET AUDIENCE
- General Cardiologists
- All healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of MR, TR and AS.
Faculty Biographies
Philippe Pibarot
Philippe Pibarot is Full Professor at the Department of Medicine of Laval University, Canada.
Martin Swaans
Dr Martin Swaans is cardiologist at St Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein in the Netherlands. Dr Swaans specialises in cardiac imaging, particularly in electrophysiology and interventional procedures.
Jose Luis Zamorano
Jose L Zamorano is Professor of Medicine at the University Alcala de Henares, Madrid, and the Chief of Cardiolo
Rebecca T Hahn
Rebecca T Hahn is Director of Interventional Echocardiography at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center, US. She also serves as Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.