October 22 - 25, 2014 - The Meritage, Napa, CA
Course Directors: Connolly, Heidi M., M.D. | Miller, Fletcher A. Jr., M.D. | Nishimura, Rich A., M.D.
Program Schedule
Program schedules are subject to change without notice.
Wednesday, October 22
Time | Topic |
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7:30 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast – Carneros Prefunction |
8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Overview Drs. Miller Nishimura, and Connolly |
8:15a.m. | Clinical Decision Making: Cases in Valvular Heart Disease and Endocarditis Cases 1-7 Drs. Nishimura, Connolly, Miller and Bruce |
10:15 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
10:45 a.m. | Mechanical Versus Tissue Valve Prosthesis – Making the Right Choice for Your Patients Dr. Schaff |
11:15 a.m. | Clinical Decision Making: Cases in Valvular Heart Disease, Prosthetic Valve and Endocarditis Cases 8-10 Drs. Bruce, Schaff, and Abel |
On-line Access to this lecture. Echo in Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Approach Dr. Anavekar | |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch – Oakville and Rutherford Terrace |
1:15 p.m. | Cases in Stress Echocardiography and MRI: Read with the Experts Cases 11-16 Drs. Armstrong, Bruce, and Anavekar |
2:45 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
3:15 p.m. | Cases in Aortic Disease Cases 17-20 Drs. Connolly, Anavekar, Bruce, Abel, and Schaff |
4:15 p.m. | Rapid Fire Case Presentations – Test Your Skills All Faculty |
5:00-6:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception – Vineyard Terrace All Faculty, Participants, and Exhibitors (Guests Invited) |
Thursday, October 23
Time | Topic |
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8:00 a.m. | Clinical Decision Making: Cases from the ICU I Cases 21-26 Drs. Reeder, Schaff, Anavekar, and Abel |
9:30 a.m. | Echo in End-Stage Heart Failure Cases 27-28 Dr. Karon |
10:00 a.m. | Unknown Cases from Michigan Cases 29-30 Dr. Armstrong |
10:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
On-line Access to this lecture. Echo in Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Approach Dr. Connolly | |
11:00 a.m. | Cases in Congenital Heart Disease and Pregnancy and Heart Disease Cases 31-36 Drs. Connolly and Nishimura |
12:30 p.m. | Lunch – Oakville and Rutherford Terrace |
1:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (Attendees will rotate to two of the four sessions) |
Intraoperative and Perioperative Echocardiography Drs. Abel and Schaff | |
Congenital Heart Disease Dr. Connolly | |
Stress Echocardiography Dr. Armstrong | |
3-D and Interventional Echocardiography Dr. Bruce | |
3:30 p.m. | Adjournment |
Friday, October 24
Time | Topic |
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
Pre-recorded Lecture (link sent out in advance) On-line Access to this lecture. A Practical Approach to Evaluation of Diastolic Function Dr. Nishimura | |
8:00 a.m. | Brief Review of Strain for Ventricular Function Dr. Miller |
8:15 a.m. | Clinical Decision Making: Cases in Heart Failure Cases 37-42 Drs. Miller, Nishimura, Schaff, Abel, and Karon |
10:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
10:30 a.m. | Clinical Decision Making: Cases in Heart Failure II Cases 43-45 Drs. Karon and Miller |
11:15 a.m. | Rapid Fire Cases, Interesting Cases from the Audience Attendees and All Faculty |
12:30 p.m. | Lunch – Oakville and Rutherford Terrace |
1:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (Attendees will rotate to two of the five sessions) |
Diastole Dr. Nishimura | |
Hemodynamics Dr. Miller | |
Multimodality Imaging* Dr. Anavekar | |
Echocardiography in the Cath Lab and ICU Dr. Reeder | |
Echocardiography in Heart Failure Dr. Karon | |
3:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
Saturday, October 25
Time | Topic |
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8:00 a.m. | Cases of Masses and Source of Embolism Cases 46-48 Dr. Reeder and Anavekar |
9:00 a.m. | Special Presentation – Echocardiographic Case of the Year Audience votes for the best case Cases 49-58 All Faculty |
10:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
10:45 a.m. | Interesting Cases Participants and Faculty |
12:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Adjournment |
Faculty
Course Directors
- Heidi M. Connolly, M.D.
- Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., M.D.
- Rick A. Nishimura, M.D.
Mayo Clinic Faculty
- Martin D. Abel, M.D.
- Nandan S. Anavekar, M.B., B.Ch.
- Charles J. Bruce, M.D.
- Barry L. Karon, M.D.
- Guy S. Reeder, M.D.
- Hartzell V. Schaff, M.D.
Guest Faculty
- William F. Armstrong, M.D.
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Faculty Disclosure
As a provider accredited by ACCME, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. Disclosure of this information will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.