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

TimeTopic
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

TimeTopic
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

TimeTopic
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

TimeTopic
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.

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