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Echocardiography in the Nation's Capital: Focus for the Physician

Wednesday, April 18

TimeTopic
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
  Diseases of the Aorta and Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery
Moderator: Sunil Mankad, M.D.
8:00 a.m. Pathology of the Thoracic Aorta
William Edwards, M.D.
8:25 a.m. Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Dissection, Intramural Hematoma, Penetrating Aortic Ulcer and Screening for AAA
Peter Spittell, M.D.
8:50 a.m. Role of Cardiac Surgery for Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Joseph Dearani, M.D.
9:10 a.m. Intraoperative Echocardiography: What to Look For
Rowlens Melduni, M.D.
9:35 a.m. Cardiac Surgery: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair
Joseph Dearani, M.D.
10:00 a.m. Question and Answer Session
10:10 a.m. Refreshment Break
  Pericardial Disease and Masses
Moderator: Fletcher Miller, Jr., M.D.
10:30 a.m. Echocardiography for Patients with Cardiac Constriction
Barry Karon, M.D.
11:00 a.m. Cardiac Masses: Pathology and Echo Correlation
William Edwards, M.D. and Fletcher Miller, Jr., M.D.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
  Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease
Moderator: Frank Cetta, M.D.
1:00 p.m. Introduction: Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Frank Cetta, M.D.
1:15 p.m. Current Management of Coarctation of the Aorta
Frank Cetta, M.D.
1:45 p.m. Tetralogy of Fallot: Update on Timing of PVR
Sabrina Phillips, M.D.
2:15 p.m. Update on Percutaneous Valve Therapy in CHD
Frank Cetta, M.D.
2:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. Interesting Cases: What Would You Do?
Drs. Cetta and Phillips
3:15 p.m. Interesting Cases: What We Did
Joseph Dearani, M.D.
3:30 p.m. Pregnancy in CHD
Sabrina Phillips, M.D.
4:00 p.m. Congenital Coronary Anomalies
Frank Cetta, M.D.
4:15 p.m. Issues With Congenitally-Corrected TGA
Sabrina Phillips, M.D.
4:30 p.m. Surgery of CHD: What Do I Need From Your Echo?
Joseph Dearani, M.D.
5:00 p.m. Post Test and Adjourn