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Cardiovascular Diseases

27th Annual Echocardiographic Symposium at Vail. New Technologies, Live Scanning, and Clinical ...

Wednesday, July 24

Time Topic
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
  Valvular Heart Disease
Dr. Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., presiding
7:30-7:55 a.m. Echocardiographic Caveats in Evaluation of Clinical Cases of Aortic Stenosis and Mitral Stenosis. Causes of Mismatch of Gradient and Area
Dr. Fletcher A. Miller, Jr.
7:55-8:20 a.m. Aortic Regurgitation Assessment and Optimal Timing of Surgery Including Asymptomatic Patients. Will Drugs Delay Surgery? Role of AV Repair.
Dr. Vuyisile T. Nkomo
8:20-8:45 a.m. Mitral Regurgitation: Hemodynamic Cases – Is the Short Form of PISA Reliable?
Dr. Daniel D. Borgeson
8:45-9:10 a.m. Guidelines for Surgery for Mitral Valve Regurgitation: Conventional Robotic Approaches
Dr. Fletcher A. Miller, Jr.
9:10-9:35 a.m. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Dysfunction – Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). Valve of Echo.
Dr. Vuyisile T. Nkomo
9:35-10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Nkomo and Borgeson; Dr. Miller, moderator
  Potpourri of Interesting Case Studies
Dr. George M. Gura, Jr., presiding
10:30-10:55 a.m. Clinical Cases in Common Systemic Diseases With Multimodality Imaging
Dr. Christopher P. Appleton
10:55-11:20 a.m. Challenging Cases in Congenital Heart Disease
Dr. Jonathan N. Johnson
11:20-11:45 a.m. Cases of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction
Dr. Fletcher A. Miller, Jr.
11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Assessment of Chest Pain Using CTA
Dr. Eric E. Williamson
12:05-12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Appleton, Johnson, Miller, Williamson; Dr. Gura, moderator
  Live Case Scanning Workshop
3:30-5:00 p.m. Live Case Demonstrations
Drs. Fletcher A. Miller, Jr. and Lawrence Gaul and Ms. Harris and Mr. Tucker