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Presentazione

This fast-track course gives the hands-on skills you need to perform basic echocardiography.

Do you have pulmonary arterial hypertension skills but are not confident with echocardiography? Would you like to gain skills on the echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle? This course covers different theoretical sessions of the basic cardiac ultrasound and includes recognise and interpret application within echocardiography; explain and apply the fundamental physical imaging principles relating to clinical echocardiography; evaluate and critique the role of echocardiography with respect to clinical presentation, and patient's assessment;elucidate and employ anatomical and physiological associations with the conventional imaging planes utilised in transthoracic echocardiography; plan, execute and evaluate detailed echocardiographic data within the context pulmonary arterial hypertension findings using recognised clinical guidelines and reporting techniques.

Programma

DAY ONE - 19/03/2024  

Policlinico Umberto I – Roma

Morning session

09.40-13.20

SESSION 1 - Topic. How to image the right heart by echo

09.40-10.00

Acoustic views for right heart assessment

Roberto Badagliacca, Carmine Dario Vizza, Silvia Papa, Domenico Filomena

Echocardiographic probability of pulmonary hypertension -Live case acquisition

10.00-10.30

Case A. A 20-year-old female patient presents with dyspnea on exertion, elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP), and associated findings suggestive of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Live scan

10.30 – 11.00

Case A. Reporting 

11.00-11.20

coffee break

11.20-11.50

Case B. A 41-year-old female patient experiences dyspnea on exertion with unclearly visualized tricuspid regurgitation gradient. However, associated findings suggest the presence of PAH

Live scan

11.50-12.20

Case B. Reporting

12.20-12.50

Case C. A 45-year-old female patient diagnosed with PAH is on double therapy, demonstrating good functional class, low B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels, and no significant right heart dysfunction

Live scan

12.50-13.20

Case C. Reporting

13.20-14.30

lunch

 

Afternoon session

14.30-16.50

SESSION 2 - Topic. How to image the right heart by echo 

Roberto Badagliacca, Giovanna Manzi, Domenico Filomena

Echocardiography for risk stratification. Intermediate risk - Live case acquisition

14.30-14.50

Case D. A 37-year-old female patient with PAH on double therapy shows no signs of right heart failure, World Health Organization Functional Class (WHO-FC) III, a slight increase in BNP levels, and initial signs of right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Live scan

14.50-15.20

Case D. Reporting

Echocardiography for risk stratification. High risk - Live case acquisition

15.20-15.50

Case E. A 37-year-old female patient with PAH on double therapy exhibits signs of right heart failure (HF), WHO-FC III, elevated BNP levels, and evidence of right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Live scan

15.50-16.20

Case E. Reporting

16.20-16.50

Panel discussion

 

DAY TWO - 20/03/2024 

Hotel St Martin – Roma

 

Morning session

8.30-15.00

SESSION 3 - Topic. Right and left heart morphology, dimension and systolic function

Roberto Badagliacca, Carmine Dario Vizza, Silvia Papa, Domenico Filomena

8.30-8.50

Introduction

8.50-9.20

Case 1. A 47-year-old female patient with PAH on triple therapy maintains a good functional class, low BNP levels, and only mild right ventricular dysfunction

Case review and reporting 

9.20-10.00

Case 1. Hands-on session on the workstation

10.30-11.00

Case 2. A 50-year-old female patient with PAH on double therapy displays no signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC III, a slight increase in BNP levels, and initial signs of right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Case review and reporting

11.00-11.20

coffee break

11.20-11.40

Case 2. Hands-on session on the workstation

11.40-12.10

Case 3. A 21-year-old female patient with PAH on triple therapy shows signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC III, elevated BNP levels, and right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Case review and reporting

12.10-12.50

Case 3. Hands-on session on the workstation

12.50-13.20

Case 4. A 50-year-old female patient with PAH on double therapy has no signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC III, a slight increase in BNP levels, and initial signs of right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Case review and reporting

13.20-14.20

lunch

14.20-15.00

Case 4. Hands-on session on the workstation

 

Afternoon session

15.00-17.40

SESSION 4 - Topic. Right heart morphology, dimension and systolic function Roberto Badagliacca, Giovanna Manzi, Domenico Filomena

15.00-15.20

Easy assessment of left heart size and function

15.20-15.50

Case 5. A 40-year-old male patient with familial PAH on double therapy exhibits signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC III, elevated BNP levels, and right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Case review and reporting 

15.50-16.30

Case 5. Hands-on session on the workstation

16.30-17.00

Case 6. A 17-year-old female patient with PAH on triple therapy shows no signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC II, elevated BNP levels, good fitness on 6-minute walk test, and right heart dilatation and dysfunction on echocardiography

Case review and reporting

17.00-17.40

Case 6. Hands-on session on the workstation

17.40-18.00

coffee break

18.00-19.30

SESSION 5 - Topic. Tricuspid valve disease

18.00-18.20

TR assessment and grading, Tricuspid stenosis and Pulmonary valve disease

18.20-18.50

Case 7. A 60-year-old female patient undergoing pulmonary hypertension (PH) work-up due to right heart dysfunction and massive tricuspid regurgitation. Right heart catheterization (RHC) reveals normal pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), prompting consideration of differential diagnoses between right ventricular pressure and volume overload

Case review and reporting 

18.50-19.30

Case 7. Hands-on session on the workstation

 

 

DAY THREE - 21/03/2024 

Hotel St Martin – Roma

 

Morning session

8.30-12.55

SESSION 6 - Topic. Right ventricular systolic function – advanced echo Roberto Badagliacca, Carmine Dario Vizza, Silvia Papa, Domenico Filomena

8.30-8.50

Three dimensional echocardiography and RV strain assessment 

8.50-9.20

Case 8. A 47-year-old female patient with PAH on triple therapy maintains a good functional class, low BNP levels, and only mild right ventricular dilatation, with right ventricular global longitudinal strain (RV-GLS) and right ventricular fractional area change (RVFAC) at lower reference limits

Case review and reporting 

9.20-10.05

Case 8. Hands-on session on the workstation

10.05-10.35

Case 9. A 45-year-old female patient with PAH on double therapy shows no signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC II, a slight increase in BNP levels, and initial signs of right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Case review and reporting 

10.35-10.55

coffee break

 

10.55-11.40

Case 9. Hands-on session on the workstation

 

11.40-12.10

Case 10. A 55-year-old female patient with PAH on triple therapy presents signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC III, elevated BNP levels, right heart dysfunction, reduced right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF), and right ventricular free wall global longitudinal strain (RV-FW-GLS) on echocardiography

Case review and reporting 

 

12.10-12.55

Case 10. Hands-on session on the workstation

 

 

Afternoon session

13.45-17.30

SESSION 7 - Topic.  Right ventricular diastolic function - advanced echo Roberto Badagliacca, Giovanna Manzi, Domenico Filomena

13.45-14.05

RV diastolic assessment, RA deformation imaging

14.05-14.25

Case 11. A 60-year-old female patient undergoing the first evaluation for suspected PH, with a history of pulmonary embolism (PE). No signs of right heart failure are evident, WHO-FC III, a slight increase in BNP levels, increased systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAPS), and initial signs of right heart dysfunction on echocardiography

Case review and reporting 

14.25-15.05

Case 11. Hands-on session on the workstation

15.05-15.35

Case 12. A 40-year-old male patient, HIV positive, with PAH on double therapy, displays signs of right heart failure, WHO-FC III, elevated BNP levels, preserved tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) but low global longitudinal strain (GLS), right ventricular fractional area change (RV-FAC), and 3D right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF)

Case review and reporting  

15.35-16.15

Case 12. Hands-on session on the workstation

16.15-17.30

Panel discussion

 

Informazioni

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Lingua

Inglese

Localizzazione

  • Hotel e centro Congressi
  • Via S. Martino della Battaglia, 58, 00185 Roma (RM)
  • Tel. 06 8401 0200
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  • 19/03/24 dalle 9.30 alle 18
  • Policlinico Umberto I - Università La Sapienza Roma - Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari
  • via del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma (RM)
  • Tel. 06 49911
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