SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Thursday, April 5th
15:30 - 15:45 Welcome and Introductory Lecture
Imaging the heart with ultrasound / K. Hristova
15:45 - 16:00 Opening ceremony /Tzvetana Katova,
Luigi Badano, Assen Gudev
16:00 - 18:50 Basics of Myocardial Function Imaging
Chairpersons: Luigi Badano, Yoto Yotov
16:00 - 16:20 From fibre shortening to ejection / F Rademakers
16:20 - 16:40 How to measure myocardial deformation by ultrasound? /
J D'hooge
16:40 - 17:00 How to do it in the clinic: Normal patterns and pitfalls / JU Voigt
17:00 - 17:20 Measuring myocardial deformation in 3Dimensions / L Badano
17:20 - 17:40 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Competitive or
Complementary? / F Rademakers
17:40 - 17:50 Discussion
18:00 - 20:00 Welcome drink
Friday, April 6th
08:30 - 10:00 Imaging Coronary Artery Disease:
Myocardial Function by Echo
Chairpersons: Jens Uwe Voigt, Krasimira Hristova
08:30 - 08:50 Beyond wall thickening: Deformation patterns in coronary artery disease / JU Voigt
08:50 - 09:10 Global and regional function in patients with AMI / K Hristova
09:10 - 09:30 Stress echo, infarction and reperfusion injuy / A Neskovic
09:30 - 09:50 What does 3D add to stress echocardiography? / L Badano
09:50 - 10:00 Discussion
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00 Function Imaging of the Right Ventricle
Chairpersons: Frank Rademakers, Yoto Yotov
10:30 - 10:50 How to assess RV function in the clinic? / JU Voigt
10:50 - 11:10 RV function in congenital heart diseases and pulmonary hypertension / R Jurcut
11:10 - 11:30 RV function in systemic hypertension / K Hristova
11:30 - 11:50 RV and pulmonary circulation during exercise / A La Gerche
11:50 - 12:00 Discussion
12:00 - 13:00 Live case demonstration I
Chairpersons: Alexander Neskovic, Tzvetana Katova
12:00 - 12:20 Case 1. Regional Dysfunction by Speckle tracking / B Popescu
12:20 - 12:40 Case 2. Global and Regional function by 3Dechocardiography / L Badano
12:40 - 13:00 Case 3. Asynchrony assessment / JU Voigt
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Cardiomyopathy and CRT
Chairpersons: Luigi Badano, Krasimira Hristova
14:00 - 14:20 Prognostic Value of Deformation Imaging in Ischemic cardiomyopathy / T Edvardsen
14:20 - 14:40 LV twist in physiology and disease / B Popescu
14:40 - 15:00 Dilated Cardiomyopathy: How to assess dyssynchrony in 2D / JU Voigt
15:00 - 15:20 Dilated Cardiomyopathy: How to assess dyssynchrony in 3D / S Kapetanakis
15:20 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Assessing Hemodynamics and Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling
Chairpersons: Thor Edvardsen, Vera Yotova
16:00 - 16:20 Quantifying myocardial function in valvular heart disease / E Kinova
16:20 - 16:40 3D echo to assess congenital heart disease in children / I Velkovski
16:40 - 17:00 Speckle tracking echocardiography to assess patients with TGA / R Marinov
17:00 - 17:20 Ventriculo-arterial coupling: Clinical tools and diagnostic indications / A Fraser
17:20 - 17:30 Discussion
19:00 - 23:00 Gala dinner
Saturday, April 7th
08:30 - 10:00 Hypertrophy, Diastole & Atrial Deformation
Chairpersons: Alan Fraser, Tzvetana Katova
08:30 - 08:50 Diastolic Function: What is it and how to describe it best? / JU Voigt
08:50 - 09:10 Diastolic Stress Testing / A La Gerche
09:10 - 09:30 LV function in hypertrophic disease / V Yotova
09:30 - 09:50 Assesment of left atrial function - Does it offer added value? / B Popescu
09:50 - 10:00 Discussion
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:20 LV Function Assessment - With and without Contrast
Chairpersons: Aleksandar Neskovic, Tzvetana Katova
10:30 - 10:50 Myocardial Function Imaging in Private Practice / S Marchev
10:50 - 11:10 Quantifying LV Function - How good are we? / A Fraser
11:10 - 11:30 Contrast echo on evaluation of cardiac function - basic principles / Y Yotov
11:30 - 11:50 The role of Contrast enhanced 3D echocardiography / S Kapetanakis
11:50 - 12:10 A new approach to assess intraventricular flow / JU Voigt
12:10 - 12:20 Discussion
12:20 - 13:20 Live case demonstration II
Chairpersons: Bogdan Popescu, Sotir Marchev
12:20 - 12:40 Case 1. Assessing Diastolic Function / V Yotova
12:40 - 12:50 Case 2. Assessing Atrial Function / B Popescu
13:10 - 13:30 Case 3. Assessing RV Function / Y Yotov
13:30 - 13:40 Closing Remarks, Farewell / K Hristova, JU Voigt