IMAG

CAD ACS & AMI

CSE

Workshop

Core Curriculum

MY WORST ECHO NIGHTMARE IV: CASES FROM COAST TO COAST

Chair(s)

• 

  Sabe De

  Cardiologist. Assistant Professor, UWO
  Western Univeristy

Presenter(s)

• Nowell F.

  Nowell Fine, MD SM PRCPC

  Director of Echocardiography, Heart Failure Cardiologist
  University of Calgary
• 

  Sarah Ramer

  Cardiologist
  QEII Health Sciences Centre/Dalhouisie University
• 

  David Bewick, MD, FRCPC

  Director
  Dalhousie University
• 

  Christine Henri

  Cardiologist
  Université de Montréal
• 

  Bibiana Cujec

  Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
  University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member(s)

• Usha M.

  Usha Manian, MD, FRCPC

  Echocardiography Fellow
  Western University
• Howard L.

  Howard Leong-Poi, MD, FRCPC, FCCS, FACC, FASE

  Professor of Medicine

The Workshop Planning Committee (comprised of academic/community cardiologists, and a trainee) felt that based on positive feedback from previous years' "My Worst Echo Nightmares", an ongoing Part IV would work towards providing succinct case based presentations focused on difficult, acute echocardiographic cases where discussion and management of different cardiac pathologies is undertaken in an interactive setting. This workshop is based on the use of echocardiography as a front line tool in the diagnosis of life threatening pathologies including endocarditis, free wall rupture, cardiac tamponade as examples. As in previous years this workshop will engage a broad audience including cardiologists (academic and community based), trainees, nurses, cardiac surgeons, and sonographers. Unlike previous years, this year's workshop will be split over 2 sessions - allowing 5 unique speakers per session to present for 8-10 minutes each with 2-4 minutes for questions. This will build upon feedback from previous sessions and provide a chance for 10 unique cases, presented by 10 unique speakers representing academic cardiology, community cardiology and trainees. The speakers will be from different geographical sites across the country and as a diverse group are well balanced experts. The session will be interactive with 2 ARS questions comprising each case with audience participation strongly encouraged.

 

Target Audience(s):

Academic cardiovascular health professionals and researchers
Trainee (clinical)
General: All cardiovascular (clinical and research) health professionals

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• assess valvular abnormalities diagnosed on echocardiography and the acute management of such lesions in emergent settings;
• recognize cardiovascular emergencies (tamponade, aortic dissection, thrombus) that require immediate diagnosis and clinical attention; and
• describe recognized life threatening complications of myocardial infarction and appropriate diagnosis and interventions.