7th Annual Comprehensive Review and Update of Perioperative Echocardiography

February 9-14, 2004
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
San Diego, CA

Friday, February 13, 2004

Role of Echocardiography in Perioperative Clinical Decision-Making
Moderator: S Aronson

7:00 - 7:45 am Continental Breakfast
7:45 - 8:00 am Announcements
  • SK Shernan / GS Hartman
8:00 - 8:30 am What To Do About Pre-CPB 2+ MR?
  • RM Savage
8:30 - 9:00 am Echocardiographic Assessment of Myocardial Viability
  • S Aronson
9:00 - 9:30 am Unanticipated Aortic Valve Disease in the CABG Patient
  • ED Verrier
9:30 - 10:00 am Q/A and Case Discussions
10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 am Echocardiography Options When TEE is Contraindicated: Epicardial and Epiaortic Imaging
  • KE Glas
11:00 am - 12:00 n Utility of Echocardiography to Facilitate Weaning from CPB
  • RF Brooker
12:00 - 1:30 pm Luncheon Series: The Future of Cardiac Surgery
  • ED Verrier

Influence of Perioperative Echocardiography on Outcome
Moderator: JS Shanewise

1:30 - 2:00 pm CABG: Is Routine Use of TEE for CABG Surgery Warrented?
  • RF Brooker
2:00 - 2:30 pm Valve Surgery
  • MC Licina
2:30 - 3:00 pm Congenital Heart Disease
  • K Rouine-Rapp
3:00 - 3:30 pm Aorta & Neurocognitive Function
  • I Kronzon
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm Role of Echocardiography in Off-Pump CABG
  • JS Shanewise
4:30 - 5:00 pm TEE For Vascular Cannulation
  • KP Grrichnik
5:00 - 5:30 pm Q/A and Case Discussions

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