Program

Wednesday, 18^th January 2023

09:15	Welcome	Prof. Dr. F. Tanner, Zurich Prof. Dr. M. Zuber, Aarau
	BLOCK 1: 30 YEARS ANNIVERSARY SESSION: AGING Chair: Prof. Dr. F. Tanner, Zurich \| Prof. Dr. G. Sutherland, London Prof. Dr. M. Sarano, Rochester
09:20	Aging of the heart: View of the pathologist	Prof. Dr. C. Basso, Padua Prof. Dr. G. Thiene, Padua
09:45	Aging of the heart: Systolic function	Prof. Dr. A. Fraser, Cardiff
10:00	Aging of the heart: Diastolic function	Prof. Dr. B. Bijnens, Barcelona
10:15	Aging of the heart: Valves	Prof. Dr. J. Bax, Leiden
10:30	Anniversary lecture: 30 years of echo(course)	Prof. Dr. M. Zuber, Aarau
10:45	Discussion
11:00	Break
	BLOCK 2: MY MOST IMPORTANT PATIENT LAST YEAR Chair: Prof. Dr. J. Grapsa, London \| PD Dr. P. Monney, Lausanne
11:20	Case presentations with discussion Prof. Dr. A. Linka, Winterthur \| Dr. U. Kolck, Bonn \| nn, KSSG, St. Gallen nn, Inselspital, Bern \| nn, Gruppe Praxiskardiologen Ticino \| nn
12:45	Lunch
	BLOCK 3: ATRIUM: SIZE, FUNCTION AND DEFORMATION Chair: Prof. Dr. V. Delgado, Barcelona \| Prof. Dr. R. Kobza, Lucerne
13:45	Assessment of atrial size, function, deformation and its clinical impact	Prof. Dr. F. A. Flachskampf, Uppsala
14:00	Discussion
	BLOCK 4: ECHOPEARLS Chair: Prof. Dr. G. Sutherland, London \| Prof. Dr. Ch. Attenhofer Jost, Zurich
14:15	Top long-term follow-up cases	Prof. Dr. M. Zuber, Aarau
14:40	Top long-term follow-up cases	Prof. Dr. M. Sarano, Rochester
	BLOCK 5: HOW TO … Chair: Prof. Dr. J. Grapsa, London \| Prof. Dr. K. H. Haugaa, Oslo
15:05	How to determine left ventricular ejection fraction	Prof. Dr. M. Cikes, Zagreb
15:15	How to perform a reliable strain analysis	Prof. Dr. B. Bijnens, Barcelona
15:25	How to assess left ventricular muscle mass	PD Dr. S. Stämpfli, Lucerne
15:35	How to grade aortic stenosis	Prof. Dr. F. Tanner, Zurich
15:45	Discussion
15:55	Break
	BLOCK 6: GUIDELINES: IMPACT FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Chair: Prof. Dr. A. Fraser, Cardiff \| Prof. Dr. J. Bax, Leiden
16:10	ESC Guidelines Cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery	Prof. Dr. P. Nihoyannopoulos, London
16:25	ESC Guidelines Cardio-Oncology	Prof. Dr. V. Delgado, Barcelona
16:40	ESC guidelines for sudden cardiac death: imaging aspects	Prof. Dr. K. H. Haugaa, Oslo
16:55	Discussion
	BLOCK 7: LIVE FROM THE ECHOLAB Chair: Prof. Dr. G. Sutherland, London \| Prof. Dr. M. Sarano, Rochester Prof. Dr. M. Zuber, AarauPodium: Prof. Dr. Cristina Basso, Padua \| Prof. Dr. Jeroen Bax, Leiden Prof. Dr. Bart Bijnens, Barcelona \| Prof. Dr. Maja Cikes, Zagreb Prof. Dr. Victoria Delgado, Barcelona \| Prof. Dr. Frank A. Flachskampf, Uppsala Prof. Dr. Alan Fraser, Cardiff \| Prof. Dr. Julia Grapsa, London Prof. Dr. Kristina Haugaa, Oslo \| Prof. Dr. Rolf Jenni, Zurich Prof. Dr. Richard Kobza, Lucerne \| Prof. Dr. P. Matt, Lucerne Prof. Dr. P. Nihoyannopoulos, London \| PD Dr. Simon Stämpfli, Lucerne Prof. Dr. George Sutherland, London \| Prof. Dr. F. Tanner, Zurich Prof. Dr. Gaetano Thiene, Padua \| Prof. Dr. Stefan Toggweiler, Lucerne
17:10	Live from the Echolab	PD Dr. N. Brugger, Bern
17:30	Live from the Echolab	Prof. Dr. L. Badano, Milano
17:50	Live from the Echolab	PD Dr. T. Fuchs, Aarau
18:10	End of the first day

Thursday, 19^th January 2023

08:15	Welcome	Prof. Dr. R. Kobza, Lucerne Prof. Dr. M. Zuber, Aarau
	BLOCK 8: SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION AND THE HEART Chair: Prof. Dr. M. Sarano, Rochester \| Prof. Dr. M. Cikes, Zagreb
08:20	View of the pathologist	Prof. Dr. C. Basso, Padua Prof. Dr. G. Thiene, Padua
08:45	View of the echocardiographer	Prof. Dr. Ch. Attenhofer Jost, Zurich
09:00	Addititive value of multimodality imaging	PD Dr. T. Fuchs, Aarau
09:15	How to follow-up patients long-term	Dr. Ph. Weiss, Basel
09:30	View of the rheumatologist	Prof. Dr. O. Distler, Zurich
09:45	Discussion
10:00	Break
	BLOCK 9: ECHOPEARLS Chair: Prof. Dr. V. Delgado, Barcelona \| Prof. Dr. P. Nihoyannopoulos, London
10:15	Top long-term follow-up cases	PD Dr. C. Gruner, Zurich
10:45	Top long-term follow-up cases	Dr. M. Gavazzoni, Milano
11:15	Top long-term follow-up cases	Prof. Dr. A. Fraser, Cardiff
	BLOCK 10: MY MOST IMPORTANT PATIENT LAST YEAR Chair: Prof. Dr. G. Sutherland, London \| Dr. S. Koestner, Morges
11:45	Case presentations with discussion PD Dr. B. Herzog, Lucerne \| PD Dr. H. Müller, Geneva Prof. \| Dr. A. M. Bernheim, Zurich \| Dr. V. Wilzeck, Zurich
12:45	Lunch
	BLOCK 11: UPDATE 2022 Chair: Prof. Dr. S. Toggweiler, Lucerne \| Prof. Dr. M. Zuber, Aarau
13:45	Most important publications	Prof. Dr. F. A. Flachskampf, Uppsala
14:05	Most important case report	Prof. Dr. J. Grapsa, London
14:25	Discussion
	BLOCK 12: MY MOST IMPORTANT PATIENT LAST YEAR Chair: Prof. Dr. G. Sutherland, London \| PD Dr. S. Stämpfli, Lucerne
14:40	Case presentations with discussion Dr. G. Balestra, Basel \| Dr. N. Maurizi, Lausanne \| nn \| nn
15:35	Discussion
15:40	Break
	BLOCK 13: TRANSLATION CLINIC – ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-PATHOLOGY Chair: Prof. Dr. F. Tanner, Zurich \| Prof. Dr. M. Sarano, Rochester
15:55	Learning cases	Dr. M. Reinehr, Zurich PD Dr. A. Pazhenkottil, Zurich
	BLOCK 14: M-MODE QUIZ
16:40	Case presentations Learning points	Prof. Dr. M. Niemann, Furtwangen Prof. Dr. E. Seemann, Furtwangen Prof. Dr. G. Sutherland, London
17:20	Closing words	PD Dr. S. Stämpfli, Lucerne
17:30	End of the course

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