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XII World Congress of Echocardiography
and Vascular Ultrasound
V Interamerican Symposium of Echocardiography

Wednesday 13
PLENARY SESSION
Chairs: Dr. Carlos García, Dr. Gustavo Restrepo, Dr. Gabriel Salazar
8:15 - 8:45 Clinical Benefits of Tridimensional Echo: Does It Replace Bidimensional?
Dr. Navin Nanda
8:50 - 9:20 Update in coronary flow reserve 2008
Dr. Jorge Lowenstein
9:25 - 9:55 Echocardiography assessment of Aortic Stenosis
Dr. Patricia Pellikka
10:00 - 10:25 COFFEE BREAK - VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4
  TRIDIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM
Chairs:
Dr Camilo Roa.
Dr Tanya Padilla.
Dr. Rodrigo Hernández
MITRAL REGURGITATION
Chairs:
Dr Alejandro Sanchez.
Dr Adolfo Paz
Dr. Mauricio Pineda
RISK FACTORS AND IMAGING
Chairs:
Dr. Adolfo Vera-Delgado
Dr German Perez.
Dr Jesús Maria Chaves
WORLD WIDE CASE PRESENTATION
Chairs:
Dr Nestor Duarte
Dr. Angel Maria Chaves
Dr. Marlon Herrera
10:25 - 10:45 Intracardiac Tumors And Masses In Eco 3-D
Dr. Juan Carlos Plana
Early Surgery For Mitral Regurgitation: Organic Vs Non Organic
Dr. Héctor Villarraga
Non invasive evaluation of coronary anatomy
Dr. Mario García
10:30-10:45 Noninvasive imaging of left ventricular aneurysms.
Dr Hanumanth Reddy
10:50 - 11:10 New Quantitative Aspects Of Ventricular Function in 3D ECHO
Dr. Bernhard Mumm
Ischemic mitral regurgitation, echocardiographic diagnosis and physiopatogenic principles.
Dr Daniel Piñeiro
Intima-Media thickness as a predictor of cardiovascular events and response to therapy
Dr. Julius M. Gardin
10:45-11:00 Subvalvular aortic stenosis and aortic coarctation.
Dr Arnulfo Begazo.
11:15 - 11:35 Cardiomyopathies in 3D
Dr. Wilson Mathias
ASECHO recommendations for the assessment of mitral regurgitation+C36
Dr. Miguel Quiñones
New risk factors and vascular function
Dr. Francesco Perticone
11:00-11:15
Acute valvular regurgitation
Dr Kameswari Maganti.
11:40 - 12:00 3-D Tee of the mitral valve
Dr. Sunil Mankad
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Usefulness Of Stress Eco In Grading Severity
Dr Külliki Karu
Non invasive imaging of subclinical atherosclerosis
Dr. Julios M. Gardin
11:15-11:30 Type-D trasposition in adult.
Dr Julio Perez

11:30 - 11:45 Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial function
Dr Brian Hoit

11:45-12:00 Follow-up of patients undergoing percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) by echocardiographic variables
Dr Abdullah Al Shafi Majumder
12:15 - 13:45 LUNCH *
Chairs: Dr. Carlos Garcia, Dr. Gabriel Salazar, Dr. Sebastian Vélez
Debate on the present and future of Echocardiography "
Speakers: Miguel A. García-Fernández, Dr. Mario García, Dr. Ricardo Ronderos "
1.  3D echo gives more information than 2D echo 
Pro: Dr R. Ronderos.
Con: Dr. M. García. Final verdict: Dr M.A.García-Fernández
2.  The new methodologies for regional function analysis are critical in the interpretation of stress echo
Pro: Dr R. Ronderos. Con: Dr M.A.García-Fernández. Final verdict : Dr M. García
3.  Myocardial perfusion with contrast is not useful in clinical practice
Pro: Dr M.A.García-Fernández.
Con: Dr R. Ronderos. Final verdict: Dr M. García
4.  Dissincrony analysis should be done in every patient with heart failure
Pro: Dr R. Ronderos.
Con: Dr M. García. Final verdict: Dr M.A.García-Fernández

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  TISSUE DOPPLER
Chairs:
Dr Miguel Urina
Dr. Nestor Duarte
Dr. Arnulfo Begazo
ECHO IN ASYMPTOMATIC VALVULAR DISEASE
Chairs:
Dr Orlando Navarro.
Dr Adalberto Lugo
Dr. Oscar Gutiérrez
WORLD WIDE CASE PRESENTATIONS
Chairs:
Dr Guillermo Trout
Dr. Arnoldo Suárez
Dr. Francisco López
14:00 - 14:20 Strain Rate In Stress Echocardiography: Are We Closer To A More Objective Analysis?
Dr. Héctor Villlaraga
Severe Aortic Stenosis In Asymptomatic Patients
Dr. Robert Gatewood
14:00 - 14:10 Aortic aneurism versus acute myocardial infarction
Dr. Jesus Maria Chaves
14:25 - 14:45 Tissue Doppler in cardiomyopathies
Dr. Sherif Nagueh
Severe aortic regurgitation in asymptomatic patients
Dr. Héctor Michelena
14:15 - 14:25 Subaortic and submitral anular aneurysms
Dr. Carmen Lucia Ribeiro
14:50 - 15:10 Assessment Of Asynchronism Using Tissue Doppler
Dr. Kul Aggarwal
Severe mitral stenosis in asymptomatic patients
Dr. Marcia Barbosa
14:30 - 14:40 Congenital abnormalities of the mitral valve 2-D 3-D
Dr. Maria Lapoint
15:15 - 15:45 End Diastolic Pressure Of Left Ventricle. Evaluation By Tissue Doppler
Dr. Sherif Nagueh
Severe mitral regurgitation in asymptomatic patients
Dr. Adalberto Lugo
14:45 - 14:55 Rigth and Left ventricular outflow obstruction assesment by 3-D Echo
Dr Manuel Laura Lozada

15:00 - 15:10 Vascularization of left atrial mixoma
Dr. Eduard Apetrei

15:15 - 15:25 Congenital absence of the pericardium
Dr. Alexander Olivares Reyes

15:30 - 15:40 Interesting clinical case
Dr. Verónica Volberg
15:45 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK - VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  RIGHT VENTRICLE
Chairs:
Dr Alexis Llamas.
Dr Miguel Bayas
Dr. Julio Perez
ECHO IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Chairs:
Dr Arturo Marquez.
Dr Marcia Barbosa
Dr. Adalberto Quintero
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN E.R.
Chairs:
Dr Elias Maria
Dr. Fernando Bosch
16:00 - 16:20 Echocardiography In Pulmonary Embolism
Dra. Carlos García
Echocardiography in atrial fibrillation
Dr Debasish Roychoudhury
Acute aortic syndrome: diagnosis of classical and atypical forms
Dr. Fernando Bosch
16:25 - 16:45 Right ventricular function: from M mode to TDI
Dr. Maria Maiello
Left atrial geometry and function: Is it an important diagnostic tool?
Dr Pasquale Palmiero
Mechanical complications of infarction
Dr. Carlos Luengas
16:50 - 17:10 Right ventricular assessment with 3D Echo
Dr. Bernhard Mumm
Atrial fibrillation: use of echo in risk factor stratification
Dr. Néstor Duarte
Echocardiography in the assessment of patients presenting to the ER with chest pain
Dr. Luis F Tenorio
17:15 - 17:35 Role of TEE in pulmonary embolism
Dr. Fernando Machado
Atrial fibrillation: acquired experiences and optimal management in 2008
Dr Youssef Maalouf
Echocardiography and Doppler Features Of Cardiac Tamponade
Dr. Kul Aggarwal

Thursday 14
PLENARY SESSION
Chairs: Dr. Gabriel Salazar, Dr. Sebastian Vélez, Dr. Ivan Melgarejo
8:15 - 8:45 Diastolic Function In 2008
Dr. William Zoghbi
8:50 - 9:20 Echocardiography in the management of diseases of the aortic and mitral valves: ACC and AHA recommendations.
Dr. Miguel Quiñones
9:25 - 9:55 Role of imaging in selecting resynchronization
Dr. Ricardo Ronderos
10:00 - 10:25 COFFEE BREAK - VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  AORTIC STENOSIS
Chairs:
Dr Carlos Cubides.
Dr. Luis Morales
Dr Mario Alfaro
STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN 2008
Chairs:
Dr Luis Tenorio.
Dr Hector Revilla
PROSTHETIC VALVES
Chairs:
Dr Enrique Londoño.
Dr. Luz Stella Acevedo
Dr Carlos Armendariz
10:25 - 10:45 Aortic stenosis 2008: how and why?
Dr. Hector Michelena
Stress echocardiography in 2008
Dr. William Zoghbi
ASECHO recommendations on aortic and mitral valve prosthesis.
Dr. Miguel Quiñones
10:50 - 11:10 In what type of patients does the bidimensional ECHO and tridimensional ECHO give false results
Dr. Navin Nanda
Stress echo: prognosis and predictive value
Dr. Patricia Pellikka
Mismatch between the theory and the clinical practice
Dr. Youssef Maalouf
11:15 - 11:35 Aortic stenosis: new concepts of an old disease
Dr. Daniel Piñeiro
Stress echo in valvular disease
Dr. Jairo Pedraza
Prosthetic endocarditis: value of 2D and TEE for diagnosis and evaluation
Dr. Steven Goldstein
11:40 - 12:00 Low Output And Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis: Risk Factor Stratification Using Echo
Dr. Leonardo Rodríguez
Stress echo: How to improve its accuracy
Dr. Wilson Mathias
Role of stress echo on prosthetic valves
Dr. Jairo Sánchez
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
"Worshop: Read stress echo with the experts. New technologies applied to improve the diagnostic power of stress echo (Sponsored by GE)
Worshop coordinators: Dr Jorge Lowenstein, Dr Gustavo Restrepo. Speakers: Dr Miguel Quiñones, Dr Patricia Pellikka, Dr John Gorcsan, Dr Julio Perez"

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  CONTRAST ECHO
Chairs:
Dr Ivan Melgarejo.
Dr. Dagnovar Aristizabal
Dr Manuel Laura
INTRAOPERATIVE
Chairs:
Dr Margarita Blanco.
Dr Maria Lapoint
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Chairs:
Dr Jorge Leon.
Dr. Santiago Salazar
Dr Ricardo Abugattas
14:00 - 14:20 Contrast Echocardiogram: Optimized Trial Presentation
Dr. Juan Carlos Plana
TEE In Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Dr. Manny Fontes
Perforation of the esophagus: The most feared complication of TEE.
Dr. Muhamed Saric
14:25 - 14:45 Use Of Contrast Echo In Detecting Cardiomyopathies
Dr. Wilson Mathias
Aortic root repair: selection of patients and intraoperative evaluation
Dr. Victor Daru
Current concepts and role of the echocardiogram in the evaluation of bicuspide aortic valve
Dr. Héctor Michelena
14:50 - 15:10 Myocardial perfusion and coronary reserve: what must we know to understand the difference?
Dr. Ricardo Ronderos
Intraoperative echo: making the right decision
Dr. Manny Fontes
Noninvasive imaging of female heart in accordance with special risk factors
Dr. Nurgül Keser
15:10 - 15:40 Contrast Echo: Clinical implications
Dr. Navin Nanda
Role of the echocardiogram in tricuspid valve repair
Dr. Pedro Graziano
Echo assessment of Eisenmenger syndromes treated with sildenafil
Dr. Ioan Mircea Coman
15:40 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK - VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
Chairs:
Dr Nelson Cano.
Dr Pedro Gutierrez
CARDIAC FAILURE
Chairs:
Dr Jaime Rodriguez.
Dr Nelson Pizzano
ECHO IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Chairs:
Dr Edinson Garcia.
Dr Carlos Gonzalez
16:00 - 16:20 Differential Diagnosis Of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Benefits Of Echo
Dr. Leonardo Rodríguez
Echocardiogram in the evaluation and treatment of cardiac failure
Dr. Mario García
Vulnerable plaque in vulnerable patient: An IVUS perpective
Dra Rakesh Sharma
16:25 - 16:45 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: importance of echocardiography in therapeutic decisions
Dr. Pedro Graziano
Right Ventricular Function In Left Ventricular Failure: Usefulness Of Tissue Doppler And Prognostic Value
Dr. Mario Alfaro
Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac tumors
Dr. Carlos Cubides
16:50 - 17:10 Septal Alcohol Ablation: Echocardiography Guide
Dr. Sherif Nagueh
Usefulness of echocardiography in end stage Heart failure:Therapeutic implications.
Dr. Roberta Romito
Echo in endocarditis: a clinical point of view
Dr. Isidre Vilacosta
17:15 - 17:35 Clinical Case Presentations: Different Patterns Of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Dr. Galal Elkilany
Stress Echocardiogram in Cardiac Failure
Dra. Ana Múnera
3D echo cases in transposition of the great vessels
Dr Sibel Enar

Friday 15
PLENARY SESSION
Chairs: Dr. Fernando Manzur, Dr. Carlos García, Dr. Gustavo Restrepo
8:15 - 8:45 Patent foramen ovale: an innocent bystander
Dr. Gustavo Restrepo
8:50 - 9:20 Mitral insufficiency as a prognostic marker: to operate or not.
Dr. Jose Luis Zamorano.
9:25 - 9:55 Usefulness of echocardiography in the percutaneous closure of paravalvular leaks.
Dr. Miguel A. Garcia-Fernandez.
10:00 - 10:25 COFFEE BREAK - VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE CLINICAL SETTING
Chairs:
Dr Jairo Acuña.
Dr Orlando Murillo.
RESYNCHRONIZATION
Chairs:
Dr Tatiana Manrique.
Dr Alfonso Mejia
WORLD WIDE CASE PRESENTATION
Chairs:
Dr Jorge Pinedo.
Dr Nubia Roa.
10:25 - 10:45 Role Of Echo In Evaluating Hypertensive Patients
Dr. Carlos Armendariz
Role of Echocardiography in the selection and follow up of Resynchronization therapy
Dr. Roberta Romito
10:25-10:35 Non compact left ventricle
Dr. Ricardo Zambrano
10:50 - 11:10 Echocardiography in Paradoxical embolism
Dr. Carlos Lima
Identifying responders in resynchronization therapy in 2008
Dr. Smadar Kort
10:40-10:50 Cardiomyopathy Takotsubo
Dr. V. Maurizio Parato
11:15 - 11:35 Hand carried echocardiography in cardiology clinic
Dr.Vadim Kuznekov
3D ECHO in the Evaluation of Asynchronic Left Ventricle
Dr. Masood Ahmad
10:55-11:05 Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Dr. Külliki Karu
11:40 - 12:00 Echocardiography in the Emergency Room (ER)
Dr. Miguel Bayas
Why are there Non-responders to CRT?
Dr. John Gorcsan
11:10-11:20 Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Dr. Carlos Gonzalez Trias

11:25-11:35 Amyloidosis
Dr. Ricardo Abugattas

11:40-12:00 Atherosclerosis of the aorta
Dr. Hector Revilla
12:15 - 13:45 LUNCH: Joint Session ECOSIAC - EAE European Association of Echocardiography. Advances in Echocardiography - Moderators: Dr Petros Nihoyannopoulos; Dr Jorge Lowenstein; Dr Jose Luis Zamorano; Dr Victor Darú; Dr Mario García

1. 3D Echo in the clinical world: does it contribute anything? Dr Jose Luis Zamorano
2. Strain, Speckle, DTI. State of the art and future perspectives. Dr Victor Darú
3. Novelties in contrast echo. Dr Petros Nihoyannopoulos
4. Multimodality in CV imaging. Where are we heading to? Dr Mario Garcia

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  NEW ADVANCES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
Chairs:
Dr. Luis Morales
Dr. Salvador Spina
DIASTOLOGY
Chairs:
Dr. Rafael I. Castaño
Dr Carlos Cepeda
SELECTED TOPICS
Chairs:
Dr. Carlos I. Escobar,
Dr. Susan Acosta
14:00 - 14:20 State of the art. Assessment of right ventricular function
Dr. Hisham Dokainish
Ventricular filling: Fundamentals for the imager.
Dr. Youssef Maalouf
Use of echo and Doppler in heart failure and cardiomyopathies
Dr Peter Rahko
14:25 - 14:45 Assessment of Ventricular Function by ECHO in 2008
Dr. William Zoghbi
Evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: hearing voices!
Dr Iván Melgarejo
Echocardiography vs. BNP in heart failure
Dr. Hisham Dokainish
14:50 - 15:10 Searching for the Holy Grail in the evaluation of ventricular function: which method?
Dr. Miguel A. García Fernández
Cardiac Insufficiency with adequate systolic function: Benefits of Tissue Doppler
Dr. Alberto Barón
LV function assessment in congenital heart disease.
Dr. Juan Roberto Donado
15:10 - 15:40 OPEN DISCUSSION Searching for the Ideal Method
Dr William Zoghbi,
Dr Miguel A. Garcia-Fernandez,
Dr. Hisham Dokainish
Constrictive vs Restrictive
Dr. Manuel Horna
15:15-15:40 Intima media thickness and flow mediated vasodilatation
Dr. Pedro Gutiérrez Fajardo
15:40 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK - VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION

  ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3
  MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING TECHNIQUES
Chairs:
Dr Ana Cristina Palacio
Dr. Jorge Hernan Herrera
ECHO IN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Chairs:
Dr Agustin Carmona
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Chairs:
Dr. Ricardo Zambrano
Dr Luis Carlos Burbano
16:00 - 16:20 Multimodality imaging in the cancer patient
Dr. Juan Carlos Plana
Echocardiography in interventional procedures: Pearls, landmarks and pitfalls in planning and guiding closures of ASD and PFO
Dr. Athena Poppas
Cardiac MRI is complementary to echocardiographic evaluation of ischemic heart disease.
Dr. Vincent Sorrel
16:25 - 16:45 Emerging echocardiographic modalities in the assessment of myocardial function
Dr. Hisham Dokainish
Usefulness of Echo in Descending Aortic Endoprosthesis
Dr. Nelson Pizzano
The pivotal role of echocardiography in coronary artery disease patients
Dr. Petros Nihoyannopoulos,
United Kingdom
16:50 - 17:10 Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation by imaging techniques
Dr. Mario Garcia
Usefulness of intracardiac ultrasound in cardiac structural interventions
Dr. Vibhuti Singh
Assessment of Myocardial viability using Nuclear Medicine in 2008
Dra. Sonia Merlano
17:15 - 17:40 3D-MRI-CT: new multimodality quantitative aspects.
Dr. Bernhard Mumm
Role of imaging in percutaneous prosthetic aortic valve procedures
Dr. Leonardo Rodriguez
Clinical Decisions based on Viability
Dr. Ricardo Bohorquez
18:00 - 19:00 ECHO GEOPARDY HOST:
Dr. John Gorcsan
Dr. Camilo Roa

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