Invitation

Scientific Programme

Teaching Faculty

General Information

Thu 19.06 – Sat 21.06.2025

City: London, UK

Type of event: on site

Invitation

Dear Doctor

It is a real pleasure to announce the Postgraduate Course in Periprocedural Echocardiography to be held in London on June 19-21, 2025, conceived by Zurich Heart House – London Heart House and the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals.

The management of valvular heart disease has gone through a revolution since the introduction of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), and now includes transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral and, more recently, the tricuspid valve, as well as transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve replacement procedures. All these interventions are heavily dependent on imaging modalities, both for diagnosis, indications, and periprocedural monitoring and guidance. This is particularly true for edge-to-edge repair of the mitral and tricuspid valves, but also for structural interventions such as the occlusion of paravalvular leaks, and closure of a patent foramen ovale or the left atrial appendage.

This impressive development in structural interventions for patients with valvular heart disease and other structural conditions has transformed imaging, particularly echocardiography. Indeed, such procedures require a new professional profile of specialized imagers with appropriate training and experience.

The 3-day Postgraduate Course in Periprocedural Echocardiography will address this unmet clinical need. It will involve state-of-the art lectures, interactive case presentations, and hands-on features for participants interested in imaging and valvular heart disease. The course offers a unique opportunity to become an expert in the area of periprocedural echocardiography.

We are looking forward to receiving your application and meeting you in London.

Yours sincerely,

Thomas F. Lüscher
Ali Vazir
Alison Duncan

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Scientific Programme

Day 1, June 19^th, 2025 (UK time)

Venue: The Royal Brompton Hospital

08:30 | Coffee and Registration
09:00	Introduction: Imaging in structural heart disease – Course outline and objectives	Ali Vazir, London, UK and Thomas F. Lüscher, London UK
09:20	Valvular heart disease and the rise of trans-catheter valve procedures	Bernard Prendergast, London, UK
09:40	Panel discussion

09:40 | Mitral Valve – 1 Chairs: Ali Vazir, London UK and Thomas F. Lüscher, London, UK
09:40	Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment for mitral valve disease- What do the 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for management of valvular heart disease recommend? When to consider MV intervention?	Fabien Praz, Berne, Switzerland
10:00	Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve regurgitation- special considerations for TEER and TMVR	Alison Duncan, London, UK
10:20	Panel discussion
10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00 | Mitral Valve – 2 Chairs: Fabien Praz, Berne, Switzerland and Mamta Buch, Manchester, UK
11:00	Transoesophageal echocardiography step-by-step procedural guidance for mitral valve transcatheter mitral valvel replacement (TMVR)	Alison Duncan, London, UK
11:20	Transoesophageal echocardiography step-by-step procedural guidance for mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER)	Michel Zuber, Othmarsingen, Switzerland
11:40	Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve stenosis – considerations for balloon valvuloplasty	Ali Vazir, London, UK
12:00	Panel discussion
12:45 – 13:30 | Industry Sponsored Symposium		(tbc)
13:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break

14:15 | Live in-a-box Mitral cases Chairs: Jonathan Byrne, London, UK and Ali Vazir, London, UK
14:15	Mitral TEER	Ee Ling Heng, London, UK
14:35	Panel discussion
14:45	Mitral TMVR	Cesare Quarto, London, UK
15:05	Panel discussion
15:15	Mitral Valvuloplasty	Robert Smith, London, UK
15:35	Panel discussion
15:45	Transventricular neochords	Rashmi Yadav, London, UK
16:05	Panel discussion
16:15 – 16:30 | Coffee Break

16:30 | Atrial Septal Defects Chairs: Michael Rigby, London, UK and Ee Ling Heng, London, UK
16:30	Patent foramen ovale (PFO) and inter -atrial septal defects – conservative management, surgical or transcatheter closure?	Michael Rigby, London, UK
16:50	Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of inter -atrial septal pathologies – consideration for transcatheter closure device	Wei Li, London, UK
17:10	Panel discussion

17:30 | Left Atrial Appendage Chairs: Iqbal Malik, London, UK and Bushra Rana, London, UK
17:30	Left atrial occlusion: Patient selection and indications	Bushra Rana, London, UK
17:50	Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of left atrial appendage – is there thrombus? Suitable for DC Cardioversion? Suitable anatomy for occlusion devices?	Ali Vazir, London, UK
18:10	Panel discussion
End of day 1

Day 2, June 20^th, 2025

09:00 | Tricuspid Valve – 1 Chairs: Michel Zuber, Othmarsingen, Switzerland and Robert Smith, London, UK
09:00	Advanced transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of tricuspid valve disease and right ventricle- severity and mechanism	Denisa Muraru, Milan, Italy
09:20	Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of tricuspid valve disease for TV interventions – case selection for tricuspid TEER versus TTVR	Alison Duncan, London, UK
09:40	Surgical and transcatheter intervention for tricuspid valve disease – update	Francesco Maisano, Milano, Italy
10:00	Panel discussion
10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee Break

10:45 | Tricuspid Valve – 2 Chairs: Alison Duncan, London and Francesco Maisano, Milano, Italy
10:45	Transoesophageal echocardiography step-by-step procedural guidance for tricuspid valve TEER	Ali Vazir, London
11:05	Transoesophageal echocardiography step-by-step procedural guidance for TTVR	Jim Newton, Oxford, UK
11:25	Transoesophageal echocardiography multi-planar guidance for tricuspid valve TEER	Alexandros Papachristidis, London, UK
11:45	Panel discussion
12:00 – 12:45 | Industry Sponsored Symposium		(tbc)
12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch break

13:45 | Live in-a-box Tricuspid cases Chairs: Mike Mullen, London, UK and Sam Dawkins, Oxford, UK
13:45	Tricuspid TEER	Ee Ling Heng, London, UK
14:05	Panel discussion
14:30	Tricuspid TEER- Complex disease	Robert Smith, London, UK
14:35	Panel discussion
14:45	Tricuspid TMVR	Francesco Maisano, Milano, Italy
15:05	Panel discussion
15:15 – 15:30 | Coffee Break

15:30 | Aortic Valve and Aortic Disease Chairs: Ulrich Rosendahl, London, UK and Mario Petrou, London, UK
15:30	Pitfalls in the echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis and regurgitation	Madalina Garbi, Cambridge, UK
15:50	Transoesophageal assessment for surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (SAVR and TAVI) – what and how to assess?	TC Aw, London, UK
16:10	Role of periprocedural transoesophageal echocardiography for transcatheter closure of paravalvular leaks	Bushra Rana, London, UK
16:30	Aortic dissection: how to diagnose and guide therapy	TC Aw, London, UK
16:50	Panel discussion
End of Day 2

Day 3, June 21^st, 2025

09:00 | Periprocedural Imaging for Circulatory Support Chairs: Fernando Riesgo-Gil, London, UK and Simon Davies, London, UK
09:00	Indications for extracorporeal circulatory support (ECMO and Impella) in cardiogenic shock – importance of echocardiography	Susanna Price, London, UK

09:30 – 10:30 | Echocardiography (TTE and TEE) for circulatory & respiratory support devices: Case-based Seminars: What to look for and report on for each device when on ICU? Speaker: Hatem Soliman Aboumarie, London, UK
VA – ECMO
VV – ECMO
Impella
Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
Central circuits
Long-term VADs
10:00 – 11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00 | Hands on experience for delegates
workshops in parallel/ 60 min each per group
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00 | Hands on experience for delegates
workshops in parallel/ 60 min each per group
End of day 3

The programme may be subject to change.

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Teaching Faculty

General Information

Registration

Category
Registration fees
Regular fee	GBP 650
Early registration fee (until May 18, 2025)	GBP 550
Trainees/Residents, Research fellows, Nurses, Students <40 years (ID proof required)*	GBP 450
Early registration fee (until May 18, 2025) Trainees/Residents, Research fellows, Nurses, Students <40 years (ID proof required)*	GPB 350
Day Tickets	GPB 200

*For the reduced registration (Trainees/Residents, Research fellows, Nurses, Students <40 years) please send a copy of your ID to Ms. Christine Lohmann at christine.lohmann@zhh.ch

Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of payment.
Please note that UK banks may charge high fees for international bank transfers. We therefore recommend payment by credit card.

Modification & Cancellation

All modifications or cancellations must be notified in writing (by mail, fax or e-mail) to Zurich Heart House. For each modification requested by the participant, GBP 15 will be charged for administrative costs. In case of cancellation up to May 19th, 2025, deposits will be refunded less 35% for administrative costs. After this date, no refund will be possible.

Venues

Royal Marsden Education and Conference Centre
Stewart’s Grove, London SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom

Royal Brompton Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre London
S Parade, London SW3 6LL, United Kingdom

Organisation

Zurich Heart House, Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
Christine Lohmann
Hottingerstrasse 14, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone +41 (0) 44 250 40 95, Fax +41 (0) 44 250 40 90

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