programma workshop

University
of Messina
III
International Meeting
XIII of Echocardiography
International Course on Echocardiography:
from stethoscope to echoscope
Organized By School of Cardiovascular disease, University of Messina
Hilton Giardini Naxos
October 09-10-11 2014
Faculty
Aloisi Bruno - Catania
Falanga Gabriella - Messina
Oreto Lilia - Messina
Andò Giuseppe - Messina
Fedele Francesco - Roma
Patanè Francesco - Messina
Antonini-Canterin Francesco - Pordenone Felis Salvatore - Catania
Patanè Leonardo - Catania
Arrigo Francesco - Messina
Gaeta Roberto - Messina
Pavan Daniela - S. Vito Al Tagliamento, PN
Balbarini Alberto - Pisa
Germanò Giuseppe - Roma
Penco Maria - L’Aquila
Bellieni Giancarlo - Catanzaro
Giordano Guido - Catania
Pepi Mauro - Milano
Benedetto Frank - Reggio Calabria
Girbino Giuseppe - Messina
Perrone Filardi Pasquale - Napoli
Bianca Innocenzo - Catania
Grimaldi Patrizia - Messina
Pezzano Antonio - Milano
Calabrò Maria Pia - Messina
Guccione Paolo - Taormina, ME
Pinto Fausto - Lisbona
Capranzano Piera - Catania
Gullace Giuseppe - Lecco
Pitrolo Francesco - Palermo
Carerj Scipione - Messina
Khandheria Bijoy - Phoenix
Pizzino Fausto - Messina
Caso Pio - Napoli
La Canna Giovanni - Milano
Pugliatti Pietro - Messina
Coglitore Sebastiano -Messina
La Carrubba Salvatore - Palermo
Romeo Francesco - Roma
Colonna Paolo - Bari
La Manna Alessio - Catania
Saitta Antonino - Messina
Consolo Andrea - Messina
Longobardo Luca - Messina
Saporito Francesco - Messina
Consolo Giovanni - Messina
Luzza Francesco - Messina
Scandura Salvatore - Catania
Crea Pasquale - Messina
Manganaro Agatino - Messina
Scribano Emanuele - Messina
Cucinotta Domenico - Messina
Manganaro Roberta - Messina
Severino Sergio - Napoli
Cusma’ Piccione Maurizio - Messina
Mangano Santi - Messina
Stella Luigi - Messina
Dattilo Giuseppe - Messina
Marte Filippo - Barcellona P.G., ME
Todaro Maria Chiara - Messina
De Tommasi Salvatore Mario - Pisa
Maurea Nicola - Napoli
Trio Olimpia - Messina
Dei Cas Livio - Brescia
Mercuro Giuseppe - Cagliari
Tripepi Sonia - Messina
Deste Wanda - Catania
Monte Ines Paola - Catania
Vasquez Ludovico - Messina
Di Bella Gianluca - Messina
Montemurro Vincenzo - Scilla
Vizzari Giampiero - Messina
Di Bello Vitantonio - Pisa
Musolino Michele - Reggio Calabria
Zito Concetta Maria Ester - Messina
Di Biase Matteo - Bari
Navarra Giuseppe - Messina
Dodic Slobodan - Novi Sad
Novo Giuseppina - Palermo
Donato Domenica - Messina
Novo Salvatore - Palermo
Donato Rocco - Messina
Oreto Giuseppe - Messina
October, 09 - 2014 - Workshop
III International Course on Echocardiography:
from stethoscope to echoscope
14.00 - 14.15 Registration
14.15 -14.30 Opening Ceremony
S. Carerj, B. J. Kandheria
I session
Non-invasive diagnosis and risk stratification in coronary artery disease.
Chairmen: G. Andò, A. Manganaro, F. Saporito
14.30 - 14.45 Stress echo-Who needs more?
P. Caso
14.45 - 15.00 SPECT –Why change a winning concept? P. Perrone Filardi
15.00 - 15.15 Cardiac CT- Why not take the whole picture? R. Donato
15.15 - 15.30 Discussion 15.30-16.00 Multimodality imaging in TAVI and mitraclip
Presenter: G. Dattilo
B.J. Khandheria 16.00-16.20 Coffee break
II session
How echocardiographic imaging can help us in the clinical practice?
The role of echocardiographic imaging in clinical decision making.
Chairmen: G. Gullace, L. Patanè, F. Pinto
16.20 - 16.40 In patients with PFO
16.40 - 17.00 In patients with heart failure
C. Zito
V. Di Bello
17.00 - 17.20 In patients with infective endocarditis
D. Pavan
17.20 - 17.40 In patients with valvular prosthesis
F. Pitrolo
17.40 - 18.00 Discussion 18.00 - 18.30 Experiences from Aurora Hospital
Chairmen: A. Consolo, P. Grimaldi, F. Marte
18.30 - 19.00 What news from ESC meeting 2014 in Cardiovascular imaging?
Presenter: S. Carerj
19.00 - 19.30 From pulmonary disease to cardiovascular risk.
Presenter: F. Arrigo
B.J.Khandheria
F. Pinto
G. Girbino October, 10 - 2014 - Workshop
III session Valve disease: tips and tricks
Chairmen: M. De Tommasi, F. Patanè, A. Pezzano
09.00 - 09.15 Aortic stenosis
S. Severino
09.15 - 09.30 Mitral regurgitation
G. La Canna
09.30 - 09.45 Grading aortic regurgitations
W. Deste
09.45 - 10.00 Tricuspid regurgitation
I. Monte
10.00 - 10.15 Discussion
10.15 - 10.45 From Hypertension to cardiovascular disease: old and new concepts A. Saitta
Presenter: S. Carerj
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
IV session Controversies in echocardiography (part I)
The E/E1 ratio: too good to be reliable?
Chairmen: G. Consolo, S. Mangano, N. Maurea
11.15 - 11.25 Feasible and reproducible, accurate in heart failure. Pro
V. Di Bello
11.25 - 11.35 Pre-load dependent, not accurate in advanced heart failure. Con
G. Novo
11.35 - 11.50 Debate
V session
Controversies in echocardiography (part II)
Global longitudinal strain: is essential for a routinary clinical application?
Chairmen: G. Giordano, P. Pugliatti, O. Trio
11.50 - 12.00 Pro
S. Severino
12.00 - 12.10 Con
F. Antonini Canterin
12.10 - 12.25 Debate
12.25 - 12.45 LV non compactation: state of the art.
Presenter: L. Stella
12.45 - 13.00 CME questionnaire evaluation
Supported by the unrestricted grant of “Malesci”
B.J. Khandheria
October, 10 - 2014 - Meeting
XIII International Meeting Of Echocardiography:
“Applying Imaging In Cardiology”
14.30 - 15.00 Opening ceremony
15.00 - 15.30 Aortic stenosis: state of the art
Presenter: G. Gullace
B.J. Khandheria
I session Imaging and outcome: the best in 2014
Chairmen: G. Oreto, F. Romeo, E. Scribano
15.30 - 15.45 Heart failure
15.45 - 16.00 Valve disease
16.00 - 16.15 Cardiomyopathies
16.15 - 16.30 Ischemich heart disease
V. Di Bello
F. Antonini Canterin
G. Di Bella
S. Dodic
16.30 - 16.45 Discussion
Discussants: D. Donato, S. Tripepi, G. Vizzari
II session
Differential diagnosis between physiologic hypertrophy
of athlete’s heart and pathological hypertrophy
Chairmen: S.Felis, G. Mercuro, M. Penco
16.45 - 17.00 Electrocardiographic features
G. Oreto
17.00 - 17.15 Different echocardiographic patterns of left ventricular hypertrophy I. Monte
17.15 - 17.30 How the new echocardiographic technologies can help us?
17.30 - 17.45 Additional value of MRI
C. Zito
A. La Manna
17.45 - 18.00 Discussion Discussants: S. La Carrubba, R. Manganaro, F. Pizzino
18.00 - 18.15 Break
18.15 - 18.45 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:
state of the art of diagnostic imaging.
Presenter: B. Aloisi
B.J. Khandheria
III session Mini symposium: stress echocardiography
beyond ischemic heart disease
Chairmen: S.Coglitore, G. Germanò, M. Musolino
18.45 - 19.00 In valvular disease
G. La Canna
19.00 - 19.15 In Heart Failure
F. Benedetto
19.15 - 19.30 Discussion
October, 11 - 2014 - Meeting
IV session Cardiac imaging in risk evaluation of ventricular arrhythmias.
Chairmen: F. Fedele, V. Montemurro, A. Pezzano
09.00 - 09.15 The electrocardiogram in the risk stratification
of ventricular arrhythmias.
F. Luzza
09.15 - 09.30 Prediction of ventricular arrhythmias
by MRI- is it useful in clinical routine?
G. Di Bella
09.30 - 09.45 Nuclear Imaging of cardiac receptors:
can it help us in clinical practice?
F. Fedele
09:45 - 10.00 Discussion
10.00 - 10.30 New aspect in the treatment of ischemic chronic heart disease Presenter: S. Coglitore
F. Arrigo
10.30 - 11.00 Break
V session Atrial fibrillation
Chairmen: L. Dei Cas, M. Di Biase, S. Novo
11.00 - 11.15 Thromboembolic risk stratification:
what do the last European guidelines say?
P. Colonna
11.15 - 11.30 How the integration of clinical and imaging parameters
can help us for a better management of patients?
S. Carerj
11.30 - 11.45 Cardioembolic sources: not only left atrial thrombosis
M. Pepi
11.45 - 12.00 Imaging guiding left atrial appendage closure S. Scandura
12.00 - 12.15 Discussion Discussants: M. C. Todaro, L. Longobardo
12.15 - 12.45 The new anticoagulants in the prevention
of embolic events in non valvular atrial fibrillation
Presenter: L. Vasquez
P. Capranzano
12.45 - 14.30 Lunch
VI session Metabolic syndrome: from diagnosis to prognosis Chairmen: A. Balbarini, D. Cucinotta, G. Navarra
14.30 - 14.45 Cardiometabolic risk definition and prevalence
D. Cucinotta
14.45 - 15.00 Impact of obesity on heart structural
and functional changes F. Antonini Canterin
15.00 - 15.15 Impact of bariatric surgery on the heart M. Cusmà Piccione
15.15 - 15.30 Discussion Discussants: P. Crea, G. Falanga
VII session Round table: state of the art of echocardiography
in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease
Chairmen: G. Bellieni, M. De Tommasi, R. Gaeta
15.30 - 15.45 Simple congenital heart disease
15.45 - 16.00 Complex congenital heart disease
16.00 - 16.15 Interventional procedures
M.P. Calabrò
I. Bianca
P. Guccione
16.15 - 16.30 Discussion Discussant: L. Oreto
16.30 Closure and CME questionnaire evaluation
Presidents:
F. Pinto, F. Arrigo, S. Coglitore, G. Oreto, A. Pezzano
Directors:
S. Carerj, B.J. Khandheria
Scientific Secreteriat:
S. Carerj, G. Di Bella, B.J. Khandheria, C. Zito
Organizing Committee:
S. Carerj, G. Cavalli, M. Cusmà, O. Trio, C. Zito
Conference Venue: Hilton Giardini Naxos
Via Jannuzzo, 47 - 98035 Giardini Naxos (ME), Italy
tel. +39 0942 51931 fax +39 0942 56128
Hilton Giardini Naxos is located a few steps from the main shuttle bus stop to and from the nearest
Catania Airport “V. Bellini”. The hotel is easily accessible by train (only 3,5 km from the railway
station) and by car (59 km/40 minutes from Catania airport – A18 motorway direction Messina, exit
Giardini Naxos).
Registration fees
Workshop October 09 -10: € 305,00 Vat included
Registration includes: Admission to the meeting, conference kit, certificate of attendance, coffee
breaks and lunch
Meeting, October 10 - 11:
SIEC member: € 366,00 Vat included
Non member: € 488,00 Vat included
Students: € 183,00 Vat included
Registration includes: Admission to the meeting, conference kit, certificate of attendance, coffee
breaks and lunch
Official languages
Italian and english. No translation is provided
Organizing Secretariat and CME provider
Workshop (09-10 October) - n ° 103217: 8 CME credits for physicians
Meeting (10-11 October) - n ° 103216: 5 CME credits for physicians and nurses
Notes
We thank the following sponsors
for their precious support.
Unrestricted grant
Malesci
Bayer
Menarini
G. Medical
Esaote
Pfizer - Bristol Meyer Squibb
Hitachi Medical System
Wemed
Boerhinger Ingelheim
I.F.B. Stroder

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