This EACVI HIT Summer School is organised in collaboration with the Working group on Cardiovascular Imaging of the National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia and will be focusing on “Valvular Heart Team in Clinical practice”
AUDIENCE
It is dedicated to cardiologists, either in training or at consultant level, with a special interest for imaging and clinical management of patients with heart valves diseases.
PROGRAMME
With a limited number of attendees, the majority of educational content will be provided by working in small groups of participants.
Upon completion of this course, participants will gain more knowledge and be able to:
- Understand the role of the Heart Team in Valvular Heart disease – the aim is to provide a comprehensive clinical approach – including both multimodality imaging and clinical skills in decision-making for patients with valvular heart disease.
- Understand importance and clinical value of each imaging modality in patient with VHD; select the optimal imaging technique(s) for patients with complex VHD, understand and interpret results of the imaging techniques and clinical meaning of their results.
- Learn possible pitfalls and sources of mistakes when quantifying VHD severity, understand when the optimal timing is to refer a VHD patient to the Valvular Heart Team.
- Learn tips & tricks on how to optimize echocardiographic studies and image acquisition in patients with VHD
