Cleveland Clinic State of the Art Echocardiography 2021

Overview

The Cleveland Clinic State of the Art Echocardiography 2021 course highlights practical issues in echocardiography through insights and clinical practice cases presented by nearly 30 internationally recognized experts. This program offers guidance on the optimal use of echocardiography in managing valvular heart disease, heart failure, device therapies, cardiomyopathies, and endocarditis, with dedicated sessions on structural heart interventions, adult congenital cardiology, innovative technologies, and multimodality imaging.

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Agenda

This comprehensive echocardiography course comprises detailed sessions focusing on clinical applications and imaging guidance in various cardiovascular conditions. The agenda includes:

• Imaging for the Non-Imager — L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
• Transseptal Puncture — Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
• Multimodality Planning for TAVR — Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
• Imaging Guidance of LAA Occluder Implantation — Bo Xu, MD
• Percutaneous Mitral and Tricuspid Repair — Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
• Valve-in-Valve TAVR and Paravalvular Leak Closure — Grant Reed, MD
• Panel Discussion
• Intracardiac Echo (ICE) for Procedural Guidance — Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
• PFO/ASD Closure — Grant Reed, MD
• Procedural Planning in Structural Heart Disease — Serge Harb, MD
• Integration of Fluoroscopic Anatomy in Imaging, Tips and Tricks — Samir Kapadia, MD
• Cases in Structural Heart Disease — Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
• Future of Structural Interventions — Samir Kapadia, MD
• Panel Discussion
• Echo Doppler Evaluation of Aortic Stenosis — Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
• Low Flow, Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis With Preserved EF – Evaluation and Management — Brian Griffin, MD
• What Are the Boundaries to TAVR? — Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
• Prosthetic Aortic Valve Stenosis and PPM – Evaluation and Management — Patrick Collier, MD, PhD
• Cases in Aortic Stenosis Diagnosis and Management — L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
• Leonardo Rodriguez, MD — L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
• Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: The Basics — Serge Harb, MD
• Imaging the Mitral Valve Anticipating Repair — Masan Thamilarasan, MD
• Mechanisms of Mitral Regurgitation and Impact on Management; Use of 3D Imaging — Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
• Indications for Surgery in Primary and Secondary MR — Per Wierup, MD, PhD
• Approach to Echo Diagnosis of Mixed Valve Disease — Brian Griffin, MD
• Stress Testing in Valvular Heart Disease — Milind Desai, MD, MBA
• Right Ventricular Interrogation in VAD Selection and Management — Bo Xu, MD
• Echocardiography in the Management of Circulatory Support: ECMO, Impella — Jerry Estep, MD
• Echocardiography in CRT: Selection, Optimization & Non Responders — Richard Grimm, DO
• Severe Functional Mitral Regurgitation and CRT — L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
• Clinical And Imaging Of Endocarditis — Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MSc
• Complementary Imaging In Endocarditis – CT-MRI-Nuclear — Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
• Endocarditis Cases — Hani Najm, MD
• Surgical Treatment Of Infective Endocarditis — Malek Yaman, MD
• The Changing Face of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis — Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MSc
• The Critical Role of Imaging in Diagnosis And Management Of Endocarditis — Malek Yaman, MD
• Systematic Approach to Imaging in CHD — Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MSc
• Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects — Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
• Transposition of the Great Arteries and Tetralogy of Fallot — Hani Najm, MD
• A Primer in Cyanotic Heart Disease and R-L Shunts — Malek Yaman, MD
• Transcatheter Interventions in CHD — Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MSc
• Postoperative Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease — Malek Yaman, MD
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy — Harry Lever, MD
• Cardiac Amyloidosis — Deborah Kwon, MD
• Left Ventricular Dilation — Milind Desai, MD, MBA
• Echo and the Right Heart — Patrick Collier, MD, PhD
• Biventricular Dilatation — Venugopal Menon, MD
• Imaging to Identify Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy — Wael Jaber, MD
• Value of Echocardiography in Critical Care — Venugopal Menon, MD
• Echo in Cardio-Oncology — Patrick Collier, MD, PhD
• Echo Contrast for Border Detection and Perfusion — Bo Xu, MD
• Imaging Assessment and Quantification of Aortic Regurgitation — Brian Griffin, MD
• Surgical Timing in Chronic Aortic Regurgitation—Time for a Reappraisal? — Milind Desai, MD, MBA
• Management and Interventional Options for Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation — Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
• Practical Application of Diastolic Function Assessment — Allan Klein, MD
• Incorporating Strain Imaging in Practice — Zoran Popovic, MD
• Echo and COVID — Vidyasagar Kalahasti, MD
• Multimodality Imaging in Myocarditis and Pericarditis — Deborah Kwon, MD
• Echo/CT Correlates in Cardiac Disease — Richard Grimm, DO
• Panel Discussion

Speakers

This course features presentations from nearly 30 internationally recognized cardiology and echocardiography experts, including specialists in structural heart disease, device therapies, cardiomyopathies, and adult congenital heart disease. Faculty members provide evidence-based insights and clinical experiences essential to advanced echocardiographic practice.

Target Audience

This course is designed for cardiologists, echocardiographers, sonographers, and other healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills in advanced echocardiographic applications across a broad range of cardiac conditions.

Why This Topic Matters

The Cleveland Clinic State of the Art Echocardiography 2021 course addresses key diagnostic and management challenges in echocardiography within cardiology practice. It offers practical, clinically relevant content that supports enhanced proficiency and decision-making for cardiovascular specialists.

MedHub Central provides this on-demand learning to enable cardiology professionals to stay current with evolving echocardiographic techniques and therapies, reinforcing expertise and clinical confidence in this essential imaging specialty.