Skip to main content

Postgraduate Course in Periprocedural Echocardiography 2025

-
City
London, UK
Type of event
on site

Invitation

Foreword by Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher, ESC President

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


Scientific Programme

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

Venue: Royal Marsden Education and Conference Centre 

 

08:30 | Coffee and Registration
09:00Introduction:  Imaging in structural heart disease - Course outline and objectivesAli Vazir, London, UK and Thomas F. Lüscher, London UK
09:20Valvular heart disease and the rise of trans-catheter valve proceduresMamta Buch, Manchester, UK

 

09:40 | Mitral Valve - 1
Chairs: Ali Vazir, London UK and Thomas F. Lüscher, London, UK
09:40Transthoracic 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
10:00Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve regurgitation- special considerations for TEER and TMVRAlison Duncan, London, UK
10:20Panel discussion 
10:40 - 11:00  |  Coffee Break

 

11:00 | Mitral Valve - 2
Chairs: Fabien Praz, Berne, Switzerland and Mamta Buch, Manchester, UK 
11:00Transoesophageal echocardiography step-by-step procedural guidance for mitral valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)Alison Duncan, London, UK
11:20Transoesophageal echocardiography step-by-step procedural guidance for mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER)Michel Zuber, Othmarsingen, Switzerland
11:40Transoesophageal echocardiography step-by-step procedural guidance for transventricular neochordal implantation Alison Duncan, London, UK
12:00Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve stenosis - considerations for balloon valvuloplastyAli Vazir, London, UK
12:20Panel discussion 
12:45 – 13:30 Industry Sponsored Symposium 
13:30 - 14:15 | Lunch Break  

 

14:15 | Live in-a-box Mitral cases
Chairs: Alison Duncan, London, UK  and Ali Vazir, London, UK
14:15Mitral TEEREe Ling Heng, London, UK
14:35Panel discussion 
14:45Mitral TMVRCesare Quarto, London, UK
15:05Panel discussion 
15:15Mitral ValvuloplastyRobert Smith, London, UK
15:35Panel discussion 
15:45Transventricular neochordsRashmi Yadav, London, UK
16:05Panel discussion 
16:15 - 16:30 | Coffee Break

 

16:30 | Atrial Septal Defects & Left Atrial Appendage
Chairs: Michael Rigby, London, UK and Ee Ling Heng, London, UK
16:30Patent foramen ovale (PFO) and inter-atrial septal defects – conservative management, surgical or transcatheter closure?Michael Rigby, London, UK
16:50Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of inter-atrial septal pathologies - consideration for transcatheter closure deviceWei Li, London, UK
17:10Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of left atrial appendage - is there thrombus? Suitable for DC Cardioversion? Suitable anatomy for occlusion devices?Ali Vazir, London, UK
17:30Panel discussion 
End of day 1 

 

Day 2, June 20th, 2025

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

 

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

 

13:45| Live in-a-box Tricuspid cases
Chairs: Mike Mullen, London, UK and Sam Dawkins, Oxford, UK
13:45Tricuspid TEEREe Ling Heng, London, UK
14:05Panel discussion 
14:15Tricuspid TEER- Complex diseaseRobert Smith, London, UK
14:35Panel discussion 
14:45Tricuspid TMVRFrancesco Maisano, Milano, Italy
15:05Panel discussion 
   
15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break

 

15:45 | Aortic Valve and Aortic Disease
Chairs: Ulrich Rosendahl, London, UK   and Kelly Victor, London, UK
15:45Pitfalls in the echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis and regurgitationMadalina Garbi, Cambridge, UK
16:05Transoesophageal assessment for surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (SAVR and TAVI) - what and how to assess?  TC Aw, London, UK
16:25Role of periprocedural transoesophageal echocardiography for transcatheter closure of paravalvular leaksAlexandros Papachristidis, London, UK
16:45Aortic dissection: how to diagnose and guide therapyAli Vazir, London, UK 
17:05Panel discussion 
End of Day 2 

 

DAY 3, June 21st, 2025

09:00 | Periprocedural Imaging for Circulatory Support
Chairs: Fernando Riesgo-Gil, London, UK and Simon Davies, London, UK
09:00Indications 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 and 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 
10:30 - 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/ 60min each per group  
End of Day3 

The programme may be subject to change. 


 

Teaching Faculty

Tuan-Chen Aw
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Mamta Buch
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK

Simon Davies
Royal Brompton Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Sam Dawkins
Oxford University Hospitals
Oxford, UK

Alison Duncan
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Madalina Garbi
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, UK

Ee Ling Heng
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Wei Li
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Thomas F. Lüscher
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Francesco Maisano
San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, IT

Iqbal Malik
Hammersmith Hospital
London, UK

Michael Mullen
Barts Heart Centre
London, UK

Denisa Muraru
University of Milan Bicocca
Milan, IT

Jim Newton
Oxford University Hospitals
Oxford, UK

Alexandros Papachristidis
King’s College Hospital
London, UK

Fabien Praz
University hospital Berne, Inselspital
Berne, CH

Susanna Price
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Cesare Quarto
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Fernando Riesgo-Gil
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Michael Rigby
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Ulrich Rosendahl
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Robert Smith
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Ali Vazir
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Kelly Victor
Cleveland Clinic London
London, UK

Rashmi Yadav
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals
London, UK

Michel Zuber
Cantonal hospital Aarau
Aarau, CH

 

 


 

Information

Registration

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

Travel to London - Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) 

From 2 April 2025, EU citizens will require an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK. For non-EU citizens, the regulation will come into force on 8 January 2025. More information can be found on https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta. It will be possible to apply for the ETA, which will be required from April, from 5 March 2025 onwards. For nationals of certain countries outside Europe, the ETA will be required from 8 January 2025. The application is again possible from 27 November 2024: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-when-you-can-get-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta. You won’t have to apply in case you have a VISA.

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


 

Accreditation

The Postgraduate Course in Periprocedural Echocardiography 2025 has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 20 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).


Organized by

Endorsed by:

Register here

Anmeldeschluss