DIC - Echo Practice Workstation
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Target audience: Echocardiographers
Limited spaces available
Friday – March 20, 2026
Introduction to IntelliSpace: Be the master on MPR
Learning Objectives:
- To introduce IntelliSpace workflow for multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), including basic navigation, orientation, and standard views.
- To demonstrate practical MPR tips to improve anatomical understanding and support procedural planning in structural de heart interventions.
Transseptal Puncture: The First Step Toward Structural Interventions
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate the role of 2D and 3D transesophageal echocardiography in guiding transseptal puncture for structural heart interventions.
- To review key anatomical landmarks and standard TEE views required for safe and accurate transseptal access.
- To highlight practical tips and common pitfalls in TEE-guided transseptal puncture.
M-TEER – Practical Tips and Tricks
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate key echocardiographic views, measurements, and workflow tips for clip positioning and intraprocedural guidance during M-TEER.
- To provide hands-on guidance using echocardiography, IntelliSpace, and simulation tools for M-TEER.
- To highlight practical tips and common pitfalls in M-TEER procedures.
Practical Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Paravalvular Leak
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate how IntelliSpace tools support the assessment and characterization of mitral paravalvular leak.
- To illustrate the use of advanced MPR and visualization tools to improve anatomical understanding and procedural planning for paravalvular leak interventions.
Echocardiography for Tricuspid Procedures
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate optimal 2D and 3D TEE acquisition and orientation for tricuspid valve assessment in structural heart interventions.
- To illustrate key TEE views and measurements required for planning and intraprocedural guidance of tricuspid TEER.
- To review TEE-based measurements of the tricuspid annulus and surrounding anatomical structures relevant to transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement planning.
Echocardiography for TAVI Procedures
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-based measurements of the aortic annulus and coronary ostial height for TAVI planning.
- To illustrate key TEE views for intraprocedural assessment, including valve positioning, prosthesis expansion, and post-implant paravalvular leak.
Echocardiography for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-based assessment of left atrial appendage anatomy, including morphology, dimensions, and landing zone evaluation.
- To illustrate key TEE views for procedural guidance and post-implant assessment of residual leak and device stability.
Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Septal Defects and Patent Foramen Ovale
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-based evaluation of atrial septal anatomy, including defect location, size, rims, and spatial relationships.
- To illustrate TEE guidance for procedural planning and assessment of residual shunt after ASD and PFO closure.
Final Practical Session: Integrated Simulation for Mitral and Tricuspid TEER
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-guided procedural workflow for mitral and tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER and T-TEER) using simulation.
- To illustrate team-based interaction between echocardiography and interventional operators during M-TEER and T-TEER, focusing on imaging-driven decision-making and common pitfalls.
Saturday – March 21, 2026
Introduction to IntelliSpace: Be the master on MPR
Learning Objectives:
- To introduce IntelliSpace workflow for multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), including basic navigation, orientation, and standard views.
- To demonstrate practical MPR tips to improve anatomical understanding and support procedural planning in structural de heart interventions.
Transseptal Puncture: The First Step Toward Structural Interventions
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate the role of 2D and 3D transesophageal echocardiography in guiding transseptal puncture for structural heart interventions.
- To review key anatomical landmarks and standard TEE views required for safe and accurate transseptal access.
- To highlight practical tips and common pitfalls in TEE-guided transseptal puncture.
M-TEER – Practical Tips and Tricks
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate key echocardiographic views, measurements, and workflow tips for clip positioning and intraprocedural guidance during M-TEER.
- To provide hands-on guidance using echocardiography, IntelliSpace, and simulation tools for M-TEER.
- To highlight practical tips and common pitfalls in M-TEER procedures.
Practical Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Paravalvular Leak
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate how IntelliSpace tools support the assessment and characterization of mitral paravalvular leak.
- To illustrate the use of advanced MPR and visualization tools to improve anatomical understanding and procedural planning for paravalvular leak interventions.
Echocardiography for Tricuspid Procedures
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate optimal 2D and 3D TEE acquisition and orientation for tricuspid valve assessment in structural heart interventions.
- To illustrate key TEE views and measurements required for planning and intraprocedural guidance of tricuspid TEER.
- To review TEE-based measurements of the tricuspid annulus and surrounding anatomical structures relevant to transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement planning.
Echocardiography for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-based assessment of left atrial appendage anatomy, including morphology, dimensions, and landing zone evaluation.
- To illustrate key TEE views for procedural guidance and post-implant assessment of residual leak and device stability.
Echocardiography for TAVI Procedures
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-based measurements of the aortic annulus and coronary ostial height for TAVI planning.
- To illustrate key TEE views for intraprocedural assessment, including valve positioning, prosthesis expansion, and post-implant paravalvular leak.
Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Septal Defects and Patent Foramen Ovale
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-based evaluation of atrial septal anatomy, including defect location, size, rims, and spatial relationships.
- To illustrate TEE guidance for procedural planning and assessment of residual shunt after ASD and PFO closure.
Final Practical Session: Integrated Simulation for Mitral and Tricuspid TEER
Learning Objectives:
- To demonstrate TEE-guided procedural workflow for mitral and tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER and T-TEER) using simulation.
- To illustrate team-based interaction between echocardiography and interventional operators during M-TEER and T-TEER, focusing on imaging-driven decision-making and common pitfalls.