Letter from the President

I would like to invite you all to attend our 24th Annual Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE) Weekend: Digital Edition to be held virtually on Friday, February 4, 2022, Saturday, February 5, 2022, and Sunday, February 6, 2022. As we continue to demonstrate our ongoing perseverance and resilience in the current COVID-19 environment, we are excited again to host our Annual CSE weekend in a VIRTUAL format in February of next year. Based on your valuable feedback, our 3-day program will focus on the most requested educational topics to be presented by our top tier Canadian and international speakers including echocardiographers and sonographers.

On Friday, we will kick off the CSE Echo Weekend with a featured symposium on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy focusing on its pathophysiology and clinical manifestations, role of multimodality cardiovascular imaging (including echocardiography and cardiac MRI), and treatment options in the current era.

On Saturday, we will set the stage with “Chamber Quantification Masterclass: Tips and Tricks”, “Diastolic dysfunction: no time to relax”, “Multimodality imaging of dysfunctional prosthetic valves”, and a keynote presentation from Professor Erwan Donal from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging: “Role of echocardiography in tricuspid regurgitation.” In addition, we will include a rapid fire scientific abstract competition with presentations from our trainees and early career faculty across Canada, our famous “Cases across Canada”, and conclude Saturday with a CSE celebration hosted by our one and only multi-talented Chi-Ming Chow!

On Sunday, we will start off with a feature session on Contrast Echocardiography. In addition to sessions on “Imaging heart failure: Current and future application”, “Role of Interventional Echocardiography”, and “Cardiovascular Imaging in Infective Endocarditis”, we will host a keynote presentation from Dr. Raymond Stainback, current President of the American Society of Echocardiography, on “Non-invasive imaging for coronary syndromes: 2021 guidelines update”. The CSE will also host our inaugural Dr. Jim Swan lecture entitled, “Evaluation of competency in echocardiography training.“  We will conclude our VIRTUAL Annual CSE weekend with an all interactive game show. Stay tuned!

Below you will find the official 3-day program and the registration information. Our CSE community is looking forward to seeing you all at the 24th Annual Canadian Society of Echocardiography Weekend: Digital Edition. See you all in February!

Best regards and stay safe. 

Davinder S. Jassal, MD, FACC, FCCS, FRCP(C)

President, Canadian Society of Echocardiography

Program Objectives

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Describe the current role and application of echocardiography in patients with suspected and established cardiovascular disease

• Identify how novel and evolving echocardiography techniques can be applied to the clinical practice of echocardiography.

• Describe how echocardiography integrates with other cardiac imaging modalities (computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging) to optimally evaluate the patient with suspected or confirmed cardiovascular disease.

Organizing Committee

Davinder S. Jassal and Sharon L. Mulvagh (Co-Chairs), Chi-Ming Chow (Technical Coordination), Howard Leong-Poi, Amer Johri, Tyler Lamb, Steven Promislow, Jeremy Adams, Doug Hyami, Gillian Nesbitt, Annabel Chen-Tournoux, Dominique Kusheriuk, Heather Cooley, Kenneth Szeto, David Messika-Zeitoun, Christina Luong, Teresa Tsang, Christine Henri, Sabe De, Michael Tsang, Linda Palmer, Sara Faubert, Jessica Poon, and Sonu Varghese.

Feature symposium: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Friday , 4 Feb 2022 19:00-20:00 ET



Program-at-a-Glance
Saturday, 5 Feb & Sunday, 6 Feb 2022 (All times are ET)

ACCREDITATION

This program is approved by Sonography Canada for a maximum of 13 Sonography Based (SB) CPD credits.

Q: Does ARDMS accept the CSE meeting credits for sonographers?

A: CSE 2022 virtual meeting has been accredited by Sonography Canada. The SonographyBased (SB) CPD credits are accepted by ARDMS.

Q: I will be working during the meeting weekend. Will I have access to the video recordings to watch at my own pace afterwards?

A: As a registered participant, CSE 2022 virtual meeting video recordings will be available for one year at the CSE TV video site.

Q: I am on call during the CSE 2022 Virtual Echo Weekend. I cannot attend the conference live. Will I still be eligible for the CME credits if I only watch the meeting videos afterwards on my own.

A: You can still obtain Royal College Secton 2 credits if you are reviewing the meeting videos on your own.  

Overal Program Objectives

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

•    Describe the current role and application of echocardiography in patients with suspected and established cardiovascular disease.

•    Identify how novel and evolving echocardiography techniques can be applied to the clinical practice of echocardiography.

•    Describe how echocardiography integrates with other cardiac imaging modalities (computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging) to optimally evaluate the patient with suspected or confirmed cardiovascular disease.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar, Professional, Collaborator, Communicator]

Session Specific Objectives

Chamber quantification masterclass: tips and tricks

At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

1.     Describe the role of echocardiography in the evaluation of the left ventricle.

2.     Describe the role of echocardiography in the evaluation of the right ventricle.

3.     Describe the role of echocardiography in the evaluation of the atria.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar]

Diastolic dysfunction: no time to relax!

At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

1.  Review the role of echocardiography in the assessment of diastolic dysfunction.

2. Review the role of echocardiography in the assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy.

3.  Describe the role of diastolic stress echocardiography in cardiovascular disease.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar]

Multimodality imaging of dysfunctional prosthetic valves

At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the role of echocardiography in the evaluation of aortic valve prosthesis with high gradients.  

2. Describe the role of echocardiography in the evaluation of paravalvular regurgitation.

3. Describe the complementary roles of cardiac CT and cardiac MRI in the assessment of dysfunctional prosthetic valves.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar, Collaborator]

Feature Session: Contrast echocardiography

At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the basic concepts and practical considerations in contrast echocardiography.

2.  Describe the role of contrast echocardiography for novel applications including leaks, shunts, and perforations.

3. Describe the roles of contrast enhanced ultrasound for carotid plaque assessment.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar]

Imaging heart failure: current and future applications

At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the role of echocardiography in the evolving field of Cardio-Oncology.

2. Review the role of echocardiography in the assessment of right sided heart failure.

3.  Describe the role of echocardiography in the patient on mechanical circulatory support and/or a left ventricular assist device.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar, Collaborator, Communicator]

Role of interventional echocardiography

At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the role of echocardiography in the assessment of PFO/ASD closure devices.

2. Describe role of echocardiography in the assessment of LAA closure devices.

3. Describe the role of echocardiography in the assessment of percutaneous mitral and tricuspid clips.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar, Collaborator, Communicator]

Cardiovascular imaging in infective endocarditis

At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis.

2. Describe the complementary role of CT in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis.

3. Describe the complementary role of PET imaging in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis.

[CanMeds: Medical Expert, Scholar, Collaborator, Communicator]

This program is approved by Sonography Canada for a maximum of 13 Sonography Based (SB) CPD credits.

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