Science & Technology Theater

Improving Quality and Efficiency in Echocardiography

Presented by Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.

Join us to learn about the important role contrast has in improving quality and efficiency in echocardiography. Gain insight into an efficient implementation process and how to establish a sonographer contrast administration protocol to improve overall quality patient care. A live Q & A session will follow the presentation.

Incorporating Contrast within your Institution
Omar Husseini, MD

Establishing a Sonographer Contrast Administration Protocol
Gina Conigliaro-Brito, MHA, RDCS, RCS, RVS

Innovating Echo: Efficiency, Confidence, and Expanded Access to Care

Presented by Siemens Healthineers

Siemens Healthineers is excited to support this event and continue to drive innovation in Echocardiography. We are inspired by the everchanging landscape of Echocardiography and want to share some experiences from thought leaders in cardiac ultrasound.

During this time, we will discuss the drive to Innovate Echo and how Siemens Healthineers is responding by increasing Efficiency, Confidence, and Expanded Access to Care.

We are extremely honored to have Dr. Lissa Sugeng, Dr. Chad Kliger, and Dr. Carlos Sanchez provide their insight into these areas.

• Efficiency: Automation and AI Powering your Procedure
  Lissa Sugeng, MPH, FACC, FASE
• Confidence: Bringing modalities together to increase confidence
  Chad Kliger, MD, FACC, FSCAI
• Expanded Access to Care: How AcuNav Volume ICE helps Expand Care in Structural Heart Disease patients
  Carlos Sanchez, MD, FACC, FSCAI

What’s New with Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair ( or TEER*) and What’s Coming in the Future

Presented by Abbott

Learn more about new guideline recommendations and techniques to identify MR and MitraClip™ suitable patients through TTE and TEE. 

• Session 1: New ACC/AHA Guideline Recommendations for TMVr/TEER   – Dr. Jyothy Puthumana
• Session 2: Accurate MR assessment to find MitraClip Suitable Patients –  Dr. Jyothy Puthumana
• Session 3: What Imaging Views are Important for a Successful Procedure – Dr. Robert Burke
• Session 4: REPAIR MR** trial: Evaluating New Treatment Options for Moderate Risk Patients – Dr. Patrick McCarthy

*Transcatheter Edge to Edge Repair
** CAUTION: MitraClip (for REPAIR-MR indications) is an investigational device. Limited by Federal (U.S.) law to investigational use only

The Impact of Sonographer-Driven Contrast Administration Protocols on Efficiency and Diagnostic Utility

Presented by GE Healthcare

There is a great deal of support for utilizing ultrasound enhancing agents in echocardiography, yet it is underutilized at many institutions. During this Science and Technology Symposium we will share the challenges faced at our institution and review two studies we published looking at efficiencies and the diagnostic utility of a sonographer-initiated UEA administration protocol. We’ll share tips from the recently released ASE Playbook, and provide an in-depth look at how we overcame the UEA utilization challenges at our medical center.

Speakers:
Rosco Gore, MD
Brooke Army Medical Center

Monica Bush, RCS
Brooke Army Medical Center

Machine Learning Enhanced Decisions: How AI has proved itself an ally to clinicians for accurate echo analysis and outcome predictions

Presented by Ultromics

Speakers: Gary Woodward, Dr. Federico Asch, Dr. Roberto Lang, Dr Partho Sengupta 

This session is split into two parts, focusing on the latest insights for using artificial intelligence in echocardiography, including real-world uses and shared experiences from the WASE-COVID study.

• Part 1: Lead authors, Dr. Federico Asch and Dr. Roberto Lang, discuss with Gary Woodward the outcomes of the WASE-COVID trial, a multi-center study from the The World Alliance Societies of Echocardiography using artificial intelligence to analyze heart disease in COVID-19 patients.
• Part 2: We hear from Gary Woodward, Chief Technical Officer of Ultromics, who hosts a sit-down conversation with Dr Partho Sengupta, discussing the role of artificial intelligence today in clinical practice, and how it is providing physicians with the best insights to support clinical decisions for their patients – including what to know, what to do, and when to get started.