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Scientific and Social Program
University Campus
Wednesday, June 25th 2008 Center Santa Elisabetta
14:00 – 14:10 Welcoming Remarks – Umberto Squarcia
14:10 – 14:30 Advances in Fetal Imaging & Fetal Phisiology – Norman Silvermann.
14:30 – 15:00 Congenital Heart Disease in the Fetus – Laurent Fermont.
15:00 – 15:20 Fetal Cardiac Intervention – Norman Silvermann.
15:20 – 15:40 Break
15:40 – 16:00 Myocardial Doppler Assessment of Ventricular Function – Michel Vogel
16:00 – 16:30 Myocardial Imaging Strain & Strain Rate – Luc Mertens.
16:30 – 17:00 Clinical Application of Tissue Doppler – Donald J. Hagler.
1700 – 17:30 Panel – Luc Mertens; Donald J.Hagler; Michel Vogel; Francesco De Luca; Bertrand Tchana.
19:00 – 20:00 Opening Ceremony in the Aula magna of the Parma University.
Magistral Lecture :
“My father. Dr. Gian Carlo Rastelli”
Antonella Rastelli MD
20:00-22:00 Reception and Dinner in the Main Hall and
Gardens of the University.
Thursday, June 26th 2008
08:30 – 09:10 Univentricular AV connections – Gaetano Thiene.
09:10 – 09:40 Pre-operative Evaluation. Non invasive – Stephen P Sanders.
09:40 – 10:10 Invasive Evaluation – Donald J. Hagler.
10:10 – 10:40 Surgical Mangement of Univentricular Heart: The Fontan Enigma – Zohair Al-Halees.
10:40 – 11:10 Break
11:10 – 12:00 Panel – Gaetano Thiene; Stephen P Sanders; Donald J. Hagler; Zohair Al-Halees; Aldo Agnetti.
12:00 – 12:30 Macartney Lecture –
Navigating the Waters of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Roberta Williams
presented by Henry Verhaaren
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:20 Ventricular Mechanics: Conventional measurements – Stephen P Sanders.
14:20 – 14:40 Ventricular Mechanics: New Technology – Luc Mertens.
14:40 – 15:00 Contrast Echocardiography in the real world Echolab: from PFO detection to Myocardial Perfusion Imaging –
Reverberi Claudio; Gaibazzi Nicola.
15:00 – 17:00 Abstracts and Cases
20:00-22:00 Max Mara Gala Dinner in Reggio Emilia
Friday, June 27th 2008
08:30 – 09:00 3D TEE in Congenital Heart Disease – Girish Shirali.
09:00 – 09:30 3D Echo Studies of Valvular Heart Disease – Stephen P. Sanders.
09:30 – 10:10 3D Quantitation in Congenital Heart Disease – Girish Shirali.
10:10 – 10:30 Panel – Girish Shirali; Stephen P. Sanders; Norman Silvermann; Donald J. Hagler; Claudio Reverberi.
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Adolescents and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Clinical and Echo Assessment –
Stephen P. Sanders.
11:30 – 12:00 MRI in Adolescents and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease – Paul Julsrud.
12:00 – 12:30 Rastelli Lecture –
Ross Procedure in complex LVOT Obstruction
Zohair Al-Halees
presented by Umberto Squarcia
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 “Emergency” in the world and in Palermo – Antonio Romano; Gino Strada.
14:30 – 15:00 Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease – Roberta Williams
15:00 – 17:00 Abstract and Cases
20:00-23:00 Dinner and Music under the Stars of Mamiano
Saturday, June 28th 2008
Post-Congress Tour: visit of “Castelli Parmensi”
Umberto Squarcia MD, FACC
Professore Universitario di 1° Fascia
Chair of Pediatric Cardiology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Parma
Via Gramsci,14
43100 Parma, Italy
Tel: 39 0521 702201
Fax: 39 0521 702394
e-mail: umberto.squarcia@unipr.it
PAX ET BONUM!