The programme is composed of 7 parts, as follows:
Part 1: Webcasts and presentations
A selection of webcasts and presentations from ESC and EACVI congresses
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Part 2: Teaching course on CRT
- Imaging in CRT (Erwan Donal)
- Imaging guided CRT after the ECHO-CRT study (Johan De Sutter)
- Imaging left ventricular dyssynchrony (Otto A. Smiseth)
- Echocardiographic parameters to select patients for CRT (Ivan Stankovic)
- Resynchronization Therapy: How to Assess Ventricular Mechanics? (Jens-Uwe Voigt)
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Part 3: Clinical Cases
A selection of interesting clinical cases, submitted by international experts
- 3 cases pre and post CRT according to current guidelines (Erwan DONAL, Auriane BIDAUD, Elena GALLI)
- Optimization of cardiac resynchronisation therapy: LV Lead position, qLV, or paced effects? (EP Case Report, Niraj Varma, Raja Ghanem, and Ping Jia)
- Hybrid cardiac resynchronization with leadless pacemaker and transvenous coronary sinus lead (EP Case Report, Sit-Yee Kwok and Hung-Fat Tse2)
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Part 4: References and Library
- The list of references used in the PowerPoint presentations
- A selection of relevant articles and publications on CRT (Nina Hasselberg and Anne Bernard)
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Part 5: Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you want and need to know about echocardiography and CRT! (Donato Mele)
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Part 6: Pathophysiology of electromechanical dyssynchrony
Videos:
- Mechanisms of Syssynchronous Heart Failure and its treatment
- CircAdapt Simulator v1.1.0 Tutorial: How to simulate your virtual patient?
Presentations
- Computer model-assisted characterisation of the dyssynchronous heart (Joost Lumens)
- CircAdapt Simulator, interactive simulation tool for teaching cardiovascular (patho)physiology (Joost Lumens)
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Part 7: webinars
- Multi-modality imaging in dilated cardiomyopathy and CRT (Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Erwan Donal)
- How and why to measure LV myocardial strain according to EACVI/ASE standards and Industry Task Force activities (Jens-Uwe Voigt, Thor Edvardsen, Luigi Badano)
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