BWGNICI Annual Echo Course
Goal
Complete overview of all aspects of Echocardiography presented in several topics well prepared by members of BWGNICI – Focus on TTE. For Cardiologists and cardiologists in training, Echo technicians, Emergency physicians, Anaesthetists. For everybody who wants to have a refresh of all basic echocardiographic knowledge. Should prepare optimally volunteers to participate in the EACVI accreditation exam on TTE.
Practical Details:
When: Friday & Saturday, 1st & 2nd December 2023 
Where: W+4 Auditorium Guernica, OLV Aalst, Moorselbaan 164, 9300 Aalst
Registration: email Maggy Kuppens (maggy.kuppens@olvz-aalst.be)
Registration fee: transfer €50 (fee including both days) to IBAN: BE51 7350 2853 5162 (trainees/students can register for free)
Course director: Guy Van Camp (guy.van.camp@olvz-aalst.be)
Friday December 1st, 2023
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome
Guy Van Camp, OLV Aalst
09:10 - 09:35 Technical background of 2D Echo, Doppler and Strain imaging
Annette Caenen, KU Leuven/UGent
09:35 - 10:00 Basic concepts of Cardiac Doppler
Frank Timmermans, UZ Gent
10:00 - 10:25 Set up of the Echo machine – Artifacts – Pitfalls
Lieven Herbots, JESSA Hasselt
10:25 - 10:50 The standard TTE examination: how to perform, how and what to measure, normal values?
Jerrold Spapen, OLV Aalst
Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:35 Evaluation of LV systolic function: from eyeballing to strain imaging
Johan De Sutter, AZ Maria Middelares Gent
11:35 - 12:05 Evaluation of LV diastolic function and filling pressures – HFpEF
Caroline Van De Heyning, UZ Antwerpen
12:05 - 12:30 A brief introduction to CPETecho and Lung US
Jan Verwerft, JESSA Hasselt
12:30 - 13:00 Evaluation of RV systolic function & pulmonary pressures
Alexander Van De Bruaene, UZ Leuven
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Mitral Valve disease
Philippe Debonnaire, AZ St Jan Brugge
14:30 - 15:00 Aortic Valve Stenosis
Nico Van De Veire, AZ Maria Middelares Gent
15:00 - 15:20 Tricuspid and Pulmonary Disease
Philippe Bertrand, ZOL Genk
15:20 - 15:50 Multivalvular disease
Philippe Unger, CHU Saint-Pierre Bruxelles, UZ Brussel
Coffee Break
16:10 - 16:40 Prosthetic Heart Valves
Martin Penicka, OLV Aalst
16:40 - 17:05 Endocarditis
Guy Van Camp, OLV Aalst
17:05 - 17:30 Atrial dysfunction, Atrioventricular valve dysfunction and Heart failure
Sébastien Deferm, ZOL Genk
Saturday December 2nd, 2023
09:00 - 09:30 Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Werner Budts, UZ Leuven
09:30 - 09:55 Sources of Embolism
Bernard Gerber, UCL Saint-Luc Bruxelles
09:55 - 10:20 Pericardial Disease
Bernard Paelinck, UZ Antwerpen
10:20 - 10:45 Aorta Pathology
Julie De Backer, UZ Gent
10:45 - 11:15 Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Bernard Gerber, UCL Saint-Luc Bruxelles
Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:55 Cardiac Masses
Steven Droogmans, UZ Brussel
11:55 - 12:25 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Athlete’s heart and Hypertensive HCMP
Raluca Dulgheru, CHU Liège
12:25 - 12:50 Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy
Bernard Cosyns, UZ Brussel
12:50 - 13:15 Use of Functional Imaging in daily practice
Jens-Uwe Voigt, UZ Leuven
