Echocardiography Days - Sofia 2015
Main topic: Aortic Valve
17th – 18th April 2015 г., Hilton Hotel, Sofia
Bulgarian Society
of Cardiology
PROGRAM
Friday, 17 th April, 2015
14:00 - 15:30 Registration
15:30 - 16:00 Symposium - Genzyme
Chairman: К. Hristova /Sofia/
Echocardiographic assessment of rare heart diseases: Fabry disease
Е. Kinova /Sofia/
16:00 - 18:00 Session I
Congental Heart Diseases - in children and adults
Chairman: A. Kaneva /Sofia/
16:00 - 16:24
16:24 - 16:48
16:48 - 17:12
17:12 - 17:36
17:36 - 18:00
Postoperative evaluation on lesion on LV outflow tract
I. Velkovski /Sofia/
Critical aortic stenosis
M. Pavlova /Sofia/
Bicuspid aortic valve
R. Marinov /Sofia/
Diagnostic and evolutionary spectrum of subaortic stenosis
I. Velkovski /Sofia/
Monitoring beyond correction in TOF, affecting the aortic valve
A. Dasheva /Sofia/
18:00 - 18:30 Opening Ceremony
18:30 - 19:30 Symposium of the General sponsor Berlin - Chemie
Chairman: V. Mincheva /Sofia/
Noninvasive approach for assessment of benefits after treatment of heart failure with
loop diuretic
K. Hristova /Sofia/, V. Mincheva /Sofia/
19:30 - 20:30 Welcome Drink
Saturday, 18 th April, 2015
08:30 - 10:30 Session II
Diseases of the aortic valve - Part I
Chairman: E. Kinova /Sofia/
08:30 - 08:50
08:50 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:50
09:50 - 10:10
10:10 - 10:30
Diseases of the aorta - the role of echocardiography
Tz. Katova /Sofia/
Aortic valve assessment - 2D/3D Echocardiography - norm and pathology
K. Hristova /Sofia/
Aortic Stenosis - the challenge of recommendations
V. Mincheva /Sofia/
Low gradient and small outflow tract Aortic stenosis with low and normal EF
I. Simova /Sofia/
Dyssynchrony in aortic stenosis
K. Hristova /Sofia/
Congenital Left Heart Obstructive Lesions: SubAS, Supravalvar AS, Coarctation
W. Budts /Belgium/
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee - break
11:00 - 12:30 Session III
Prosthetic aortic valve
Chairman: N. Zlatareva/L. Vladimirova
11:00 - 11:20
11:20 - 11:40
11:40 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:20
12:20 - 12:30
Echocardiographic assessment on prosthetic aortic valve
R. Radoslavova /Varna/
Prostethic aortic valve dysfunction
F. Flachskampf /Sweden/
Patient - prosthetic mismatch or stenosis on prosthetic aortic valve?
E. Kinova /Sofia/
Endocarditis on native and prosthetic aortic valve - diagnostic and therapeutic behavior
E. Srbinovska /Republic of Macedonia/
Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Session IV
Diseases of the aortic valve - Part II
Chairman: S. Marchev /Pleven/
13:30 - 15:30
13:30 - 13:50
13:50 - 14:10
14:10 - 14:30
14:30 - 14:50
14:50 - 15:10
15:10 - 15:30
Aortic regurgitation - etiology
I. Gruev /Sofia/
Aortic regurgitation - the challenge of recommendations
R. Shabani /Sofia/
Monitoring of patients with aortic regurgitation and timing of valve replacement
Y. Yotov /Varna/
Valve replacement - either for or against TAVI
I. Petrov /Sofia/
Complex aortic regurgitation
F. Flachscampf /Sweden/
Risk assessment in patients with aortic valve diseases
P. Panayotov /Varna/
Behavior of anticoagulant therapy in valvular diseases - after AVR, before and during
pregnancy, during IE, the place of NOA
A. Postadjian /Sofia/
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee - break
16:00 - 18:00 Session V
Risk assessment in asymptomatic high-grade aortic stenosis
Chairman: Y. Yotov /Varna/
16:00 - 16:24
16:24 - 16:48
16:48 - 17:12
17:12 - 17:36
17:36 - 18:00
The role of the stress - tests and stress echocardiography
E. Plonska /Poland/
Calcification of the aortic valve and evaluation with CT
G. Kirova /Sofia
Neuro-hormonal abnormalities
I. Gruev /Sofia/
The role of MRI in assessment on myocardial fibrosis
K. Genova /Sofia/
Diseases of aortic valve - AS/AR and myocardial deformation
E. Donal /France/
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner
19:30 - 21:00 Candle light echo session
Chairmen: Е. Kinova, I. Iotov, S. Marchev, P. Panayotov, I. Gruev, R. Shabani,
М. Pavlova, I. Velkovski, R. Radoslavova, K. Hristova, I. Simova, Е. Plonska,
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Medical Academy - Panayotova, Medical University /Varna/
Medical Academy - R. Shabani, Aleksandrovska Hospital /Sofia/
Tsonev, City Clinic /Sofia/
Medical Academy - National Heart Hospital /Sofia/
Medical Academy - Cardiolife /Varna/
University Hospital Tzaritza Ioanna ISUL /Sofia/
M. Pavlova /Sofia/
I. Velkovski /Sofia/