Invitation to the EBAC-accredited Satellite Symposium "Echo essentials for HCM: The heartbeat of diagnosis and treatment"
For more information, please visit the EuroEcho-Imaging 2024 website.
Educational objectives
The educational objectives of the symposium are to:
• Describe the role of echocardiography and other imaging techniques important in the diagnosis and prognosis of HCM
• Recognize echocardiographic patterns across patient scenarios that warrant the application of an HCM-specific therapeutic approach
• Examine the role of echocardiography in treatment follow-up and monitoring in patients with HCM
Agenda
12:45 – 12:50 Welcome and introduction - Thor Edvardsen, MD, PhD - Oslo, Norway
12:50 – 13:05 Understanding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy & recent guidelines - Elena Arbelo, MD, PhD - Barcelona, Spain
13:05 – 13:20 Echocardiographic workup for HCM – Making the diagnosis and evaluation of cardiac function - Thor Edvardsen, MD, PhD - Oslo, Norway
13:20 – 13:35 Role of echocardiography in risk stratification and treatment decision-making - Maurizio Pieroni, MD, PhD - Florence, Italy
13:35 – 13:45 Panel discussion and Q&A - All faculty
CME Accreditation
This programme is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health Professionals (EBAC) with 60 minutes effective education time. Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that have actually been spent in the educational activity. The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and EBAC have recognized each other’s accreditation systems as substantially equivalent.
Funding
This symposium is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb.
