Barts Heart Centre and UCLH ACHD Echocardiography Course image

Barts Heart Centre and UCLH ACHD Echocardiography Course

2 day Adult Congenital Heart Disease Course covering all aspects of congenital heart disease including ASD, VSD, Tetralogy of Fallot, Fontan, Transposition, Atrio-ventricular septal defects. Hands-On Scanning Session. 3D echocardiography post processing analysis

From: Mon 08 Sep 2025

To: Tue 09 Sep 2025


DAY ONE   

 

09:00-09:30: Registration 

 

09:30:10:20: Introduction and ACHD Echocardiography protocol  

Speaker: Rebecca Macrae, Deputy Principal Cardiac Physiologist, Barts Heart Centre 

 

10:20-11:10: Atrial Septal Defects  

Speaker: Dr Katherine Von Klemperer, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre 

 

11:10-11:30: Break 

 

11:30-12:20: Ventricular Septal Defects  

Speaker: Dr Alex Stockenhuber, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre 

 

12:20-13:20:  Lunch and Q&A

 

13:20-14:10: Tetralogy of Fallot  

Speaker: Dario Freitas, Clinical Scientist and Lead for ACHD Echocardiography, Guy’s and St. 

Thomas’ Hospital 

 

14:10-15:00: Fontan Circulation  

Speaker: Rebecca Macrae, as above  

 

15:00-15:50: Atrio-ventricular septal defects  

Speaker: David Hoare, Deputy Principal Cardiac Physiologist, Barts Heart Centre 

 

15:50-17:00: ACHD interesting cases: The weird and the wonderful 

 

 

DAY TWO 

 

08:30-09:00 - Registration 

 

09:00-09:50: Transposition of the Great Arteries  

Speaker: Guido Mezzanotte, Chief Cardiac Physiologist, Congenital Echocardiographer and Clinical Applications 

 

09:50-10:40: 3D echocardiography in ACHD 

Speakers: Dr. Mona Lwin and Rebecca Macrae

 

10:40-11:00 Break 

 

11:00-12:20:  Hands on scanning with ACHD patients 

 

12:20-13:20 Lunch

 

13:20-14:10: Pulmonary Hypertension in ACHD 

Speaker: Dr Mona Lwin, Consultant Cardiologist

 

14:10-15:30: Hands on 3D echocardiography post processing analysis 

 

15:30: 16:00: Quiz with prizes up for grabs! 

 

16:00: Q&A and close 

 


  • Tutor:   Rebecca Macrae
  • Contact:  
  • Tel:  
  • Email:   rebecca.macrae@nhs.net
  • Please contact the course admins for any course related queries

Venue:

Nuffield Health Centre
97 Aldersgate, Barbican, London
EC1A 4JP