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Barts Heart Centre and UCLH Hospitals 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: Thu 04 Feb 2027

To: Fri 05 Feb 2027


Barts Heart Centre and UCLH Hospitals ACHD Echocardiography Course 

DAY ONE  

  

09:00-09:30: Registration   

  

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

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

  

10:10-10:50: Atrial Septal Defects   

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

  

10:50-11:05: Break   

  

11:05-11:45: Ventricular Septal Defects   

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

  

11:45-12:45:  Lunch and Q&A 

  

12:45-13:25: Transposition of the Great Arteries   

Speaker: Guido Mezzanotte, Chief Cardiac Physiologist, Barts Heart Centre 

  

13:25-14:05: Fontan Circulation   

Speaker: Dr. Alex Stockenhuber, as above   

  

14:05-14:45: Tetralogy of Fallot   

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

Thomas’ Hospital 

 

14:45-15:45: Beyond the Expected: Unusual Cases in ACHD Echocardiography 

  

15:45-16:00 : Break 

 

16:00-17:30 : Hands on scanning with ACHD patients 

  

 

DAY TWO   

  

09:00-09:30- Registration  

  

09:30-10:10 Pulmonary Hypertension in ACHD  

Speaker: TBA 

 

10:10-10:50 Ebstein’s Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve 

Speaker: Rebecca Macrae, as above 

 

10:50-11:05 Break  

 

11:05-11:45 Atrio-ventricular septal defects 

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

 

12:00-13:00 Lunch 

 

13:00:16:00 

 

GROUP ONE 

 

13:00 – 14:30 Hands on scanning with ACHD patients 

 

14:30-16:00 Hands on 3D echocardiography post processing analysis  

 

GROUP TWO 

 

13:00–14:30 Hands on 3D echocardiography post processing analysis  

14:30 – 16:00 Hands on scanning with ACHD patients 

 

 

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

 

16:15-16:30: Q&A and close  


  • Tutor:  
  • Contact:   Rebecca Macrae
  • Tel:  
  • Email:   [email protected]
  • Please contact the course admins for any course related queries

Venue:

Robin Brook Centre
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
EC1A 7BE