2025 programme
We change the programme every year to reflect updated guidelines and technological developments. The finalised 2026 programme will be published in January.
0900 - 0910
Session 1
0910 - 0940
0940 - 1010
1010 - 1040
1040 - 1100
Session 2
1100 - 1130
1130 - 1200
1200 - 1230
1230 - 1330
Session 3
1330 - 1400
1400 - 1430
1430 - 1500
1500 - 1520
Session 4
1520 - 1550
1550 - 1620
1620 - 1650
1650 - 1700
1900
Introduction and welcome
Aortic
Bicuspid - Heidi Connolly
State of the art review of bicuspid aortic valve, clinical associations and best management including family screening.
Stenosis - James Newton
Proving that it really is severe aortic stenosis, TAVI options, consideration of flow
Regurgitation - Liam Ring
A review of the new BSE aortic regurgitation guidelines and how to put into clinical practice
Tea / coffee / snack
Valvular
Asymptomatic - Stephen Glen
Advanced echo imaging to support clinical decision making in asymptomatic valvular disease
Secondary - Vera Lennie
Assessing secondary mitral regurgitation, quantifying severity, advanced echo supporting treatment options
Acute - James Newton
Acute valvular dysfunction - when things get a bit dramatic
Lunch
HFpEF
Pericardial - Liam Ring
Diagnosing pericardial constriction with confidence
Inherited - Lynne Williams
Echocardiography and inherited cardiomyopathies including hypertrophic, and storage disorders
Diastolic - Liam Ring
Case based decision making using diastolic function guidelines
Tea / coffee / snack
Destructive and degenerative
Ischaemic - Patrick Gibson
Consequences of ischaemic heart disease - cased based decision making by echocardiography
Infective - Vera Lennie
Updates in the assessment of infective endocarditis including Duke criteria, valves and devices
Prosthetic - Heidi Connolly
Prosthetic valve dysfunction - when and how to look
Cardiac art - Joanne Cusack
Summary of day, arrangements for evening
Reception and course dinner
Day 1
Day 2
0900 - 0910
Session 1
0910 - 1010
1010 - 1110
1110 - 1130
Session 2
1130 - 1230
1230 - 1330
Session 3
1330 - 1400
1400 - 1430
1430 - 1500
1500 - 1520
Session 4
1520 - 1540
1540 - 1600
1600 - 1620
1620 - 1640
1640 - 1700
Introduction and welcome
Workshop format - interactive case studies
Valvular - James Newton
Cased based clinical workshop - native and prosthetic valve cases
Systemic - Heidi Connolly
Case based clinical workshop - systemic diseases affecting the heart
Tea / coffee / snack
Workshop format - interactive case studies
TEER or no TEER - David Northridge
Case based clinical workshop focusing on the role of echocardiography in mitral edge to edge repair
Lunch
Definitive guides - right heart
Ventricle - Joanne Cusack
Advanced echocardiography and the assessment of the right ventricle
Valves - Amanda Hunter
Case based discussion of tricuspid and pulmonary valve disease
Ebstein - Heidi Connolly
State of the art review including echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical correction
Tea / coffee / snack
Clinical decision making with echocardiography
Case 1 - David Northridge
Case 2 - James Newton
Case 3 - Heidi Connolly
Case 4 - Stephen Glen
Summary and feeback