
PROGRAM
Friday, October 2, 2026
Lectures will be recorded and made available to registrants only once the conference has concluded
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7:45 - 8:00
INTRODUCTION
8:00 - 10:00
SESSION I - Fundamentals of Fetal Cardiac Imaging
Moderators: Koyelle Papneja, Jane Lougheed
SESSION OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session the participant will:
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Learn how to optimize fetal cardiac imaging
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Evaluate normal fetal cardiac anatomy and physiology
8:00 - 8:20
Why Diagnose Fetal Cardiac Disease Prenatally?
Swati Agarwal
8:25 - 8:45
How Do I Optimize Fetal Cardiac Imaging?
Nick Arbic
8:50 - 9:10
What is a 'Normal' Fetal Echocardiogram?
Koyelle Papneja
9:15 - 9:35
How Do I Use Doppler to Assess the Fetal Heart?
Lindsay Freud
9:40 – 9:50
Live Scan: Assessment of the Normal Fetal Heart
Elsie Wen
9:50 – 9:35
Q&A
Session Speakers and Moderators
9:35 – 9:50
BREAK
9:50 – 12:00
SESSION II - Fetal Cardiac Imaging I: Putting the Fetal Heart Together
Moderations: Mike Seed, Lisa Hornberger
SESSION OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session the participant will:
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Understand how to assess situs and laterality
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Appreciate imaging and diagnosis of venous return to the heart and atrioventricular connections
9:50 – 10:10
Situs and Laterality: When Things Go Sideways
Shi-Joon Yoo
10:15 – 10:45
Pulmonary and Systemic Venous Return: Weird and Wonderful
Shabnam Peyvandi
10:50 – 11:20
Atrioventricular Connections: Discordance and Defects
Mike Seed
11:25 – 11:45
Interactive Case-Based Session #1
Mario Panebianco
11:45 – 12:00
Q&A
Session Speakers and Moderators
12:00 – 1:00
LUNCH
1:00 – 2:55
SESSION III - Fetal Cardiac Imaging II: Putting the Fetal Heart Together
Moderators: Lindsay Freud, Wayne Tworetzky
SESSION OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session the participant will:
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Be familiar with different forms of ventriculoarterial connections (i.e., transposition of the great arteries)
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Assess outflow tract obstructive lesions and understand their ability to progress in utero
1:25 – 1:55
Ventriculoarterial Connections: To Cross or Not to Cross
Lisa Hornberger
2:00 – 2:15
Left and Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Dynamic or Fixed?
Wayne Tworetzky
1:00 – 1:20
Abnormal Live Scan
Nick Arbic
11:45 – 12:00
Q&A
Session Speakers and Moderators
9:35 – 9:50
BREAK
1:00 – 2:55
SESSION IV - Fetal Cardiac Imaging III: Putting the Fetal Heart Together
Moderators: Vitor Guerra, Shabnam Peyvandi
SESSION OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session the participant will:
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Appreciate the types of aortic arch obstruction and vascular rings
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Understand how to evaluate masses and tumors in the fetal heart
2:20 – 2:40
Interactive Case-Based Session #2
Marco Masci
2:20 – 2:40
Interactive Case-Based Session #2
Marco Masci
2:20 – 2:40
Interactive Case-Based Session #2
Marco Masci
2:20 – 2:40
Interactive Case-Based Session #2
Marco Masci
2:45 – 2:55
Q&A
Session Speakers and Moderators
2:55 – 3:00
CLOSING REMARKS
3:15 - 4:30
OPTIONAL HANDS-ON SESSION (In-person Only)
2 SESSIONS:
3:15 - 3:50 Hands-On Session #1
3:55 - 4:30 Hands-On Session #2