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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:

 

  1. Learn how to optimize fetal cardiac imaging

  2. 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:

 

  1. Understand how to assess situs and laterality

  2. 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:

 

  1. Be familiar with different forms of ventriculoarterial connections (i.e., transposition of the great arteries)

  2. 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:

 

  1. Appreciate the types of aortic arch obstruction and vascular rings

  2. 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

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