2026 programme
We change the programme every year to reflect updated guidelines and technological developments.
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
Valvular heart disease
Valvular heart disease in young adults - Heidi Connolly
Diagnosis, imaging and treatment options, screening
State of the art: prosthetic valves - James Newton
Surgical and interventional valve replacement strategies, imaging examples of valve technology
The new European valve disease guidelines - Stephen Glen
Case based discussion focusing on the latest European Society of Cardiology guidelines (2025)
Tea / coffee / snack
The wider perspective of cardiac invovlement
Cardiac sources of embolism - Vera Lennie
Cased based discussion of cardiac pathology and systemic embolism
Prosthetic valve and device endocarditis - Russell Everett
The challenge of imaging device related infection; clinical consequences
Systemic diseases and the heart - Heidi Connolly
Case based discussion of cardiac involvement and imaging strategies
Lunch
British Society of Echocardiography
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Lynne Williams
Patient selecction, treatment options and monitoring requirements, new BSE guidelines
Sports echocardiography - David Oxborough
Differentiating physiological from pathological adaptation; new BSE guidelines
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy - Lynne Williams
Diagnosis; imaging options; treatment strategies
Tea / coffee / snack
Prosthetic valve disease
Patient prosthesis mismatch - Vera Lennie
When to suspect; how to avoid; diagnosing with confidence
Paravalvular regurgitation - James Newton
Diagnosis; assessment of severity; treatment options and echo guidance
Prosthetic valve dysfunction - Heidi Connolly
Case based approach; thrombosis; pannus; structural deterioration; HALT (hypoattenuated leaflet thickening)
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 - 1350
1350 - 1410
1410 - 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
Cardiac masses - James Newton
Inherited structural cardiovascular disease - Heidi Connolly
Tea / coffee / snack
Workshop format - interactive case studies
Structural heart disease intervention - David Northridge
Lunch
The right heart
Atrial septal defect in adults - Amanda Hunter
When to suspect; how to diagnose and assess; when to intervene; treatment options
Acquired ventricular septal defect in adults - Russell Everett
Case based discussion; diagnosis and treatment options
Right heart coupling - Joanne Cusack
How to measure right heart coupling index; what does it mean; role in clinical decision making
Right sided valvular disease - Amanda Hunter
Case based discussion; diagnosis; imaging and treatment options
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