Topic descriptions for Chicago:
Strain Imaging, a Cardiovascular View
Topics Covered:
- Strain, What is it?
- Strain Task Force – Driving the Industry Standard
- Clinical Applications of Strain Imaging
Presented by:
James D. Thomas, MD, Director, Center for Heart Valve Disease; Director, Academic Affairs; Interim Director, Clinical Trials Unit; Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Medicine
Advanced Chronic Liver Disease Imaging: Elastography and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound
With a renewed focus on screening and surveillance of patients with chronic liver disease, new ultrasound imaging paradigms will be discussed, and the latest ultrasound tools and techniques will be highlighted.
Topics covered:
- Understand the prevalence and natural history of chronic liver disease (CLD)
- Discuss the American College of Radiology (ACR) Ultrasound Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (US LI-RADS) for screening and surveillance in CLD
- Describe the role of shear wave elastography in liver assessment
- Recognize the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in focal liver lesion evaluation
Presented by:
David Fetzer, MD, Associate Professor Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
The role of the 3-Vessel Tracheal View in Screening for Major Congenital Heart Defects
Topics covered:
- Review the anatomy of 3VT view
- Review the method of obtaining the 3VT view
- Review the appearance of the 3VT in Tetralogy of Fallot, D-Transposition, Coarctation, and Right Sided Aortic Arch
- Discuss the role of color Doppler as an adjunct to the 3VT view
Presented by:
Leeber Cohen, MD, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation