Quarterly Triangle TEE Conference

MEZ Mexican Restaurant
5410 Page Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919-941-1630

Previous Conference Agendas

CASE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION BY DUKE
CARDIOTHORACIC ANESTHESIA FELLOWS

Timothy Mooney, MD
Daneel Heyns, MD
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellows
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

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“Evaluating Right Heart Function: From Diagnosis
to Intervention”
Dr. Susan M. Martinelli
Assistant Professor
of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC

“Decision Making in Aortic Stenosis”

Himani Bhatt, MD

Linda McCleish, MD

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellows Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

“A Case of Laminar Flow”

Frederick Cobey, MD

Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

“Assessment of the Stenotic Mitral Valve”

Brian P. Barrick, MD, DDS

Department of Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:

• 1 – Discuss the etiology and symptomatology of mitral stenosis.
• 2 – Discuss echocardiographic findings specific to mitral stenosis and related pathology.
• 3 – List several criteria for the evaluation of mitral stenosis, and discuss strengths and drawbacks of each.

“Management of Patient Foramen Ovale in Orthopedic Surgery”

Maria D. Fritock, MD

Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:

• Understand the evidence of management of the patient with patent foramen ovale undergoing orthopedic surgery
• Define the role of transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale.

“Role of TEE in Infective Endocarditis”

Warner J. Lucas, DDS, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:

• Discuss the criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis
• Identify the key echocardiographic findings of infective endocarditis
• Define the role of transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis

“Platypnea Orthodeoxia (and other TEE tidbits)”

Jonathan B. Mark, MD

Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Chief, Anesthesiology Service
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Durham, NC

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:

• Describe the embryologic origins of atrial septal anatomy
• Perform a complete transesophageal echocardiographic examination of the atrial septum and related cardiac anatomy
• Diagnose the common atrial septal defects and other atrial septal abnormalities
• Explain platypnea-orthodeoxia

“Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection”

David A. Zvara, MD, FAHA

Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
January 29, 2009

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:

• Identify the key echocardiographic findings of the aorta
• Identify the echocardiographic findings in aortic dissections and aneurysms
• Formulate a plan for when to use TEE in a patient with aortic disease.

“Real-Time Three-Dimensional TEE – Intraoperative Perspectives”

G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
October 9, 2008

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:

• Introduce the intraoperative use of Real-Time Three Dimensional TEE
• Discuss the intraoperative use of Real Time Three Dimensional TEE
• Review the utility of Real-Time Three Dimensional TEE based on specific case scenarios