Hands-on Training to Assess Cardiac Function and Patent Ductus Arteriosus Using Neonatal Echocardiography Simulator

Saturday, April 29, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Location: Convention Center: 143 ABC

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Leader(s)

Rangasamy Ramanathan, MBBS, MD

Professor of Pediatrics/ Division Chief/Program Director-NPM Fellowship
Pediatrics/Division of Neonatal Medicine
Keck School Of Medicine Of USC
Los Angeles, California, United States

Co-Leader(s)

Yogen Singh, MD, MA (Cantab), FRCPCH

Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California, United States
Shahab Noori, MD, MS

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Shazia Bhombal, MD

Associate Professor
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mahmood Ebrahimi, MD. RDCS

Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics
LAC+USC Medical Center
Encino, California, United States
Tai-Wei Wu, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Neonatology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jennifer Shepherd, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
MU

Merujan Uzunyan, MD (he/him/his)

Director Pediatric Cardiology
USC
CHATSWORTH, California, United States
Belinda Chan, MD

Associate Professor
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Mohammad Adie, MD

Assistant Professor
KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Los Angeles, California, United States
Mark Weems, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
GK

GoleNaz Kohbodi, MD

Fellow
UC Irvine
Irvine, California, United States

Disclosure(s):

Rangasamy Ramanathan, MBBS, MD.: Airway Therapeutics (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator); Chiesi, USA. (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Speaker Honorarium including speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness); Medtronic (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator); Neotech Products, Inc (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Intellectual Property including patent beneficiary and royalties)

Yogen Singh, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Shahab Noori, MD, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Shazia Bhombal, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Mahmood Ebrahimi, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Tai-Wei Wu, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Jennifer Shepherd, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Merujan Uzunyan, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Belinda Chan, MD: 123sonography: Consultant (Ongoing); Chiesi USA: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator (Ongoing); GE company: Consultant (Ongoing); Owlet BabyCare: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator (Ongoing)

Mohammad A. Adie, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Mark F. Weems, MD: Abbott Congenital Heart: Speaker Honorarium including speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness (Ongoing)

GoleNaz A. Kohbodi, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Workshop

Description: Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography (TnECHO) is increasingly recognized as a useful tool in assessment of hemodynamic status and management of cardiovascular compromise in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units and in cardiac intensive care units. However, the widespread use of TnECHO has been hampered by several obstacles including the limited opportunity to learn the skills. In this workshop, we will have 15 mannequin-based haptic echocardiographic simulators capable of simulating a full range of neonatal two-dimensional, color flow Doppler, spectral Doppler and M-mode echocardiograms. The main simulator screen displays the full range of all the standard echocardiographic views and the side screen displays the position and motion of the cutting planes through a three-dimensional heart model. The system includes a software module to perform hemodynamic measurements from specific video clip images. In this workshop, the learner will be introduced to the 17 essential echocardiographic views with a hands-on approach using the simulator. Learners will practice echocardiographic views in a preterm infant with patent ductus arteriosus through parasternal short axis and or ductal cut to estimate the size and shunt direction, visual assessment of cardiac function through apical 4 chamber view, presence or absence of pericardial effusion, and preload status by evaluating inferior vena cava size. The workshop comprises a 30-minute introduction and review of the standard views, and two 30-minute hands-on practice sessions. Each simulator will be used by 3 learners and 90 learners can participate in the workshop. Leaders and Co-Leaders have extensive experience in using TnECHO in their daily practice.

Learning Objectives:

-know the standard echocardiographic views
-be able to assess PDA size, shunt directions and determine shunt pattern
-distinguish normal from grossly reduced myocardial contractility