8th Annual Fetal Echocardiography Symposium at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

8th Annual Fetal Echocardiography Symposium at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Real-Life Fetal Cardiac Screening - Pearls from the Masters is organized by David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held on Oct 20, 2018 at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is targeted toward all healthcare professionals seeking to improve their ability to scan and evaluate the fetal heart. The symposium is aimed specifically toward obstetric/cardiac sonographers, physicians (maternal fetal medicine subspecialists, obstetricians, radiologists, and pediatric cardiologists), sonographers/ fellows in training, and nurses and other healthcare professionals involved with the management of pregnancies complicated by fetal heart disease. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Course Overview:
The Eighth Annual Fetal Echocardiography Symposium at UCLA: “Real-Life Fetal Cardiac Screening - Pearls from the Masters,” happily returning this year to the beautiful and spacious Luskin Conference Center in the heart of the gorgeous UCLA campus, will provide a fully updated, state-of-the-art program, presented by an esteemed multidisciplinary faculty. Retaining its popular clinical focus, the symposium will provide a full day of learning, dedicated to real-life tips and pearls specifically for those physicians and sonographers who perform or interpret fetal cardiac screening examinations. In addition to live scanning on actual patients, state-of-the-art presentations by international experts in the field will address clinically relevant topics including, but not limited to: what are we (and our guidelines) doing wrong; how to optimize your image; the benefits and risks of prenatal diagnosis; how to scan and interpret the four-chamber/right and left ventricular outflow tract/three-vessel views; how to recognize and interpret major forms of heart disease (including special clues for the detection of ventricular septal defects, aortic/pulmonary stenosis, transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot, coarctation of the aorta, TAPVR, and many others); how to evaluate fetal arrhythmias; and a final quiz and pertinent review with provocative and instructive unknowns .

Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this intensive, one-day symposium, participants will be able to:
• Identify current guidelines for fetal cardiac screening
• Recognize the basic approach to screening low risk pregnancies for fetal heart disease
• Identify how to optimize image quality and angle of acquisition
• Acquire and interpret clips of the four-chamber view, outflow tracts, and three-vessel views
• Evaluate and diagnose fetal arrhythmias
• Utilize novel tips and pearls of fetal cardiac screening to apply in daily practice.