Cleveland Clinic 27th Annual Structural Valve Imaging Summit 2025

Introduction

The Cleveland Clinic 27th Annual Structural Valve Imaging Summit 2025 is an advanced cardiovascular imaging conference dedicated to multimodality imaging for structural heart disease and valvular interventions. Organized by Cleveland Clinic, the program focuses on contemporary imaging strategies used in diagnosis, procedural planning, and guidance of complex structural heart therapies.

The course combines:

• Structural heart imaging
• Valvular heart disease assessment
• Echocardiography
• Cardiac CT
• Cardiac MRI
• Transcatheter valve interventions
• Structural intervention planning
• Left atrial appendage closure imaging
• Advanced strain and 3D imaging
• Case-based cardiovascular imaging discussions

into a comprehensive educational experience centered on practical imaging applications in modern structural cardiology.

A major strength of the summit is its emphasis on integrating advanced imaging technologies into real-world procedural and clinical decision-making.

Course Overview

📚 Program: Cleveland Clinic 27th Annual Structural Valve Imaging Summit 2025

🏛️ Hosted by Cleveland Clinic

📅 Course Dates: March 6–9, 2025

📍 Location: Diplomat Beach Resort

🎥 Included Content

• 57 Video Lectures
• 38 PDF Presentations

📦 Course Size: 16.22 GB

The curriculum provides in-depth review of multimodality cardiovascular imaging used in structural and valvular heart disease management.

Educational Focus

The summit focuses on:

• Structural valve imaging
• Multimodality cardiovascular imaging
• Echocardiographic assessment
• Cardiac CT interpretation
• Cardiac MRI applications
• Transcatheter valve procedures
• Structural intervention imaging
• Advanced strain imaging
• 3D reconstruction technologies
• Imaging-guided cardiovascular interventions

The educational material emphasizes practical imaging workflows that improve procedural planning and patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, learners strengthen their ability to:

• Apply multimodality imaging in valvular heart disease evaluation
• Optimize imaging for transcatheter valve interventions
• Improve interpretation of structural heart imaging studies
• Integrate echocardiography, CT, and MRI findings into clinical decision-making
• Utilize advanced imaging technologies in procedural planning
• Recognize imaging findings in infiltrative and myocardial disorders
• Improve imaging-guided management of structural heart disease
• Apply contemporary imaging protocols for complex interventions

The curriculum emphasizes clinically relevant imaging interpretation and procedural guidance.

Multimodality Imaging Review

A core feature of the summit is comprehensive review of modern multimodality imaging techniques.

Covered Modalities

• Transthoracic echocardiography
• Transesophageal echocardiography
• Cardiac CT
• Cardiac MRI
• 3D echocardiography
• Strain imaging

Participants learn how different imaging modalities complement each other in structural heart disease management.

Valvular Heart Disease Imaging

The course extensively reviews advanced imaging approaches for valvular pathology.

Topics Include

• Aortic valve disease
• Mitral valve imaging
• Tricuspid valve assessment
• Valve hemodynamics
• Quantitative valve analysis
• Preprocedural valve evaluation

The sessions emphasize imaging-based diagnosis, intervention planning, and postprocedural assessment.

Transcatheter Structural Interventions

A major educational focus involves imaging guidance for catheter-based therapies.

Educational Topics

• TAVR planning
• Mitral transcatheter interventions
• Tricuspid valve procedures
• Left atrial appendage closure
• Structural heart procedural imaging
• Device positioning and assessment

The curriculum highlights practical imaging workflows during structural interventions.

Echocardiography Applications

Dedicated sessions review advanced echocardiographic techniques used in structural cardiology.

Topics Include

• Doppler hemodynamics
• Structural valve assessment
• Procedural TEE guidance
• Strain imaging applications
• 3D valve reconstruction
• Quantitative echocardiographic analysis

Participants strengthen echocardiographic interpretation skills relevant to complex valve disease.

Cardiac CT & MRI Integration

The summit also reviews advanced CT and MRI applications in structural heart disease.

Covered Areas

• CT procedural planning
• Valve annular assessment
• Structural anatomy reconstruction
• MRI tissue characterization
• Functional ventricular assessment
• Myocardial disease imaging

These sessions focus on integrating advanced imaging data into procedural and therapeutic planning.

Myocardial & Infiltrative Disease Imaging

Additional modules review imaging approaches to myocardial and infiltrative disorders.

Topics Include

• Cardiac amyloidosis
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Pericardial disease
• Myocardial tissue characterization
• Structural remodeling assessment

The curriculum highlights the expanding role of advanced imaging in complex myocardial disease.

Emerging Technologies & Artificial Intelligence

The course reviews evolving technologies shaping modern cardiovascular imaging.

Educational Areas

• Artificial intelligence applications
• Automated imaging analysis
• Advanced 3D reconstruction
• Imaging workflow optimization
• Novel quantitative imaging tools

Participants gain exposure to future directions in structural heart imaging.

Interactive Case-Based Learning

One of the most valuable aspects of the summit is its strong emphasis on case-based education.

Included Features

• Interactive imaging cases
• Structural intervention discussions
• Expert imaging panels
• Controversial topic debates
• Imaging workshops
• Procedural planning demonstrations

These sessions reinforce practical interpretation skills and real-world clinical application.

Teaching Style & Educational Experience

The educational format combines:

• Expert-led lectures
• Multimodality imaging review
• Case-based learning
• Procedural imaging guidance
• Interactive expert discussions
• Practical structural cardiology education

The teaching approach is highly visual, clinically focused, and centered on advanced imaging interpretation.

Why This Course Stands Out

Strong Structural Heart Imaging Focus

Provides dedicated education for complex valve and structural interventions.

Comprehensive Multimodality Integration

Combines echocardiography, CT, and MRI into a unified imaging strategy.

Advanced Procedural Planning Education

Emphasizes imaging-guided structural intervention workflows.

Practical Case-Based Teaching

Uses real-world cases and procedural discussions to improve interpretation skills.

Exposure to Emerging Imaging Technologies

Highlights AI, strain imaging, and advanced reconstruction techniques.

Clinical Value

The Cleveland Clinic 27th Annual Structural Valve Imaging Summit 2025 delivers advanced cardiovascular imaging education through integrated coverage of:

• Structural heart disease imaging
• Valvular heart disease assessment
• Echocardiography
• Cardiac CT
• Cardiac MRI
• TAVR and transcatheter interventions
• Left atrial appendage closure imaging
• Strain and 3D imaging
• Cardiac amyloidosis imaging
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy assessment
• Procedural imaging guidance
• Case-based structural cardiology learning

The combination of expert faculty instruction, multimodality imaging review, and interactive case discussions makes this summit highly valuable for clinicians involved in advanced cardiovascular imaging and structural heart interventions.

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Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Optional)*
All times in Eastern Time
*Additional fee and registration required, first-come, first-served.
5:30 pm Learning Lab for Interventional Echo

This learning lab offers hands-on practice of 3D transesophageal echo and multiplanar
reconstruction for preprocedural evaluation and intraprocedural guidance of structural heart
interventions.
Jennifer Borowski, RDCS
Amy Dillenbeck, RDCS
Jenny Placido Disla, MD
Neil Greenberg, PhD
G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD
Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
Serge Harb, MD
7:30 pm Adjourn

Capacity 60 participants

Friday, March 7, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
6:00 am Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibits
7:00 am Welcome Address & Introduction

Allan L. Klein, MD; Mauricio Cohen, MD; Christine Jellis, MD, PhD; Samir Kapadia, MD; L.
Leonardo Rodriguez, MD

SESSION 1
VALVE DISEASE: FOCUS ON THE MITRAL VALVE WITH INTERACTIVE CASE DISCUSSION
Moderators: Allan L. Klein, MD and G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD
7:10 am Mitral Regurgitation: Anatomic and Echocardiographic Considerations for Percutaneous

and Surgical interventions
G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD

7:20 am CT and MRI for Mitral Valve Assessment: Which Tests Should I be Using in 2025?

Serge Harb, MD

7:30 am Principles for the Surgical Approach to Primary and Secondary Mitral Regurgitation:

Considerations for Valve Repair
A. Marc Gillinov, MD

7:40 am When Should Percutaneous Approaches Be Considered for Primary and Secondary Mitral

Regurgitation? What is new in 2025?
Samir R. Kapadia, MD

7:50 am Case Presentations: Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Mitral Valve Disease

Cases Using the Heart Valve Team
Rhonda Miyasaka, MD; Samir Kapadia, MD; A. Marc Gillinov, MD

8:00 am Case Discussion – Q&A
Moderator: Mauricio Cohen, MD
Rhonda Miyasaka, MD; A. Marc Gillinov, MD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; G. Burkhard Mackensen,
MD, PhD; Serge Harb, MD; Juan Umana, MD

SESSION 2 STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION & LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE
Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Mohamed Kanj, MD
8:30 am Case Presentations: Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Atrial Fibrillation

Ben Alencherry, MD

8:35 am Atrial Fibrillation Management in Patient with Structural Heart Disease: Role of Pulse Field

Ablation
Mohamed Kanj, MD

8:47 am Surgical Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

A. Marc Gillinov, MD

8:59 am Expanding Indications of Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Anatomic Evaluation

Mohamed Kanj, MD

9:11 am Intraprocedural Imaging: TEE vs ICE

Samir Kapadia, MD

9:23 am Assessment and Management of Device Related Thrombus and Peri-device Leak.

Serge Harb, MD

9:35 am Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
Panel: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD; Mohamed Kanj, MD; Serge Harb, MD; Samir Kapadia, MD;
Michael Tong, MD; Rhonda Miyasaka, MD; Jose Baez-Escudero, MD

10:05 am Refreshment Break & Exhibits
SESSION 3
VALVE DISEASE: FOCUS ON THE AORTIC VALVE
Moderators: Milind Desai, MD and Linda D. Gillam, MD
10:25 am Complex Case Presentation: Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex AV

Bioprosthetic Failure
Mauricio Cohen, MD

10:30 am Imaging Selection of Patient for TAVR: Important Anatomical Considerations?

Linda D. Gillam, MD

10:42 am Surgical Approach to AVR in Times of TAVR: How Often Do You Do Surgical Explants?

Juan Pablo Umana, MD

10:54 am Hemodynamic Considerations for Management of Aortic Stenosis

Samir R. Kapadia, MD
11:06 am Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
Mauricio Cohen, MD; Linda D. Gillam, MD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; Michael Tong, MD; Milind
Desai, MD; Juan Pablo Umana, MD

11:36 am Debate – TAVR vs SAVR: What is the Best Choice for A Low Risk 65-Year-Old Patient with

Aortic Stenosis
Moderators: Serge Harb, MD and Linda Gillam MD
11:36 am
TAVR is Best: Samir R. Kapadia, MD
11:48 am
SAVR is Best: Michael Tong, MD
12:00 pm
Rebuttal: Samir Kapadia, MD
12:05 pm
Rebuttal: Michael Tong, MD
12:10 pm
Discussion: Session Faculty

SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
12:22 pm Case Presentations: MV Surgery, Primary and Secondary MR, Percutaneous MV Repair,

Valve-in-Valve Repair, LAA Closure, Contrast Cases
(Abstract submissions from residents and fellows )
Moderators: L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD and Mauricio Cohen, MD
Panel: A. Marc Gillinov, MD; PhD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; Linda D. Gillam, MD; G. Burkhard
Mackensen, MD, PhD; Michael Tong MD; Mohamed Kanj, MD; Mauricio Cohen, MD; Juan Pablo
Umana, MD

12:22 pm How-To Session A: 3-D Reconstruction and Cropping in Valve Disease

Rhonda Miyasaka, MD; Serge Harb, MD; Jennifer Borowski, RSCS; Amy Dillenbeck, MS, RDCS;
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD; Jenny Placido Disla, MD
In this How-to session you will learn from the experts as they reconstruct and crop 3D
transthoracic and TEE images.
(Class size limited to 60, first come first served)

1:22 pm Adjourn
1:25 pm Non-CME Lunch Presentations – 2 concurrent sessions
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception

Saturday, March 8, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
6:30 am Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Visit Exhibits
SESSION 4
STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS AND TRICUSPID VALVE
Moderators: Rhonda Miyasaka, MD and Stephen Little, MD
7:15 am Complex Case Presentation: Collaborative Approach to Managing Severe Tricuspid

Regurgitation
Linda D. Gillam, MD

7:20 am Fundamentals of Advanced Cardiac Imaging for Tricuspid Valve Assessment – Which Tests

Should I be Using in 2025?
Stephen Little, MD

7:32 am Principles for the Surgical Approach to Primary and Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation?

What is New in 2025?
Jose Navia, MD

7:44 am When Do You Do Percutaneous Approaches to Primary and Secondary Tricuspid

Regurgitation? What is the Latest on Clinical Trials
Samir R. Kapadia, MD

7:56 am Right Sided Percutaneous Valve Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease; What Do Adult

Cardiologists Need to Know in 2025
Jared D. Klein, MD, MPH
8:08 am Panel Discussion and Q&A

Moderator: Milind Desai, MD: G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, Linda D. Gillam, MD; Stephen Little,
MD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; Jose Navia, MD; Serge Harb, MD: Jared D. Klein MD MPH
8:38 am Debate – Medical Management vs. Early Intervention: Severe TR with Minimal Symptoms

Moderators: Allan L. Klein, MD and Linda D. Gillam, MD
8:38 am
Medical Management View: Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
8:50 am
Early Intervention View: Stephen Little, MD
9:02 am
Rebuttal: Rhonda Miyasaka, MD
9:07 am
Rebuttal: Stephen Little, MD
9:12 am
Discussion: Session Faculty

SESSION 5
DIASTOLOGY
Moderators: Allan L. Klein, MD and Partho Sengupta, MD
9:24 am Complex Diastology Case Presentation: Diagnostic Algorithm Approach and Management

L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD

9:29 am Diastology Guidelines 2025: What Will the New Guidelines Say?

Allan L. Klein, MD

9:41 am Role of Artificial Intelligence in Diastolic Function Evaluation? What is the Future?

Partho Sengupta, MD

9:53 am How Does a Sonographer interpret the Current Guidelines; What Do You Do for Special

Populations
Amy Dillenbeck, MS, RDCS
10:05 am Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Allan L. Klein, MD
Amy Dillenbeck, MS, RDCS; L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD; Partho Sengupta, MD

10:35 am Refreshment Break

10:55 am Echo Jeopardy

Ben Alencherry, MD and Jared Klein, MD

SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS
11:55 am Case Presentations with the Experts: Aortic Stenosis, Valve Thrombosis, Tricuspid

Regurgitation, Right Ventricle and Contrast Cases
(Complex valve case presentations submissions by fellows and early career staff)
Moderator: Mauricio Cohen, MD and Stephen Little, MD
Panel: Craig Asher, MD; Linda D. Gillam, MD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; Rhonda Miyasaka, MD;
Juan Pablo Umana, MD; Jose Navia, MD

11:55 am How-to-Do Session B: Strain and Diastology Implementation and Interpretation
Jennifer Borowski, RDCS; Amy Dillenbeck, RDCS; Allan L. Klein, MD; Partho Sengupta, MD
This how-to session reviews a step-by-step approach to the assessment and interpretation of
Diastology in real world cases. There will also be an opportunity for hands-on practice of strain
analysis.
First-come, first-served. Capacity 60 participants.

12:55 pm Adjourn
1:00 pm Non-CME Lunch Presentation Opportunities

Sunday, March 9, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
6:45 am Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
SESSION 6
MYOCARDIAL and PERICARDIAL DISEASES
Moderators: Craig Asher, MD and Partho Sengupta, MD
7:15 am Cardio-oncology: What Does Strain Have to Offer? What Do New Guidelines Say?

Partho Sengupta, MD

7:27 am Recurrent Pericarditis: From Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice; What does the new

Pericardial Consensus Statement say?
Allan L. Klein, MD

7:39 am Radiation Heart Disease: Challenges and Pitfalls

Christine Jellis, MD, PhD

7:51 am Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Evidence from New Clinical Trials on Myosin inhibitors vs.

Myectomy
Milind Desai, MD

8:03 am Panel Discussion and Q&A

Moderator: Craig Asher MD, Partho Sengupta, MD
Panel: Milind Desai, MD; Allan L. Klein, MD; Christine Jellis, MD, PhD; Diego Sadler, MD

8:33 am Refreshment Break and Exhibits
SESSION 7
MYOCARDIAL DISEASES II
Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Jerry Estep, MD

8:55 am Updates on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Amyloidosis

Craig Asher, MD

9:07 am Sarcoid Cardiomyopathy; How to Diagnose and Treat in 2025?

Christine Jellis, MD, PhD

9:19 am Advances in Mechanical Support in Heart Failure: What Do Cardiologists Need to Know?

Jerry Estep, MD

9:31 am How Can Sonographers Optimize Imaging in the Failing Heart

Jennifer Borowski, RDCS
9:43 am Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
Jennifer Borowski, RDCS; Jerry Estep, MD; Craig Asher, MD

10:13 am Refreshment Break & Exhibits
10:30 am Debate – AI vs Clinician: Who Will Read My Echocardiogram in the Future

Moderators: Allan L. Klein, MD and Jerry Estep, MD
10:30 am
AI View: Partho Sengupta, MD
10:42 am
Clinician View: Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
10:54 am
Rebuttal: Partho Sengupta, MD
10:59 am
Rebuttal: Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
11:04 am
Discussion: Session Faculty
11: 16 am Case Presentations with the Experts

Complex myocardial and pericardial and contrast case presentations
Moderator: Allan L. Klein, MD and Mauricio Cohen, MD
Panel: Craig Asher, MD; Jennifer Borowski, RDCS; Jerry Estep, MD; Amy Dillenbeck, RDCS;
Leonardo Rodriguez, MD

12:16 pm Adjourn