Scientific Programme

Module 1 - Advanced echocardiography

Fátima Crispi | Olga Gómez

  • Masterclass: Advanced fetal echocardiography - Fátima Crispi
  • 1.1. Fetal echocardiography: Indications and content - Josep Maria Martínez
  • 1.2. Techniques / modes to perform a fetal echocardiography - Fátima Crispi
  • 1.3. Fetal cardiac morphometry - Olga Gómez
  • 1.4. Fetal cardiac rhythm / heart rate - Olga Gómez
  • 1.5. Fetal systolic function - Fátima Crispi
  • 1.6. Fetal diastolic function - Fátima Crispi
  • 1.7. Clinical applicability / integration - Fátima Crispi
  • 1.8. CHD classification - Olga Gómez

Module 2 - Septal defects

Narcís Masoller

  • Masterclass: Septal defects - Narcís Masoller
  • 2.1. Atrioventricular septal defects I – Complete AVSD - Narcís Masoller
  • 2.2. Atrioventricular septal defects II – Partial AVSD and other forms - Narcís Masoller
  • 2.3. Ventricular septal defects – perimembranous VSD - Narcís Masoller
  • 2.4. Ventricular septal defects – muscular VSD - Narcís Masoller
  • 2.5. Atrial septal defects (ASD) - Narcís Masoller
  • 2.6. Double inlet single ventricle (DISV) - Narcís Masoller

Module 3 - Left CHD

Olga Gómez

  • Masterclass: Left CHD - Olga Gómez
  • 3.1. Hypoplastic left heart I – Mitral atresia - Olga Gómez
  • 3.2. Hypoplastic left heart II – Aortic atresia - Olga Gómez
  • 3.3. Aortic stenosis - Olga Gómez
  • 3.4. Coarctation of the aorta - Olga Gómez
  • 3.5. Interrupted aortic arch - Olga Gómez

Module 4 - Right CHD

Narcís Masoller | Fátima Crispi

  • Masterclass: Right CHD - Narcís Masoller
  • 4.1. Tricuspid atresia - Narcís Masoller
  • 4.2. Ebstein’s anomaly and tricuspid dysplasia - Narcís Masoller
  • 4.3. Pulmonary stenosis - Fátima Crispi
  • 4.4. Pulmonary atresia type I - Fátima Crispi
  • 4.5. Pulmonary atresia type II - Fátima Crispi

Module 5 - Conotruncal Anomalies

Mar Bennasar

  • Masterclass: Conotruncal Anomalies - Mar Bennasar
  • 5.1. Fallot Complex - Mar Bennasar
  • 5.2. Truncus arteriosus - Mar Bennasar
  • 5.3. D-Transposition of great arteries (TGA) - Mar Bennasar
  • 5.4. L-TGA – Corrected transposition of the great arteries - Mar Bennasar
  • 5.5. Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) - Mar Bennasar

Module 6 - Complex CHD / Other cardiac anomalies

Josep Maria Martínez

  • Masterclass: Complex CHD - Josep Maria Martínez
  • 6.1. Situs anomalies – heterotaxy syndromes - Josep Maria Martínez
  • 6.2. Fetal cardiac tumors - Josep Maria Martínez
  • 6.3. Cardiomyopathies and other myocardial abnormalities (congenital aneurysm/diverticulum) - Josep Maria Martínez
  • 6.4. Other cardiac anomalies: ductus arteriosus restriction, pericardial effusion, ectopia cordis, and echogenic foci - Josep Maria Martínez

Module 7 - Vascular / Venous system anomalies

Mar Bennasar

  • Masterclass: Vascular / Venous system anomalies - Mar Bennasar
  • 7.1. Aortic arch anomalies - Mar Bennasar
  • 7.2. Systemic venous return anomalies I – PLSVC, IIVC - Mar Bennasar
  • 7.3. Systemic venous return anomalies II – PRUV, DV agenesis - Mar Bennasar
  • 7.4. Anomalous pulmonary venous return (APVR) - Mar Bennasar

Module 8 - Fetal arrhythmias and Fetal Cardiac Therapy

Block 1: Olga Gómez

Block 1: Fetal arrhythmias
  • Masterclass: Fetal arrhythmias - Olga Gómez
  • 8.1.1. Fetal arrhythmias – classification - Olga Gómez
  • 8.1.2. Fetal arrhythmias – irregular rhythms (premature atrial/ventricular beats) - Olga Gómez
  • 8.1.3. Fetal tachyarrhythmias - Olga Gómez
  • 8.1.4. Fetal bradycardias I – congenital heart block - Olga Gómez
  • 8.1.5. Fetal bradycardias II – others (long-QT syndrome) - Olga Gómez

Block 2: Josep Maria Martínez

Block 2: Fetal Cardiac Therapy
  • Masterclass: Fetal cardiac therapy - Josep Maria Martinez
  • 8.2.1. Fetal aortic valvuloplasty - Josep Maria Martínez
  • 8.2.2. Fetal atrial septostomy - Josep Maria Martínez
  • 8.2.3. Fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty - Josep Maria Martínez

Module 9 - Fetal heart adaptation to extra-cardiac conditions / Novel technologies

Fàtima Crispi

  • Masterclass: Fetal cardiac adaptation to extracardiac conditions - Fàtima Crispi
  • 9.1. Fetal cardiovascular remodeling and programing - Fàtima Crispi
  • 9.2. Patterns of fetal cardiovascular remodeling - Fàtima Crispi
  • 9.3. The growth-restricted heart - Fàtima Crispi
  • 9.4. Fetal heart – assisted reproductive technologies - Fàtima Crispi
  • 9.5. Fetal heart – infections - Fàtima Crispi
  • 9.6. Fetal heart in monochorionic twin pregnancies - Mar Bennasar
  • 9.7. Machine learning applied to fetal cardiology - Fàtima Crispi

Onsite part

The face-to-face period consists of two weeks in Barcelona, from March 24th, 2025 to April 4th, 2025

  • During this period of time, participants will have the opportunity to meet faculty and their tutors. The onsite stay will include the following activities:
    • * “Meet the professor: sessions that enable personal discussion on the most relevant aspects of each module, based on clinical cases, with faculty members.
    • * Invited lectures from international experts on a specific topic of interest, including basis of different fetal cardiac imaging, core aspects on assessment of biventricular function, electrocardiography, genetics in CHD, impact of CHD on neurodevelopment, fetal-neonatal transition, and fetal cardiac programming. This will enable interaction with postgraduate faculty members, and also with invited professors from other universities, experts in a specific topic of interest.
    • Workshops on new echocardiographic modalities, computational models or specific clinical scenarios.