Mayo Clinic Echo Fiesta: An In-Depth Review of Echocardiography for Sonographers and Physicians 2026

1. Advances in LV Quantification: Moving Past 2-D – S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

2. Left Ventricular Strain Imaging – Chris Ray, MD

3. Practical Tips and Tricks for Optimizing 3-D Assessment of LV – Joshua Fosland, RDCS; S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD; Chris Ray, MD

4. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Diastolic Function: New Guidelines – Where They Got It Right and Where They Got It Wrong – Steven Lester, MD

5. Left Atrial Strain Imaging – Reza Arsanjani, MD

6. Panel Discussion

7. Amyloid Heart Disease: When Should I Worry? – Martha Grogan, MD

8. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Multi-modality Imaging Approach to Diagnosis and Prognosis – Said Alsidawi, MD

9. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Advances in Medical and Interventional Management – Steve Ommen, MD

10. Applying Strain Imaging to Interesting Myocardial Imaging Cases – Joshua Fosland, RDCS; Bobbi Heon, RDCS; Olivia Shea, RDCS

1. Amyloid: A to Z: Nuts and Bolts of Diagnosis and Managing Your Amyloid Practice

2. Stress Echo Cases – Robert McCully, MD

3. Stress Echo for Valvular Heart Disease – S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

4. Pericardial Disease: Confirming Constriction and Cardiac Tamponade – Tahir Kafil, MD

5. Diastology: Cases & Practice Review – Said Alsidawi, MD; Steven Lester, MD

6. Hands-on: 3-D Dataset Cropping – Jared Bird, MD; Joshua Fosland, RDCS; S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD; Jeremy Thaden, MD

7. Hands-on Strain Imaging: Live Scanning – Reza Arsanjani, MD; Bobbi Heon, RDCS; Olivia Shea, RDCS; Armistead Wellford, MD

1. Right on Track: Mastering Right Heart Assessment – Said Alsidawi, MD

2. Tips and Tricks to Acquire 3-D RV Volumes and EF Along With Strain – Said Alsidawi, MD; Bobbi Heon, RDCS

3. From Pixels to Pressure: Echocardiographic Estimation of Right-Sided Hemodynamics – Robert McCully, MD

4. RV Riddles: Case-Based Challenges from the Right Side – Joshua Fosland, RDCS; Bobbi Heon, RDCS; Tahir Kafil, MD; Robert McCully, MD; Olivia Shea, RDCS

5. Lung Ultrasound – Jared Bird, MD

6. The Anatomy of the Tricuspid Valve – Reza Arsanjani, MD

7. Echo Wars: What is the Best Imaging Modality for Severe TR Work-Up? – Tahir Kafil, MD

8. Transcatheter Tricuspid Therapies and Pre-Procedural Planning – Jeremy Thaden, MD

1. Aortic Stenosis: Working Through Discrepant Data – Said Alsidawi, MD

2. Aortic Valve Regurgitation: Challenging Cases – Jared Bird, MD

3. Calcific Mitral Stenosis – S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

4. Mitral Regurgitation: Pearls and Pitfalls of Assessment and Quantitation – Jonathan Wong, MD

1. Cross-Sectional Imaging for Periprocedural Interventional Guidance: An Overview for the Echocardiographer – Tahir Kafil, MD

2. Fluoroscopic and Echocardiographic Correlates for Interventional Procedural Guidance – Benjamin Hibbert, MD

3. 3-D Echo for Valvular Imaging: Tips and Tricks – Jeremy Thaden, MD

4. Intracardiac Echocardiography: A Primer for the Echocardiographer – Trevor Simard, MD, PhD

5. Evidence-Based Treatment of Recurrent Pericarditis – Dr. John Isaac

6. MitraClip: Simple and Complex Cases – Interventional Commentary – Jared Bird, MD

7. Case Based Aortic and Mitral Valve Prosthesis Evaluation – S. Allen Luis, MBBS, PhD

8. Perivalvular Leak Closure: Decision and Intraprocedural Guidance – Jonathan Wong, MD

9. AI Fireside Chat – Reza Arsanjani, MD; Steven Lester, MD

10. Hands-on: Lung Ultrasound & POCUS – Jared Bird, MD; Joshua Fosland, RDCS; Bobbi Heon, RDCS; Darrell Newman, MD; Olivia Shea, RDCS; Armistead Wellford, MD

1. Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy – Sabrina Phillips, MD

2. Cardiovascular Disease in Athletes – Darrell Newman, MD

3. New Oncology Therapies: Implications for the Imager – Chris Ray, MD

4. Case-Based Approach to Congenital Disease – Sabrina Phillips, MD

5. Interesting Cases from Faculty: You Pick the Winner! – Joshua Fosland, RDCS; Bobbi Heon, RDCS; Olivia Shea, RDCS