Dr. Catherine Otto is currently the J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Heart, published by the BMJ and the British Cardiovascular Society. Formerly head of the fellowship program at the University of Washington she is a highly prolific author with solid experience in teaching echocardiography skills and applications.

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• 1. Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease2. Molecular Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease3. Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Calcific Aortic Valve Disease4. Detection and Screening for Valvular Heart Disease5. Left Ventricular and Vascular Changes in Valvular Heart Disease6. The Multidisciplinary Heart Valve Team and Patient-Centered Shared Decision Making7. The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease8. Aortic Stenosis: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Timing of Intervention9. Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Management10. The Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Associated Aortic Disease11. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Indications, Procedure, and Outcomes12. Imaging Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation13. Surgical Approach to Diseases of the Aortic Valve and Aortic Root14. Rheumatic and Calcific Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Commissurotomy15. Mitral Valve Prolapse16. Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Due to Abnormalities of Left Ventricular or Left Atrial Size and Function17. Surgical Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement18. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement19. Imaging Guidance of Transcatheter and Surgical Mitral Valve Procedures20. Diagnostic and Imaging Evaluation of Tricuspid Regurgitation21. Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions22. Pulmonic Valve Disease in Adults23. Infective Endocarditis24. Prosthetic Heart Valves25. Lifetime Trajectory and Management of Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration26. Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy

Dr. Catherine Otto is currently the J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Heart, published by the BMJ and the British Cardiovascular Society. Formerly head of the fellowship program at the University of Washington she is a highly prolific author with solid experience in teaching echocardiography skills and applications.

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• 1. Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease2. Molecular Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease3. Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Calcific Aortic Valve Disease4. Detection and Screening for Valvular Heart Disease5. Left Ventricular and Vascular Changes in Valvular Heart Disease6. The Multidisciplinary Heart Valve Team and Patient-Centered Shared Decision Making7. The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease8. Aortic Stenosis: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Timing of Intervention9. Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Management10. The Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Associated Aortic Disease11. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Indications, Procedure, and Outcomes12. Imaging Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation13. Surgical Approach to Diseases of the Aortic Valve and Aortic Root14. Rheumatic and Calcific Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Commissurotomy15. Mitral Valve Prolapse16. Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Due to Abnormalities of Left Ventricular or Left Atrial Size and Function17. Surgical Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement18. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement19. Imaging Guidance of Transcatheter and Surgical Mitral Valve Procedures20. Diagnostic and Imaging Evaluation of Tricuspid Regurgitation21. Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions22. Pulmonic Valve Disease in Adults23. Infective Endocarditis24. Prosthetic Heart Valves25. Lifetime Trajectory and Management of Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration26. Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy

Dr. Catherine Otto is currently the J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Heart, published by the BMJ and the British Cardiovascular Society. Formerly head of the fellowship program at the University of Washington she is a highly prolific author with solid experience in teaching echocardiography skills and applications.

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• 1. Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease2. Molecular Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease3. Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Calcific Aortic Valve Disease4. Detection and Screening for Valvular Heart Disease5. Left Ventricular and Vascular Changes in Valvular Heart Disease6. The Multidisciplinary Heart Valve Team and Patient-Centered Shared Decision Making7. The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease8. Aortic Stenosis: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Timing of Intervention9. Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Management10. The Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Associated Aortic Disease11. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Indications, Procedure, and Outcomes12. Imaging Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation13. Surgical Approach to Diseases of the Aortic Valve and Aortic Root14. Rheumatic and Calcific Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Commissurotomy15. Mitral Valve Prolapse16. Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Due to Abnormalities of Left Ventricular or Left Atrial Size and Function17. Surgical Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement18. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement19. Imaging Guidance of Transcatheter and Surgical Mitral Valve Procedures20. Diagnostic and Imaging Evaluation of Tricuspid Regurgitation21. Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions22. Pulmonic Valve Disease in Adults23. Infective Endocarditis24. Prosthetic Heart Valves25. Lifetime Trajectory and Management of Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration26. Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy