EACTAIC ECHO Course 2025

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Welcome to the 2025 EACTAIC ECHO Course

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the 2025 EACTAIC ECHO Course, which will take place at Niguarda Hospital in Milan from June 14th to 17th, 2025.

After the great success of the last editions, it is a privilege to host this event once again in Milan, at one of Europe’s most advanced cardiac centers. The EACTAIC ECHO Course has become a cornerstone for learning and collaboration in perioperative echocardiography, and we are thrilled to welcome you back.

This year’s course promises to deliver a hands-on, interactive, and insightful experience. From small-group workshops to practical sessions in wet labs and real-world applications of TEE imaging, the program is designed to enhance your skills and broaden your expertise in a truly immersive way.

In 2025, the course will again offer three focused tracks:

  1. Basic Course: A practical introduction to perioperative echocardiography, ideal for those starting their journey in this field.
  2. Certification Course: A dedicated program to prepare participants for the EACVI perioperative TEE exam, complete with interactive discussions and mock exam.
  3. Advanced Course: A deep dive into advanced techniques and their applications in surgery, interventional cardiology, and intensive care settings, tailored for experienced professionals looking to push their practice further.

We’ve taken your feedback from past years to heart and have worked closely with our faculty to build a program that is engaging, relevant, and impactful. This event is not only an educational opportunity but also a chance to connect with experts, share ideas, and advance the field of perioperative ultrasound together.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I warmly invite you to join us in Milan for what promises to be an inspiring and productive experience. Registration will open soon, and we encourage you to reserve your spot early.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2025 EACTAIC ECHO Course and to making this year’s event one to remember.

Warm regards,

Michele Giovanni Mondino
EACTAIC Echo Committee Chair
Massimiliano Meineri
EACTAIC Congress Chair
Local Organizing Committee
ITACTAIC


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REGISTRATION FEES VAT 22% INCLUDED Early Bird Fee (from 15/01/25 to 15/04/25) Late Fee (from 16/04/25 and on-site)
Basic Course - member € 550 € 670
Basic Course - non-member € 700 € 820
Advanced Course - member € 550 € 670
Advanced Course - non-member € 700 € 820
Certification Course - member € 440 € 570
Certification - non-member € 650 € 750
COMBINED FEES
Basic & Certification Course - member € 860 € 980
Basic & Certification Course - non-member € 1.050 € 1.150
Advanced & Certification Course - member € 860 € 980
Advanced & Certification Course - non-member € 1.050 € 1.150

Registration fee includes: attendance to the selected scientific sessions, lunches and coffee breaks, welcome cocktail, UEMS credits, certificate of attendance.

IMPORTANT! The Wet Lab has a limited number of 60 people. Registrations will be accepted on a first come first served basis. Hurry up and reserve your seat, it will take place on June 15, from 08:00 to 09:30.

IMPORTANT! Please consider that the pre-registrations will be closed on June 9. You will then be able to register directly onsite from June 14. Onsite, only payments by credit cards will be accepted.

For any questions, please refer to eactaic@iameetings.sg


CANCELLATION POLICY

Notification of cancellation must be sent in writing to IA Services GmBH. Cancellations will be accepted until May 15, 2025 with a refund of all prepaid fees except for a 15% administration charge. No refunds will be made for cancellations received after this date. All approved refunds will be processed and issued 60 days after the Congress.

San Raffaele Hospital, Milan
Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome
IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Milanese
IRCCS Policlinico di S. Orsola, Bologna
ONASSIS HOSPITAL, Athens
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago
Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester
IRCCS POLICLINICO DI SANT'ORSOLA, BOLOGNA
Evangelical Hospital Herne
AZORG Hospital, Aalst
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
Herzzentrum Leipzig
Herzzentrum Leipzig
Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome
University Heart Center Dresden
Heart Center Leipzig
Medical University Innsbruck - Dep of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Heart Center Leipzig
University Hospital of Aarhus
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University Hospital of Cologne
Aalborg University Hospital
Niguarda Cardio Center, Milan
Herzzentrum Leipzig
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire CHU UCL Namur, Mont-Godinne
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
Medical University of Vienna
Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Medical Center Dallas
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
Manchester Foundation Trust
Helios Heart Surgery Clinic Karlsruhe
Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS
University Hospital of Lausanne
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
University Medicine Göttingen
Glenfield Hospital Leicester , UK
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Emeritus University of CT
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
University Medical Center Groningen
Toronto General Hospital
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Ghent University
NIGUARDA HOSPITAL, MILAN, ITALY

Niguarda Hospital has over 60 years of experience in cardiac surgery and it is one of the major transplant and VAD centres in Italy, both for adult and paediatric populations.

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Piazza dell'Ospedale Maggiore, 3
20162 Milan MI

HOW TO REACH THE CONGRESS VENUE
By train central station:
  • Underground: yellow line M3 (Comasina Direction) and get off at "Maciachini" stop and take tram n. 4 (direction: Niguarda Parco Nord) 3 stops
  • Surface transport: tram n. 5 (direction: Maggiore Hospital) and get off (350m from the meeting venue)
By taxi:
  • A radio taxi service is available at the following telephone numbers: 028585, 024040, 026969
By car:
  • Motorway A4 Turin-Trieste, exit Cormano, direction: centro città Niguarda
MAP OF THE VENUE (3 BUILDINGS: NIGUARDA HOSPITAL, SPAZIO VITA, PADIGLIONE 5)

Depending on your citizenship, you may need to obtain a visa before coming to Italy.
For detailed information, visit the website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en#BMTitolo

It is the delegate’s responsibility to investigate the visa requirements for Italy and to apply for a visa, if necessary.

The conference organizers and/or the Organizing Secretariat will not directly contact embassies and consulates on behalf of visa applicants.

Visas should be requested up to 4 months before departure as the application process can take several weeks.

The official invitation letter to the conference can be request.

Should you need further documents or information, please contact the Organizing Secretariat at the e-mail address eactaic@iameetings.sg

Presentation of the requested documentation does NOT guarantee that the VISA will be granted. Please note that EACTAIC and the Secretariat will not be able to contact or intervene with any Embassy or Consulate office on behalf of a registrant. The invitation letter does NOT financially or legally obligate EACTAIC nor IA MEETINGS in any way. All expenses incurred in relation to the event and to obtaining a VISA are the sole responsibility of the registrant. EACTAIC and IA MEETINGS do NOT accept any responsibility for registration, travel, accommodation and/or other costs incurred due to the rejection of a registrant’s visa application.

The conference recommends Curio Villa Torretta by Hilton as hotel partner with dedicated EACTAIC cost. Online reservation is available at the following link. The number of available rooms at special cost is limited.

CURIO GH VILLA TORRETTA
Address: Via Milanese, 3, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni Milan - Italy
Single use room: 230,00 €
Double use room: 263,00 €
Book now at: https://eventsathilton.com/show/67b325e4099ae0a5588addba

The conference also recommends the following hotels in Milano.
Hotel reservations are available online, by email and by telephone.

UNA HOTELS Hotel & Residence Contessa Jolanda
Address: Via Gioacchino Murat, 21, 20159 Milan - Italy
Single use room: starting from 179,00 €
Double use room: starting from 199,00 €
Book now at: https://www.gruppouna.it/unahotels/unahotels-hotel-residence-contessa-jolanda-milano

Promotional Code (valid until April 30th, 2025)
EACTAIC 2025
Phone: 02 69826982 Ext 1
E-mail: reservation@gruppouna.it
B&B HOTEL ORNATO
Address: Via Luigi Ornato, 64, 20162 Milan - Italy
Single use room: starting from 80,00 €
Double use room: starting from 128,00 €
Book now at: https://www.hotel-bb.com/it/hotel/milano-ornato
HOTEL DEGLI ARCIMBOLDI
Address: Viale Sarca, 336, 20126 Milano MI
Single use room: starting from 150,00 €
Double use room: starting from 170,00 €
Book now at: https://hotelarcimboldi.it/
STARHOTEL TOURIST
Address: Viale Fulvio Testi, 300, 20126 Milan - Italy
Single use room: starting from 210,00 €
Double use room: starting from 240,00 €
Book now at: https://www.starhotels.com/en/our-hotels/tourist-milan/
AC by MARRIOTT SESTO SG
Address: Via Luciano Lama, 10, 20099 Milan - Italy
Single use room: starting from 155,00 €
Double use room: starting from 185,00 €
Book now at: http://www.marriott.com
Basic Course

The 2025 EACTAIC ECHO Course - Basic Course, Milan, Italy 14/06/2025 - 15/06/2025 , has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 14.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”

“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.

“Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.”

Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 22 of UEMS 2023.07. In order to help you issue individual certificates to each participant, please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:

Date Credit
14/06/2025 7.5
15/06/2025 6.5

The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0,5 ECMEC® for 30 minutes of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. cf. Chapter XIII of UEMS 2023.07.

Advanced Course

The 2025 EACTAIC ECHO Course - Advance Course, MILAN, Italy 14/06/2025 - 15/06/2025, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 14.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).

Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”

“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.

“Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.”

Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 22 of UEMS 2023.07. In order to help you issue individual certificates to each participant, please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:

Date Credit
14/06/2025 7.5
15/06/2025 7.0

The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0,5 ECMEC® for 30 minutes of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. cf. Chapter XIII of UEMS 2023.07.

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