Quarterly Triangle TEE Conference
CME Course 
Bocci Italian Trattoria
Sutton Station
5850 Fayetteville Road
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 206-4067
Thursday, December 3, 2009
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: The School of Medicine
of The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Department of Anesthesiology,
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Presented in conjunction with Duke University School of Medicine,
Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
American Anesthesiology of North Carolina Hosting Fellows and Residents
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Previous Conference Agendas
"Role of TEE in Infective Endocarditis" 
Warner J. Lucas, DDS, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director of Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
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Discuss the criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis
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Identify the key echocardiographic findings of infective endocarditis
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Define the role of transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis
and treatment of infective endocarditis
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"Platypnea Orthodeoxia (and other TEE tidbits)"
Jonathan B. Mark, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Chief, Anesthesiology Service
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Durham, NC
At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
- Describe the embryologic origins of atrial septal anatomy
- Perform a complete transesophageal echocardiographic examination of the atrial septum and related
cardiac anatomy
- Diagnose the common atrial septal defects and other atrial septal abnormalities
- Explain platypnea-orthodeoxia
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"Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection" 
David A. Zvara, MD, FAHA
Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
January 29, 2009
At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the key echocardiographic findings of the aorta
- Identify the echocardiographic findings in aortic dissections and aneurysms
- Formulate a plan for when to use TEE in a patient with aortic disease.
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"Real-Time Three-Dimensional TEE - Intraoperative Perspectives"
G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
October 9, 2008
At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:
- Introduce the intraoperative use of Real-Time Three Dimensional TEE
- Discuss the intraoperative use of Real Time Three Dimensional TEE
- Review the utility of Real-Time Three Dimensional TEE based on specific case scenarios