8th World Congress in Fetal Medicine 28th June - 2nd July 2009 Portorose, Slovenia
Sunday 28th June Session 1 Discussants 09.00-11.00 Gerard Visser, Ahmet Baschat
Kypros Nicolaides (Uk) Welcome
Rabih Chaoui (Germany) 3D/4D scanning
Kypros Nicolaides (Uk) The 12 wks clinic
Ahmet Baschat (USA) Diabetes: First trimester risk assessment
Makrina Savvidou (UK) GDM: Prediction at 11-13 wks
Hassan Shehata (UK) GDM: Metformin vs insulin
Katharina Klein (Austria) GDM: weight discrepancy in twins
Gerard Visser (Netherlands) Are boys more sweet than girls?
Rabih Chaoui (Germany) Manfred Hansman
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 2 Discussants 11.30-13.30 Steve Thornton, Carl Weiner
Hassan Shehata (UK) Obesity: RCT of Metformin vs placebo at 12 wks
George Makridimas (Greece) Cervical length and threatened preterm labor
Alexis Sotiriades (Greece) Biochemical tests and threatened preterm labor
Ann Tabor (Denmark) Pregnancy outcome after cervical conisation
Steve Thornton (UK) Birth at 34-36 wks
Carl Weiner (USA) Fetal inflammatory response syndrome
Gerard Visser (Netherlands) SSRI's: Effects on fetal and neonatal outcome
13.30 Lunch
Session 3 Discussants 18.00-20.30 Eduard Gratacos, Gerard Visser
Steve Thornton (UK) Proteomics in chromosomal defects
Maurizio Fontanarosa (Italy) FGR: Prenatal ultrasound screening
Gerard Visser (Netherlands) FGR: Early vs late disease
Ahmet Baschat (USA) A case of…
Juan Carlos Munoz (Spain) FGR: 3D Power Doppler of Ductus venosus
Rogelio Cruz (Spain) FGR: Brain perfusion and neurodevelopment
Elisenda Eixarch (Spain) FGR: Tissue Doppler myocardial velocities
Ramesh Ganapathy (UK) Effects of anticoagulants on trophoblast invasion
Ahmet Baschat (USA) Fetal growth and placental dysfunction
Carl Weiner (USA) The fetal brain and chronic hypoxia
Welcome Party
Monday 29th June
Session 4 Discussants 09.00-11.00 Jan Deprest, Yves Ville
Shlomo Lipitz (Israel) Echogenic lungs
Kypros Nicolaides (UK) A case of…
Edward O'Mahony (Australia) CDH: Perinatal outcome with expectant management
Jacques Jani (Belgium) CDH: FETO in the treatment of severe disease
Jacques Jani (Belgium) CDH: Tracheal effects of FETO
Elisa Done (Belgium) CDH: Predicting outcome by maternal hyperoxygenation test
Rogelio Cruz (Spain) CHD: LHR & Doppler in the prediction of response to FETO
Elisa Done (Belgium) CDH: Findings in referral hospital and fetal surgery unit
Jan Deprest (Belgium) CDH: RCT of FETO vs expectant in moderate disease
Natasa Tul (Slovenia) Death in monochorionic and dichorionic twins
Jan Derks (Netherlands) Delivery of ‘low risk’ monochorionic pregnancies
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 5 Discussants 11.30-13.30 Eduard Gratacos, Yves Ville
Alexandra Matias (Portugal) TTTS: Screening at 11-13 wks
Nerea Maiz (Spain) Ductus venosus Doppler in prediction of outcome in twins
Jan Deprest (Belgium) TTTS: Amniorrhexis and fetoscopic cannula diameter
Jan Deprest (Belgium) TTTS: Outcome–effect of anaesthesia for laser therapy
Yves Ville (France) TTTS: Perioperative factors
Elisenda Eixarch (Spain) TTTS: Prediction of preterm delivery after laser therapy
Elisenda Eixarch (Spain) TTTS: Prediction of death after laser therapy
Rogelio Cruz (Spain) TTTS: implications of septostomy after laser therapy
Jan Deprest (Belgium) TTTS: MCA PSV before and after laser therapy
Leonardo Gucciardo (Belgium) The Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence
Krzysztof Preis (Poland) TTTS: Ventricle shortening fraction before and after laser
Tim Van Mieghem (Belgium) TTTS: Fetal cardiac function before and after laser therapy
Tim Van Mieghem (Belgium) Cardiac function in MC twins discordant for amniotic fluid
Yves Ville (France) TTTS: Cardiac assessment by analysis of DV flow pattern
Inaki Gonzalez (Spain) TTTS: Prevalence and prognosis of pulmonary stenosis
13.30 Lunch
Session 6 Discussants: 18.00-18.30 Eduard Gratacos, Yves Ville
Esperanza Gonzales (Spain) TRAP: intra-fetal laser
Magda Sanz (Spain) MRI and neurodevelopment in FGR and preterm
Session 6 Discussants 18.30-20.30 Lindsey Allan, Rabih Chaoui, Dario Paladini
Lindsey Allan (UK) CHD: Use of Doppler in prenatal diagnosis
Dario Palladini (Italy) CHD: A case of…
Haeusler Martin (Austria) CHD: European registries
Pilar Prats (Spain) CHD: Prenatal diagnosis and outcome
Nicola Persico (UK) CHD: First-trimester diagnosis
Danielle DeFigueiredo (UK) CHD: Association with single umbilical artery
Rabih Chaoui (Germany) CHD: A case of…
Tuesday 30th June
Session 7 Discussants 09.00-11.00 Ann Tabor, Catia Bilardo
Bostjan Lovsin (Slovenia) From Santorio Santorio Iustinopolitanus to NT
Karl Oliver Kagan (Germany) Deviation in the measurement of NT
TK Lau (Hong Kong) Matrix probe in acquisition of a true midsagittal section
Jose Moratalla (UK) Automated measurement of NT
George Rembouskos (Italy) Feasibility and duration of the 11-13 wks scan
Jader Cruz (UK) Effects of temperature on free ß-hCG and PAPP-A
David Wright (UK) Effect of inaccurate CRL on risk for trisomy 21
Ismini Staboulidou (UK) Uterine artery PI to distinguish aneuploidies from PE
Howard Cuckle (USA) NT in twin 1 will alter the DS risk in twin 2
Karl Oliver Kagan (Germany) Timing of combined screening
Ha To Nguyen (Vietnam) Outcome of fetuses with enlarged NT
Ann Tabor (Denmark) 1st trimester screening for autosomal trisomies
Pavel Calda (Czech Republic) Major defects at 11-13 wks
Rabih Chaoui (Germany) Intracerebral translucency at 11-13 wks
Waldo Sepulveda (Chile) Retronasal triangle at 11-13 wks
Athena Souka (Greece) Attitudes on termination for fetal abnormality
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 8 Discussant 11.30-13.30 Ann Tabor, Ahmet Baschat
Patricia Ward (UK) UK National screening program
Martin Procházka (Czech Republic) PE: Markers of endothelial activation at 11-13 wks
Chefetz I (Israel) PE: Prediction by serum PP13 at 11-13 wks
Asma Khalil (UK) PE: Prediction by serum PP13, arterial stiffness and Doppler
Eva Meler (Spain) PE: Prediction by retinal perfusion at 11-13 wks
Howard Cuckle (USA) PE: Standardising screening detection rates
Leona Poon (UK) PE: Prediction by MAP and Doppler at 11-13 wks
Ranjit Akolekar (UK) PE: Prediction by biochemistry at 11-13 wks
Neil Sebire (UK) Is your research worthwhile?
13.30 Lunch
Session 9 Discussant 18.00-19-00 Ann Tabor, Ahmet Baschat
Nikos Kametas (UK) Hypothyroidism in pregnancy
Ghalia Ashoor (UK) Thyroid function at 11-13 wks
Sadia Bhatti (UK) Thyroid function in PE and trisomies at 11-13 wks
Francisca Molina (Spain) Fetal goiter
Yves Ville (France) Diagnosis of placenta accreta at 11-13 wks
Yves Ville (France) Preterm birth and cervix length at 11-13 wks
Session 9 Discussants 19.00-20.30 Mark Evans, Eugene Pergament
Reuwen Achiron (Israel) A case of…
Mark Evans (USA) When can we close the cytogenetics lab?
Carmina Comas (Spain) QF-PCR vs cytogenetic karyotyping in amniocentesis
Sue Gross (Netherlands) BACs on Beads
TK Lau (China) Targeted array CGH-based fetal DNA chip
Eugene Pergament (USA) Developing the 5% solution
Neil Sebire (UK) Minimally invasive autopsy
20.30 BBQ Party
Wednesday 1st July Session 10 Discussants 09.00-11.00 Catia Bilardo, Reuwen Achiron
Kypros Nicolaides (UK) A case of …
David Mankuta (Israel) Intra-abdominal umbilical varix
Catia Bilardo (Netherlands) A case of…
Mark Evans (USA) Fetal reduction in twins
Dee McCormack (Australia) Approach to recurrent miscarriage
Reuwen Achiron (Israel) A case of…
Javier Miguelez (Brazil) Prenasal thickness in trisomy-21 at 16-24 weeks
Javier Miguelez (Brazil) Relation of NT to 2nd trimester soft markers
Howard Cuckle (USA) Modifying DS screening risks after an anomaly scan
Ariel Zimerman (Israel) Events leading to prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 11 Discussants 11.30-12.35 Mark Evans, Eugene Pergamentv
Stavros Sifakis (Greece) Fetal cells from endocervical sampling
Eugene Pergament (USA) Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis
Stavros Sifakis (Greece) ffDNA in maternal blood in PE and trisomy 21 at 11-13 wks
TK Lau (China) Diagnosis of trisomy 21 by parallel genomic sequencing
Howard Cuckle (USA) Design faults in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis studies
Waldo Sepulveda (Chile) A case of…
Session 11 Discussants 12.35-13.30 Reuwen Achiron, Yves Ville
Reuwen Achiron (Israel) A case of…
Nikos Vrahnis (Greece) Maternal mortality in Europe
Katarzyna Luterek (Poland) Rh disease: NT-proBNP and MCA PSV
Walter Plasencia (Spain) Ductus venous Doppler at 11-13 wks: effect of nuchal cord
Ismini Staboulidou (UK) Agenesis of ductus venosus at 11-13 wks
13.30 Lunch
Session 12 Discussants 18.00-20.30 Reuwen Achiron, Yves Ville
Lisandra Stein Bernardes (Spain) Gastroschisis: prediction of outcome
Gianluigi Pilu (Itay) Prenatal diagnosis of anomalies in Europe
Renato Ximenes (Brazil) Sonoembryology: 3D USS and MRM
Michelle Fink (Australia) MRI: fetal head and neck defects
Yves Ville (France) A case of…
Marisa Borenstein (Spain) Brain fissures in normal fetuses
Ricardo Palma-Dias (Australia) MRI: Isolated mild ventriculomegaly
Juan Carlos Munoz (Spain) MRI: vs Ultrasound in fetal CNS defects
Gianluigi Pilu (Italy) Fetal neurosonography
Thursday 2nd July Session 13 Discussants 09.00-11.30 Gianluigi Pilu, Waldo Sepulveda
Waldo Sepulveda (Chile) 3D/4D practical demonstration
Fred Ushkov (UK) Vasa previa
Themis Dagklis (Greece) SUA: relation to FGR and aneuploidies
Salwa Taher (UK) SUA: perinatal outcome
Andreja Trojner Bregar (Slovenia) Cesarean delivery in Ljubljana 1955-2005
Alin Basgul Yigiter (Turkey) Cervical volume and vascularization
Delia Maria Paternoster (Italy) Induction of labour: prediction of success
Tamara Stampalija (UK) Fetal ECG before and during labour
Catalina De Paco (Spain) Early versus delayed cord clamping
Gianluigi Pilu (Italy) Ultrasound in labour
11.30 Coffee break
Session 14 12.00-13.00
Kypros Nicolaides (UK) Questions of interest
13.00 Lunch
End of Congress Trip to Trieste
Speakers
Reuwen Achiron (Israel) Eva Meler (Spain) Ranjit Akolekar (UK) TimVan Mieghem (Belgium) Lindsey Allan (UK) Javier Miguelez (Brazil) Ghalia Ashoor (UK) Francisca Molina (Spain) Ahmet Baschat (USA) Jose Moratalla (UK) Sadia Bhatti ((UK) Juan Carlos Munoz (Spain) Katia Bilardo (Netherlands) Kypros Nicolaides (UK) Marisa Borenstein (Spain) Edward O'Mahony (Australia) Andreja Trojner Bregar (Slovenia) Dario Paladini (Italy) Pavel Calda (Czech Republic) Ricardo Palma-Dias (Australia) Rabih Chaoui (Germany) Delia Maria Paternoster (Italy) Carmina Comas (Spain) Eugene Pergament (USA) Jader Cruz ((UK) Nicola Persico (UK) Rogelio Cruz (Spain) Gianluigi Pilu (Italy) Howard Cuckle (UK) Walter Plasencia (Spain) Themis Dagklis (Greece) Leona Poon (UK) Catalina De Paco (Spain) Pilar Prats (Spain) Danielle DeFigueiredo (UK) Krzysztof Preis (Poland) Jan Deprest (Belgium) Martin Procházka (Czech Republic) JanDerks (Netherlands) George Rembouskos (Italy) ElisaDone (Belgium) Magda Sanz (Spain) Elisenda Eixarch (Spain) Makrina Saviddou (UK) Mark Evans (USA) Neil Sebire (UK) Michelle Fink (Australia) Waldo Sepulveda (Chile) Esperanza Gonzales (UK) Hassan Shehata (UK) Inaki Gonzalez (Spain) Stavros Sifakis (Greece) Sue Gross (Finland) Alexis Sotiriades (Greece) Leonardo Gucciardo (Belgium) Athena Souka (Greece) Nguyen Ha To (Vietnam) Ismini Staboulidou (UK) Martin Haeusler (Austria) Tamara Stampalija (UK) Chefetz I (Israel) Lisandra Stein Bernardes (Spain) Jacques Jani (Belgium) Ann Tabor (Denmark) Karl Oliver Kagan (Germany) Salwa Taher (UK) Nikos Kametas (UK) Steve Thornton (UK) Asma Khalil (UK) Natasa Tul (Slovenia) Katharina Klein (Austria) Fred Ushkov (UK) TK Lau (Hong Kong) Yves Ville (France) Shlomo Lipitz (Israel) Gerard Visser (Netherlands) Bostjan Lovsin (Slovenia) Nikos Vrakhnis (Greece) Pasquini Lucia (Italy) Patricia Ward (UK) Katarzyna Luterek (Poland) Carl Weiner (USA) Nerea Maiz (Spain) David Wright (UK) George Makridimas (Greece) Renato Ximenes (Brazil) David Mankuta (Israel) Alin Basgul Yigiter (Turkey) Alexandra Matias (Portugal) Ariel Zimerman (Israel) Dee McCormack (Australia)