17th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 7–11 October 2007, Florence, Italy Final Program 19 crediti ECM italiana EACCME credits applied for Organised by The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology www.isuog.org Venue floor plans Key: Sponsor activities Gynecology sessions entrance and PALAZZO DEGLI AFFARI registration Exhibition Poster rooms PDA Obstetrics sessions Meeting Rooms PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI PDC LIMONAIA VENUE FLOOR PLANS / WELCOME MESSAGE Welcome message Dear colleagues, It is a pleasure and an honour for us to host for the first time ISUOG’s World Congress in Italy, in one of its most enchanting and beautiful cities, Florence. We are proud to announce that in this edition, as in those of the past few years, we have broken all records in terms of abstract submissions and subscriptions: we have received over 1000 abstracts and are expecting more than 1700 delegates from all over the world. On behalf of ISUOG, we thank all of you for your trust and enthusiasm and we assure you that we will do our best to make your stay in Florence unforgettable. There will be six pre-congress courses covering key aspects of our discipline, from fetal echocardiography and neurosonology to 3D, Doppler and gynaecologic ultrasound. The scientific program includes parallel sessions, debates and, based on the success of similar events in the past world congresses, some fun sessions such as role- plays and “Who wants to be an ultrasound millionaire”. The main sessions incorporate the ever popular live scan demonstrations of normal ultrasound findings by leading world experts, including new ‘tips and tricks’ for particular investigations. One parallel stream will be translated into Italian and will form the basis for Italian CME participation. We will also try to make the social program as pleasurable for you as the scientific one, with possibilities to make unforgettable excursions to splendid Tuscany sites, leaving at the same time the opportunity to profit from an escape to some of the most important outlets from world renowned Italian fashion designers as Prada or Gucci. The Congress party will be held in a romantic and beautiful 17th century aristocratic Palazzo on the Arno banks where Italian gourmet delicacies will be served. On behalf of our Scientific and Meeting Planning Committees, we are honoured to welcome you all here in Florence. Enrico Ferrazzi, Dario Paladini, Gianluigi Pilu Organising Committees CONTENTS ISUOG President Contents ● K. Hecher, Germany Congress Co-Chairmen, Italy Program (general) ● E. Ferrazzi ● D. Paladini ● G. Pilu Critical dates and times 2 Local Organising Committee, Italy ● D. Arduini Program orientation 2 ● F. Branconi ● M. Coccia Program at a glance 6 ● V. D’Addario ● T. Frusca Posters at a glance 8 ● U. Nicolini ● G. Monni Invited speaker declarations 9 ● N. Rizzo ● P. Scollo ● F. Severi CME accreditation 9 ● F. Taddei ● A. Testa Chairperson, speaker and poster presenter guidelines 10 ● T. Todros ● P. Volpe ISUOG Meeting Planning Program (in detail) Committee ● A. Tabor, Denmark (Chair) Pre-Congress courses – Sunday 7 October 2007 11 ● A. Abuhamad, USA ● T. Bourne UK Program – Monday 8 October 2007 16 ● J. Copel, USA ● A. Gagnon, Canada Posters – Monday 8 October 2007 23 ● K. Hecher, Germany ● K. Nicolaides UK ● D. Nyberg, USA Program – Tuesday 9 October 2007 33 ● G. Pilu, Italy ● L. Platt, USA Posters – Tuesday 9 October 2007 40 ● Y. Ville, France ISUOG Scientific Committee Program – Wednesday 10 October 2007 46 ● A. Baschat, USA (Chair) ● B. Benacerraf, USA Posters – Wednesday 10 October 2007 54 ● C. Bilardo, Netherlands ● T. Bourne, UK Program – Thursday 11 October 2007 61 ● E. Ferrazzi, Italy ● S. Goldstein, USA ● K. Mars˘ál, Sweden Posters – Thursday 11 October 2007 65 ● K. Nicolaides, UK ● A. Papageorghiou, UK ● B. Thilaganathan, UK Industry ● D. Timmerman, Belgium ● L. Valentin, Sweden Exhibition floor plan and list of exhibitors 4 ● Y. Ville, France ● S. Yagel, Israel Sponsors’ activities 70 Executive Director Exhibitor profiles 72 ● S. Johnson, UK ISUOG Secretariat Unit 4 Blythe Mews, Blythe Road, Social program 78 London W14 0HW, UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7471 9955 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7471 9959 ISUOG business meetings 79 Email: [email protected] Website: www.isuog.org General information 79 1 Critical dates and times Registration opening hours The organisers cannot guarantee that PowerPoint posters can be included if they were not received in advance. Presenters should The registration area is at the entrance to the Congress building in attend the speaker preparation room to confirm their presentation Piazza Adua. is included. The opening times are: Sunday 7 October 2007 07:30–20:00 Scientific program hours Monday 8 October 2007 07:30–17:30 The scientific program sessions will take place in the PDC Tuesday 9 October 2007 08:00–17:30 Auditorium, the PDA Basement and the PDA Second Floor. Wednesday 10 October 2007 08:00–17:30 Please refer to the program for the exact location and timings of Thursday 11 October 2007 08:00–13:30 each session. Exhibition opening hours Sessions will take place during the following times: The exhibition will be located in the PDA and the PDC: Monday 8 October 2007 08:30–18:10 Monday 8 October 2007 09:30–17:00 Tuesday 9 October 2007 08:30–18:00 Tuesday 9 October 2007 09:30–17:00 Wednesday 10 October 2007 08:30–17:35 Wednesday 10 October 2007 09:30–17:00 Thursday 11 October 2007 08:30–13:30 Thursday 11 October 2007 09:30–13:00 PDC Poster sessions take place in the PDC (ground and first floor) and 09:30–12:00 PDA the PDA (first, second and third floors). Viewing is available from 09:00–17:00 Monday to Wednesday, and 09:00–13:30 on Speakers’ preparation room opening hours Thursday. Chaired poster discussions take place daily at 10:00. Speakers must check in their presentation at the speakers’ preparation room at least four hours prior to the commencement of ISUOG meetings the session in which they are to be presented (and ideally the day ISUOG Annual General Meeting (AGM) before) to ensure that their presentation is included. All fully paid delegates are enrolled as ISUOG members and CRITICALAND TIMES / PROGRAM ORIENTATION DATES The speakers’ preparation room will be located in room 9 on the invited to attend the AGM. ground floor of the PDC, opening hours are as follows: Sunday 7 October 2007 15:00–18:00 Tuesday 9 October at 15:30 Monday 8 October 2007 08:00–17:30 PDC Auditorium Tuesday 9 October 2007 08:00–17:30 For details of scheduled ISUOG Committee meetings, please refer Wednesday 10 October 2007 08:00–17:30 to page 79 of this brochure. Thursday 11 October 2007 08:00–13:00 Identification badges You will be given a name badge when you register which also contains all your essential tickets and access passes. Please make sure that you keep your badge safe and that you wear it at all times during the Congress. Due to the high number of delegates in attendance, we will have to turn anyone away from the session halls who is not wearing a valid badge. We ask you please to be understanding of this restriction as it is imposed for the safey and comfort of all attendees. Program orientation ● The program at a glance gives you an outline to each day’s events including locations, titles and times, and refreshment breaks. ● The program pages give you the detailed chronological listing of events – please note that all sessions run in parallel so you will need to read through all sessions of similar time to decide which best suits your needs. ● Buildings (PDC and PDA) as well as days are colour coded to assist you in ‘navigating’ the program. ● Rooms in each building are listed by building, floor and room. For example, PDC G.01 (Palazzo dei Congressi, ground floor, room 1); PDA 1.01 (Palazzo degli Affari, first floor, room 1). ● In all poster and oral presentation listings the presenting author name is underlined. ● All presentations which are supported by free communication abstracts have an OC (oral communication), OP (oral poster) or P (poster) number listed next to them: you can use this to refer to the Abstract book in your congress bag and the detailed abstract. ● Some of the sessions include ‘live scan’ time: these are live updates on the latest techniques and technologies in the field which support the scientific data in the same subject area. ● The poster titles are listed in the pages immediately following the day of oral sessions. Oral posters are referenced as ‘OP’ numbers and view only posters are referenced as ‘P’ numbers – you can use these both to locate the original abstracts and to find the relevant posters in the dedicated poster areas. ● There are allocated chaired poster discussion times for oral poster sessions (OP) at 10:00 daily. ● The exhibition opens at 09:30 each day in time for the morning coffee break. All refreshment breaks are located within the exhibition areas. ● All oral poster (chaired discussion) sessions will be judged within their subject categories. The best oral poster presenters in each session will receive certificates and will be formally acknowledged in the Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology Journal. 2 VENUE FLOOR PLANS Venue floor plans Key: Sponsor activities Gynecology sessions entrance and PALAZZO DEGLI AFFARI Exhibition Poster rooms registration PDA Obstetrics sessions Meeting Rooms PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI PDC LIMONAIA PDC 2 PDA 3 PDA 2 PDC 1 PDA 1 PDC G 3 Exhibitor listing and floor plans Lower levels Palazzo dei Congressi EXHIBITOR LISTING AND FLOOR PLANS LISTING EXHIBITOR Exhibitor listing: lettered stands A Congrex AB B International Vasa Previa Foundation Inc.