Fundamental to Advanced Echocardiography in 2015 is a course that covers topics such as:
- The most appropriate methods for the imaging, identification and quantification of valvular heart disease
- 2D, 3D, and strain methods to quantify cardiac size and function
- Accurate quantification of aortic stenosis
- The challenges of imaging to accurately quantify aortic regurgitation, pulmonary pressures, and diastolic function
- The diagnostic use of echocar diography in the identification and diagnosis of pericardial disease, constriction and tamponade, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, and prosthetic valve dysfunction
- New valve guidelines and their impact on clinical practice
- List best uses of transesophageal echocardiography
- Techniques for performing stress echocardiography
- Use of echocardiography in critical care
- The role of echocardiography in screening competitive athletes
Fundamental to Advanced Echocardiography in 2015 brings together sonographers, physicians, intensive care specialists, cardiologists, internists, and other practicing health care professionals.
