This comprehensive course comprises 49 presentations gathered from Echo Hawaii and State-of-the-Art Echocardiography. It is designed to provide in-depth learning and is enriched with board-style questions that align with the content covered in the presentations.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this program, participants will enhance their abilities to:
Integrate echocardiographic information into clinical decision-making.
Evaluate ventricular and valvular function using Doppler hemodynamics.
Describe Doppler assessment of diastolic function/dysfunction.
Explain recent advancements in the echocardiographic evaluation of left and right ventricular function, including strain and 3D techniques.
Incorporate echocardiographic assessments of cardiomyopathies and systemic diseases into patient management.
Define the clinical applications of Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and 3D echocardiography.
Recognize how echocardiography aids in managing patients with ischemic heart disease.
Identify the role of echo contrast and its integration into the echo laboratory.
Integrate echocardiographic information into the management of complex valvular heart diseases.
STATE-OF-THE-ART ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY LECTURES:
AI and Echocardiography – S. Lester
Quantitation of Ventricular Function – R. Lang
Contrast Echocardiography: Impact on Diagnosis and Outcome – J. Oh
Stress Echocardiography is Still Alive – W. Zoghbi
Cases to Illustrate When Aortic Stenosis Gradient and Area Do Not Match – M. Saric
What Should A Successful TAVR Look Like – R. Jain
Degenerated Bio Prosthesis, Valve-in-Valve – N. Faza
Mitral Regurgitation, Etiology and Quantification – W. Zoghbi
MitraClip Measurements – N. Faza
Pathologies of Mitral Valve – S. Mankad
Pathologies of Tricuspid Valve – S. Mankad
Tricuspid Valve Repair: The New Frontier – N. Faza
LAA Occluder Device, Measurement – M. Saric
Measuring Normal Function of Prosthetic Valves – W. Zoghbi
Aortic Regurgitation Illustrative Cases – M. Malahfji
Native and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis – M. Saric
Learn Clinical Diastology With Cases – J. Oh
Amyloid and Constriction – J. Oh
Stress Cardiomyopathy – M. Malahfji
Systemic Illness and The Heart – S. Lester
Pulmonary Hypertension: Optimal Evaluation – M. Mukherjee
RV Strain: Cases to Illustrate How – S. Lester
Clinical Examples of Utility Of GLS – S. Mankad
Utility of LA Strain: Case Examples – M. Mukherjee
Cardio Oncology: Case Examples – Normal and Abnormal LVAD Cases – M. Christensen
Pulmonary Embolism and RV Strain – M. Mukherjee
ECHO HAWAII LECTURES:
Physiology of Diastole: What are We Trying to Measure? – G. Scalia
Physiology of Systole: What are We Really Trying to Measure? – J. Lindner
Intro to Strain Imaging: How does GLS add to EF? – S. De
A Primer on Adult Congenital Echoes – A. De Freitas
Assessing the RV – Role of Strain and 3D – M. Saric
Echo in Beside Care: COVID and Beyond – S. McCartney
Strain in the Assessment of Cardiomyopathies – J. Oh
The Future of Echo: AI and Machine Learning – J. Thomas
Chest Pain in the ER: Which Test? – J. Lindner
Complications of MI: Echo has the Answer – S. McCartney
The Future of Echo: Advanced Applications of Contrast – J. Lindner
Strategies to Make Your Lab Excellent – M. Jankowski
Assessment of Atrial Function: What is the Role of Strain? – G. Scalia
Top 5 Situations Where I Find Strain is Helpful – V. Rigolin
Septal Defects You Don’t Want to Close – A. de Freitas
Quantification of Stenosis: Avoid These Pitfalls – W. Armstrong
Starting an Interventional Echo Program: Training, Technique, & Economics – S. Little
3D Assessment of the Cardiac Valves – G. Scalia
Interventions for MR in Heart Failure – G. Scalia
MitraClip: Who is it for? How is it Guided? – M. Saric
The Future of Echo: The Brave New World – S. Little
Eisenmenger’s Echo in the Middle of the Night – A. de Freitas
A Systematic Approach to Multi-Valve Disease – J. Thomas
Exercise Echo and Strain to Time Intervention in Valvular Heart Disease – V. Rigolin
Improving source of Embolus Exams: The Science of Saline Contrast – W. Armstrong
TEE in Emergent Situations – S. McCartney
Athlete’s Heart: Separating Abnormal from Supraphysiologic – L. Gillam
Use of Echo in Pulmonary Hypertension – G. Scalia
