Practice of Clinical Echocardiography

• Part 1. ADVANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES

• Transesophageal echocardiography

Monitoring Ventricular Function in the Operating Room: Impact on Clinical Outcome Contrast Ultrasound Imaging: Technical Aspects and Clinical Applications  Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

Echocardiographic guidance of structural heart disease interventions

Intracardiac Echocardiography

Intravascular ultrasound: Principles, histologic correlation and clinical applications

Hand held echocardiography

Part 2. THE LEFT VENTRICLE

Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular structure, wall stress, and systolic function.

Myocardial mechanics: Velocity, strain, strain-rate, cardiac synchrony, and twist

Assessment of diastolic function by echocardiography

Digital image processing and  automated image analysis in echocardiography 

 Part 3. ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

The role of echocardiographic evaluation in patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department.

Echocardiography in the coronary care unit: Management of acute myocardial infarction, detection of complications and prognostic implications.

Exercise echocardiography Stress echocardiography with nonexercise techniques: Principles, protocols, interpretation, and clinical applications

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow: Approaches and Clinical Applications

Part 4. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

Mitral valve anatomy, quantification of mitral regurgitation, and timing of surgical intervention for mitral regurgitation

Intraoperative echocardiography in surgical and transcatheter mitral valve repair

Aortic valve regurgitation: quantitation of disease severity and timing of surgical intervention.

Echocardiography in the patient undergoing catheter balloon mitral valvotomy: patient selection, hemodynamic results, complications and long-term outcome.

Clinical decision-making in patients with infective endocarditis: the role of echocardiography

Aortic stenosis: Disease severity, progression, timing of intervention, and role in monitoring transcatheter valve implantation.

Fluid dynamics of prosthetic valves.

Echocardiographic recognition and quantitation of prosthetic valve dysfunction.

Part 5. CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE

Doppler echocardiography in heart failure and cardiac resynchronization

Echocardiography in the evaluation and management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Restrictive cardiomyopathy: diagnosis and prognostic implications.

Pericardial Disease

Cardiac transplantation: pre and post transplant evaluation.

Cardiac assist devices: normal findings, device failure and weaning parameters.

Part 6. THE RIGHT HEART

Right ventricular anatomy, function and echocardiographic evaluation

Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with pulmonary hypertension

Right sided valve disease

Part 7. THE PREGNANT PATIENT

The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of heart disease in pregnancy

Part 8. VASCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES

Aortic dissection and trauma: Value and limitations of echocardiography.

Echocardiographic findings in systemic diseases characterized by immune-mediated injury.

Echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac disease resulting from endocrinopathies, renal, disease, obesity and nutritional deficiencies.

Echocardiography in patients with inherited connective tissue disorders

Aging changes seen on echocardiography.

Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with a systemic embolic event The role of chocardiography in atrial fibrillation and flutter 

Part 9. ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND CARDIAC TUMORS

General echocardiographic approach to the adult with suspected congenital heart disease.

Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with unoperated congenital heart disease Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with post-operative congenital heart disease.

Cardiac tumors