Stress Echocardiography tutorials

Learning objectives:

After completing this eLearning course, you will be able to: 

• Understand the physiological and pathological basis of stress echocardiography.
• Know the preparatory process: instrumentation and image acquisition, protocol set up, how to prepare a patient for stress echocardiography, how to monitor patient safety during the procedure.
• Identify indications and contraindications for stress echocardiography.
• Know the different types of stress protocols and select appropriate patients for stress echocardiography based on clinical presentation.
• Integrate all the possible information provided by stress echocardiography.
• Recognize the clinical applications of stress echo, including coronary artery disease, valvular disease, cardiomyopathies, and others.
• Integrate stress echocardiography results with clinical and other diagnostic findings (e.g., ECG, angiography).

Target audience:

Cardiologists and allied professionals with an interest in stress echocardiography

Prerequisites:

Basic echocardiography

This course can be purchased by both members and non-members.

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Once you have purchased the course, you will have 12 months to complete it.

Programme:

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Stress Echocardiography

• SE1-01 - Introduction to the course and stress echocardiography (Speaker: Ana Timoteo, Host: Elena Galli)
• SE1-02 - Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography (Speaker: Elena Galli, Host: Ana Timoteo)
• SE1-03 - Vasodilator Stress Echocardiography (Speaker: Nicola Gaibazzi, Host: Elena Galli)
• SE1-04 - Exercise Stress Echocardiography (Speaker: Jamal Khan)
• SE1-05 - Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography / Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography (Speaker: Roxy Senior, Host: Ana Timoteo)
• SE1-06 - Implementation of Stress Echocardiography in the routine of the echo lab (Speaker: Ana Timoteo, Host: Elena Galli)

Chapter 2 - Stress Echocardiography in Ischemic Heart Disease

• SE2-01 - ABCDE General protocol (Speaker: Eugenio Picano, Host: Elena Galli)
• SE2-02 - Step A: Pathophysiology of ischemic cascade and regional wall motion by 2D; Step C: LV contractile reserve with volumetric 2D echocardiography; Step E: Imaging-independent ECG-based assessment of HRR as heart rate ratio. (Speaker: Ana Timoteo, Host: Elena Galli)
• SE2-03 - Step B: B-lines by LUS (Speaker: Luna Gargani, Host: Elena Galli)
• SE2-04 - Step D: Doppler-based assessment of CFVR in LAD (Speaker: Maria Joao Andrade, Host: Ana Timoteo)
• SE2-05 - Application of the protocol in clinical practice (clinical cases) (Speaker: Konstantinos Papadopoulos)

Chapter 3 - Integration of additional steps in stress echocardiography

• SE3-01 - Carotid Ultrasound (Speaker: Ana Timoteo, Host: Elena Galli)
• SE3-02 - Step F: Mitral regurgitant flow; Step G: Dynamic LV or transvalvular obstructive gradient (Speaker: Vlatka Reskovic Luksic, Host: Elena Galli)
• SE3-03 - Step P: Pulmonary hemodynamic; Step R: Right ventricular function; Step L: Left atrial volume changes (Speaker: Francesco Bandera, Host: Elena Galli)

Chapter 4 - Stress Echocardiography in Valvular Heart Disease

• SE4-01 - Aortic stenosis (Speaker: Konstantinos Papadopoulos)
• SE4-02 - Aortic regurgitation (Speaker: Lilit Baghdasaryan)
• SE4-03 - Mitral regurgitation (Speaker: Philippe Bertrand)
• SE4-04 - Mitral stenosis (Speaker: Elena Galli)

Chapter 5 - Stress Echocardiography in Heart Failure

• SE5-01 - Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (Speaker: Quirino Ciampi)
• SE5-02 - Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction / Diastolic function / with CPET (Speaker: Jan Verwerft)

Chapter 6 - Stress Echocardiography in Cardiomyopathies

• SE6-01 - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Speaker: Agnieszka Kaplon Cieslicka)

Chapter 7 - Stress Echocardiography in other indications

• SE7-01 - Pulmonary Hypertension (Speaker: Anastasia Vamvakidou)
• SE7-02 - Adult Congenital Heart Diseases (Speaker: Giovanni di Salvo)
• SE7-03 - Athletes (Speaker: Guido Claessen)