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.
SAVINGS! FEACVI save 45%, EACVI Members under 40 save 35% and EACVI Members save 25%, on the course fee.
Once you have purchased the course, you will have 12 months to complete it.