Learn the Latest Guidelines with Online Cardiology CME
Oakstone’s Echocardiography – A Comprehensive Review provides an extensive, in-depth overview of all modalities of echocardiography used in the evaluation and management of patients with known or suspected heart disease. The 38 expertly-informed presentations offer insight into the morphologic features and physiologic functioning of the myocardium, valves, pericardium, coronary arteries, and great vessels.
Directed by Scott D. Solomon, MD and Maja Cikes, MD, PhD, this online cardiology CME course includes 38 evidence-based lectures organized in four sections: general principles, disorders, modalities, and settings. Skilled echocardiographers reflect on the substantial technological advances that have brought innovative clinical applications and enhanced diagnostic accuracy.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
General Principles
Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis – Prof. Dr. Jan D’hooge
The Echo Exam – Maja Cikes, MD, PhD
Clinical Indications and Quality Assurance – Rory Weiner, MD
Ventricular Systolic Function – Maja Cikes, MD, PhD
Imaging Diastolic Function – Let’s Try to Understand the Tip and Tricks – Erwan Donal, MD, PhD
Hemodynamics in Echocardiography – Ivo Planinc, MD
Imaging the Atria with Echocardiography – Marta Sitges, MD, PhD
Disorders
Coronary Artery Disease – Justina C. Wu, MD, PhD
Echocardiography in Aortic Stenosis – Linda G. Gillam, MD, MPH, MACC, FASE
Aortic Regurgitation – Ivo Planinc, MD
Mitral Stenosis – Elif Sade, MD
Mitral Regurgitation – Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD, PhD
Prosthetic Valves – Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH, MACC, FASE
Diseases of the Myocardium – Maja Cikes, MD, PhD
The Heart in Hypertension – Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH
The Evaluation of the Right Heart in Health and Disease – Judy R. Mangion, MD, FASE
Pulmonary Embolism – Scott D. Solomon, MD
Pericardial Disease – Leonard Lilly, MD
Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiac Masses – Justina C. Wu, MD, PhD
Diseases of the Aorta – Ivo Planinc, MD
Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis – Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH
Heart Failure – Maja Cikes, MD, PhD
Heart Disease Caused by Other Organ Systems – Riccardo M. Inciardi, MD
Echocardiography in Cardio-Oncology – Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
Imaging of Left Ventricular Assist Devices – Roberto M. Lang, MD
Echocardiography for Preventive Cardiology – When and Why? – Bernard Crosyns, MD, PhD
Risk Stratification of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Cardiomyopathies – Thor Edvardsen, MD, PhD
Modalities
Stress Echocardiography – Patricia A. Pellikka, MD
Transesophageal Echocardiography – Marta Sitges, MD, PhD
Contrast Echocardiography – Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, FACC, FASE
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography – Denisa Muraru, MD, PhD
Handheld Echocardiography – Faraz Pathan, MBBS
Tissue Doppler and Strain Imaging – Bart Bijnens, PhD
Deformation Imaging – Thor Edvardsen, MD, PhD
Settings
Intraoperative Echocardiography – Gabriela Querejeta-Roca, MD
Echocardiography in Structural Heart Disease – Imaging Assessment for Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Intervention – Yee-Ping Sun, MD
Critical Care and Emergency Department Echocardiography – Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD
FACULTY
Course Directors
Scott D. Solomon, MD
The Edward D. Frohlich Distinguished Chair
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Maja Cikes, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
University Hospital Center
Zagreb, Croatia
Speakers
Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD
Department of Cardiology
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
Bart Bijnens, PhD
ICREA Research Professor
Barcelona, Spain
Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH
Co-Director
Echocardiography Laboratory
Framingham Heart Study
Director, Institute for Research on Healthy Aging
Director, Public Health Research
Smidt Heart Institute
Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Bernard Cosyns, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Head, Cardiology Department
Universiteit Ziekenhuis Brussel
(Center of Cardiovascular Disease)
Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Jan D’hooge
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Erwan Donal, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology
University Hospital of Rennes – Hospital Pointchaillou
Rennes, France
Thor Edvardsen, MD, PhD
Director
Department of Cardiology
Oslo University Hospital
Professor, Department of Cardiology
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH
Dorothy and Lloyd Huck Chair and Medical Director
of the Cardiovascular Service Line
Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Morristown, NJ
Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Riccardo M. Inciardi, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Brescia
School of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia
Brescia, Italy
Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director, Penn Center for Quantitative Echocardiography
Director, Penn Cardio-Oncology Translational Center of Excellence
Philadelphia, PA
Roberto M. Lang, MD
Professor of Medicine
Pritzker School of Medicine
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Leonard S. Lilly, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Cardiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Jonathan R. Lindner, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chief for Research
Cardiovascular Division
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA
Judy R. Mangion, MD
Associate Director of Echocardiography Lab
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Denisa Muraru, MD
Cardiovascular Imaging Center
Department of Cardiology
Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS
Department of Medicine and Surgery
University of Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy
Dr. Faraz Pathan
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
Department of Cardiology
Nepean Hospital
Senior Lecturer, Charles Perkins Centre
Nepean Clinical School
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD
Betty Knight Scripps Professor
of Cardiovascular Diseases
Vice Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Ultrasound Research Center
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Ivo Planinc, MD
Cardiologist
University of Zagreb School of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
Gabriela M. Querejeta Roca, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Leyla “Elif” Sade, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Heart and Vascular Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
Marta Sitges, MD
Cardiovascular Institute
Hospital Clinic
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD
Head of Echocardiography
Clinic Hospital Centre Zemun
University of Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia
Yee-Ping Sun, MD
Program Director
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Alexander Van De Bruaene, MD, PhD, FESC
University Hospitals
Catholic University Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Rory B. Weiner, MD
Associate Chief
Cardiology Division
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Justina C. Wu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Date of Original Release: June 30, 2022
Date Credits Expire: June 30, 2025
Estimated Time to Complete: 31.75 hours
CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of an online activity evaluation and post-test.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Name the components of a complete echocardiography exam
- Describe the composition and safety of ultrasound enhancing (contrast) agents
- List the required data for post TAVR echo assessment
- Differentiate between two-dimensional and Doppler echo features in pulmonary hypertension
- Recognize the limitations of handheld echocardiography
- Explain the role of echocardiography in cardiotoxicity diagnosis
- Outline the necessity of echocardiography in the assessment of complications in infective endocarditis
- Summarize the application of intraoperative echocardiography to clinical decision making
- Differentiate between the use of echocardiography in hypertrophic hearts and in dilated hearts
- List the conditions that can be assessed with stress echocardiography
- Identify the role of echocardiography in cardiotoxicity diagnosis and risk prediction
- State the role of echocardiography regarding the normal range of “dysfunction” in prosthetic valve use
- Distinguish between the uses for punch biopsy, shave biopsy, and incisional/excisional biopsy for skin lesions
- Outline the diagnostic skills regarding in-office blood pressure measurement and the implementation of proper blood pressure measurement techniques
- List the signs and symptoms of mosquito-borne diseases
- List topical and systemic treatments for various types of dermatitis
Intended Audience
This educational activity was designed for cardiologists, cardiovascular/thoracic surgeons, critical care physicians, anesthesiologists, and others interested in echocardiography.
