Typical Course Schedule

Day 1

• Probe Manipulation and Image Acquisition
• Comprehensive Intraoperative TEE Exam
• Ultrasound Physics and Doppler Principles
• Hemodynamic Workshops
• Echocardiography in Non-Cardiac Surgery
• Echocardiographic Examination of the Thoracic Aorta

Day 2

• Echocardiographic Evaluation of Diastology
• Case Based Diastolic Workshop
• Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Valve
• Problem Based Learning Discussion – Mitral Valve Cases

Day 3

• Echocardiographic Examination of Right Sided Structures
• Echocardiography of the Severe Pulmonary Hypertensive Patient
• Cardiac Masses and Anatomic Pitfall
• Echocardiographic Examination of Aortic Valve
• Aortic Stenosis and Aortic Regurgitation

Day 4

• Introduction to the FoCUS TTE Exam
• How to integrate TTE into your perioperative practice
• Hands-on TTE – Probe Manipulation and Image Acquisition
• Echocardiographic Examination of Left Ventricle
• Quantitative and Qualitative Left Ventricular Assessment
• Echocardiographic Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves
• Goal Directed Fluid Therapy with Echocardiography