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