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Critical Care Ultrasound: Advanced Echocardiography (Saturday Morning)

Saturday, February 22, 2025
6:00am – 12:00pm Eastern Time
Location: W305
CE: 4

Expand your fundamental echocardiographic skills and knowledge in this hands-on half-day course. Receive active training with an echosonographer aimed at pro tips for image optimization. Learn to interpret certain pathologic images such as quantifying mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis, deceleration time, and pressure half time. Plus, practice performing measurements and tracings using pathologic examples. Expert faculty will review the basics of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) imaging using a TEE simulator and discuss the indications and risks of performing TEE.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Apply proper transthoracic echocardiographic imaging technique
  • Explore basic transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probe manipulation and TEE windows and views
  • Perform hemodynamic and valvular measurements using echocardiography software

Presentations:

  • 6:00am – 7:00am Eastern Time
    Registration and Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00am – 7:30am Eastern Time
    Welcome
  • 7:30am – 9:30am Eastern Time
    Interactive Skill Stations: Transesophageal Echocardiography
  • 7:30am – 9:30am Eastern Time
    Interactive Learning Lab
  • 9:30am – 9:45am Eastern Time
    Break
  • 9:45am – 11:45am Eastern Time
    Interactive Skill Stations: Transesophageal Echocardiography
  • 9:45am – 11:45am Eastern Time
    Interactive Learning Lab
  • 11:45am – 12:00pm Eastern Time
    Concluding Remarks