Basic to Advanced Echocardiography: From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville

Basic to Advanced Echocardiography: From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville is a conference dedicated to echocardiographic assessment of left and right ventricular function and range of disease states for which echocardiography is useful.

Topics

• Using 3-D imaging and strain imaging, Doppler strain methods to assess myocardial function
• Doppler principles and hemodynamics for the assessment of valvular heart disease, including systematic assessment of prosthetic valves
• The utility of echocardiography TEE including 3-D in the interventional practice
• Illustrate the appropriate of echo Doppler in myocardial and pericardial disease
• Clinical applications of stress echocardiography
• Integration of the application of echocardiography in heart failure and the treatment