Conference Topics

• Basics of transthoracic echocardiography (including machine settings and possible pitfalls)
• Assessment of ventricular function in different disease settings
• Integrated Doppler approach to assessing hemodynamics
• The “state of the art” of transthoracic echocardiography:
  – to assess myocardial function
  – to assess patients with heart failure
  – to quantify severity of valvular heart disease
  – to assess right heart function
• The course will also cover the most important aspects of tissue Doppler imaging, three-dimensional echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, and speckle tracking echocardiography