Classroom

An freely accessible online echocardiology course

January 16th, 2021
(updated April 14th, 2022)

Plan of the Echocardiology Course

  • Introduction to methodology
  • Anatomy heart & chambers
  • Anatomy mitral apparatus
  • Anatomy aortic apparatus, coronary arteries & conduction system
  • Physics of ultrasound
  • The echocardiographic machine
  • The 2D examination
  • 2D measurements
  • M-mode measurements
  • Doppler echocardiography
  • The Standard examination
  • Basic hemodynamics
  • LV Systolic function
    LV stroke volume
  • LV diastolic function
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • RV anatomy and hemodynamics
  • RV function
  • LV hypertrophy –  Physiopathology
  • LV hypertrophy – Echocardiography in hypertensive heart disease
  • LH hypertrophy – Athlete’s heart & differential diagnosis of LV hypertrophy
  • Mitral valve stenosis
  • Mitral valve regurgitation
  • Aortic valve stenosis
  • Aortic valve regurgitation
  • Tricuspid valve diseases
  • Pulmonary valve diseases
  • New Guidelines for Valvulopathies
  • Valvular prosthesis
  • Transcatheter interventions
  • Endocarditis
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Echocardiography in heart failure
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Amyloidosis & Anderson-Fabry
  • ARVD – arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia
  • Heart masses
  • Pericardial physiology and pathology
  • Adult congenital heart diseases
  • Echocardiography in Emergencies
  • Stress echocardiography
  • Transesophageal echocardiography
  • Left atrial Anatomy and function