April 25-28, 2015 - Rochester, MN
Course Directors: Oh, Jae K., M.D.; Kane, Garvan C., M.D., Ph.D.

Mayo Echocardiography Review Course is an intensive 3.5-day course specifically designed to prepare attendees taking the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) certification examination. It has a focused emphasis on the ASE examination format, ultrasound physics, 2D and M-mode, hemodynamics, valvular heart disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure and cardiomyopathies, pericardial disease, congenital heart disease, and newer imaging techniques. The course reviews all aspects of cardiovascular ultrasound, with a practical and clinical disease-orientated focus. Well-known experts and recognized educators in each field of echocardiography give in-depth didactic lectures pertaining particularly to integration of echocardiographic data into clinical practice. Each lecture is followed by multiple-choice type question-and-answer sessions facilitated by an audience response system. Special evening sessions include cardiac image and gross pathology correlation, a hemodynamic workshop, and an entertaining game show involving the entire audience that reviews highlights of material covered in the course. 

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Credit Information

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 30.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

A certificate of attendance will be provided to other health care professionals for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies, or other professional associations.

Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to: 

• Explain basic physical principles of ultrasound and instrumentation Correlate cardiac gross pathology with echocardiographic images
• Evaluate cardiac chamber size, left ventricular systolic and diastolic function and right ventricular systolic function
• Analyze and interpret echocardiographic derived hemodynamic data Interpret transesophageal images and distinguish attributes and limitations versus transthoracic echocardiography
• Evaluate acute and chronic ischemic heart disease using standard and stress echocardiography
• Diagnose and quantify etiology and severity of native and prosthetic valvular heart disease
• Distinguish and differentiate causes of heart failure, cardiomyopathies and pericardial disease
• Diagnose and differentiate cardiac masses
• Diagnose and distinguish diseases of the aorta Identify echocardiographic features of systemic disease with associated cardiac involvement Integrate newer echocardiographic technologies to complement/supplement standard echocardiography  

Attendance at this Mayo course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.