Echo in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: On Demand provides recordings from the two-day virtual course, presenting the latest information on established and emerging cardiovascular ultrasound technologies, clinical care and practical considerations in children and adults with congenital heart disease. Expert U.S. and international physician and sonographer faculty discuss current technologies with a particular focus on how they can be effectively applied in the clinical setting. Case-based approaches and state-of-the-art review are both used to discuss new and established uses of echocardiography for diagnosis and guiding management in patients with a broad array of congenital cardiovascular conditions.

Topics include:

• Deep Dive into AV Values
• The Happy & Healthy Sonographer
• ACHD-New Diagnosis of CHD in the Adult
• ACHD- Surgery From A Different Era
• Quantification Potpourri
• Don't Diss Function
• Sonographer Career Growth
• Lets Get Physical
• And many more.

CME Information

CME Credits: 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM

Release Date: November 17, 2023

Expiration Date: November 17, 2024

Learning Objectives: 

At the end of this course, that participant will be able to: 

• Describe imaging goals and approaches to a variety of challenging forms of congenital and acquired heart disease, from infancy to adulthood. 
• Understand and apply current techniques in imaging assessment of cardiac anatomy and function, including strain imaging, advanced 3D echo, epicardial and transesophageal echo. 
• Incorporate high-value, quality-driven echo into your clinical practice.  
• Apply techniques to promote well-being, resiliency, and career advancement of your entire echo lab team.  

• Recognize current challenges in the areas of fetal and research echocardiography as discussed in thought-provoking debates. 

Accreditation Statement:

The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Echocardiography designates this activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program, the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) MOC program, and/or the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® or MOCA 2.0®. It is ASE’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM and ABP MOC points and/or ABA MOCA 2.0®.   Physicians will earn MOC and/or MOCA 2.0 points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.

ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada recognize ASE’s certificates and have agreed to honor the CME credit hours toward their registry requirements for sonographers.

Disclosures: 

ASE is committed to ensuring that its educational mission, and all accredited continuing educational programs provide a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education.

While a monetary or professional affiliation with an ineligible company does not necessarily influence a speaker’s presentation, the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and policies of the ACCME require that all financial relationships with ineligible companies* be identified and mitigated prior to engaging in an accredited CE activity. In accordance with these policies, ASE actively identified relevant financial relationships between faculty in control of this accredited CE activity and ineligible companies and implemented mitigation strategies to eliminate any potential influence from persons or organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias in this activity. (*Companies that are ineligible to be accredited in the ACCME System (“ineligible companies”) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.)

Members of the ASE CME Committee members (not serving as faculty) do not have any financial relationships with ineligible companies.  Click here for a list of these members.

None of the ASE staff who were involved in the planning and implementation of this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies.  Click here for a list of ASE staff members.

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