NEW 2021 UPDATE

This is an excellent resource for everyone interested in cardiovascular ultrasound. The course was designed by top physicians and professors of cardiovascular medicine. The course provides a comprehensive review of basic echocardiography and was created as a teaching tool for echocardiography fellows and others interested in learning about the use of cardiovascular ultrasound in clinical practice. This set includes 15 lectures on a variety of topics, beginning with the normal TTE and TEE examinations, and then covering the mitral and aortic valves in-depth, left and right heart function, physics, prosthetic valves, and more. Each lecture has been carefully crafted to include a thorough review of practical concepts, references to ASE’s Guidelines and Standards, video examples of normal and abnormal echocardiograms, and case studies designed to provide real-word examples. A workbook correlates with the lectures to provide a printable guide for each presentation.

Authors: Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE (Chair); Andrew Chen, MD, Martin Keane, MD, FASE, Pravin Patil, MD, FASE

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 13.5 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. It is ASE’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.   Physicians will earn MOC 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.

Originally Release Date: November 2016

Expiration Date: May 20, 2024.  CME Credits must be claimed by this date.

NEW 2021 UPDATE

This is an excellent resource for everyone interested in cardiovascular ultrasound. The course was designed by top physicians and professors of cardiovascular medicine. The course provides a comprehensive review of basic echocardiography and was created as a teaching tool for echocardiography fellows and others interested in learning about the use of cardiovascular ultrasound in clinical practice. This set includes 15 lectures on a variety of topics, beginning with the normal TTE and TEE examinations, and then covering the mitral and aortic valves in-depth, left and right heart function, physics, prosthetic valves, and more. Each lecture has been carefully crafted to include a thorough review of practical concepts, references to ASE’s Guidelines and Standards, video examples of normal and abnormal echocardiograms, and case studies designed to provide real-word examples. A workbook correlates with the lectures to provide a printable guide for each presentation.

Authors: Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE (Chair); Andrew Chen, MD, Martin Keane, MD, FASE, Pravin Patil, MD, FASE

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.)

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