The Echo Florida course is a comprehensive review of cardiovascular ultrasound in clinical practice. The faculty is composed of experts who will discuss the strengths and limitations of established and emerging technologies and illustrate how these technologies can be used to improve and streamline patient care in a cost-conscious manner.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for adult and pediatric cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, cardiovascular anesthesiologists, cardiac radiologists, fellows in training, cardiovascular sonographers, cardiovascular nurse specialists, internists, intensivists, and emergency physicians with special interest in clinical cardiology and echocardiography.

Learning Objectives:

Learning Lab (Preconference)
Upon completion of these sessions, participants will be better able to:

1. Perform strain measurements and understand their applications.
2. Demonstrate ability to crop and display 3D echocardiographic data sets.

Main Conference
Upon completion of these sessions, participants will be better able to:
1. Analyze and quantify systolic and diastolic function by echocardiography.
2. Recognize indications for echocardiographic contrast agents.
3. Interpret stress echocardiograms.
4. Appropriately utilize echocardiography in infective endocarditis.
5. Quantify valvular regurgitation.
6. Classify cardiomyopathies by echocardiography.
7. Identify eligible patients for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
8. Recognize and assess the function of percutaneous cardiac devices by echocardiography.
9. Describe echocardiographic features of common complex congenital lesions found in adults.
10. Explain normal and abnormal findings of prosthetic valve function.
11. Understand the limitations of echocardiography and better understand when complementary modalities like cardiac MR should be considered.

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http://asecho.org/echoflorida/