Basic to Advanced Echocardiography: From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville

This course will begin with basic concepts, including physics of ultrasound, Doppler and contrast. We will then discuss a broad range of disease states for which echocardiography is useful, including ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, and cardiomyopathies. The presentations will include basic concepts as well as advanced techniques including 3-D/4-D imaging and strain imaging. Throughout the course many cases will be presented.