Echo Masterclass: The Valves

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Video course

by Chris Eggett, PhD

Get to the root of your patient’s valve problems quickly and confidently with this course. You’ll cover valve stenosis, regurgitation, and malfunction, while mastering a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches that will help you assess and report on disease severity. By the end of this course, you’ll have a powerful toolbox of skills that you can use to solve the trickiest of valve problems.

2h 6m

6 Quizzes

3 CME

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After completing this course, you will be able to

Diagnose valve stenosis, regurgitation, and malfunction of native and prosthetic valves
Optimize their TTE studies to avoid erroneous conclusions and reports
Assess valves using a range of qualitative and quantitative TTE techniques
Apply the principles of evidence-based medicine to TTE
Use TTE to discriminate between different kinds and causes of valve disease
Critically evaluate TTE data
Produce an accurate, succinct, and reliable TTE report
Apply their advanced knowledge in valve assessment to a range of interactive cases

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Chapter 1

Setting the scene

Heart valve disease is common and prognosis, once symptoms develop, is relatively poor. Here, you’ll learn how to make accurate decisions about heart valves using echocardiography.

6 lessons

17m

Setting the scene intro

Getting an overview of valve disease

Reviewing the principles of echocardiography

Covering echocardiography views

Making accurate measurements

Writing a report

Setting the scene quiz

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Chapter 2

Mitral valve disease

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use echocardiography to recognize an abnormal mitral valve, as well as how to assess and report on mitral valve morphology and function.

8 lessons

36m

Mitral valve disease intro

Introducing normal mitral valve echo anatomy

Recognizing an abnormal mitral valve

Identifying mitral valve regurgitation

Quantifying mitral valve regurgitation based on color imaging

Grading mitral stenosis

Quantifying mitral valve stenosis

Managing your patient

Mitral valve disease quiz

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Chapter 3

Aortic valve disease

Echocardiography is key to the diagnosis of aortic valve disease. Here, you’ll learn how to assess the severity of aortic stenosis and regurgitation using echo-based techniques.

12 lessons

33m

Aortic valve disease intro

Mastering normal aortic valve echo anatomy

Recognizing an abnormal aortic valve

Measuring an accurate aortic valve gradient

Calculating the aortic valve area

Diagnosing low-flow states

Recognizing discordant values

Diagnosing paradoxical low flow

Identifying and grading aortic regurgitation

Using visual clues to help grade aortic regurgitation

Quantifying aortic regurgitation

Managing a patient with aortic valve disease

Aortic valve disease quiz

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Chapter 4

Tricuspid valve disease

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to assess tricuspid valve structure and function, grade the severity of tricuspid regurgitation, and identify tricuspid valve stenosis.

5 lessons

16m

Tricuspid valve disease intro

Recognizing abnormal tricuspid valves

Identifying and grading tricuspid regurgitation

Assessing tricuspid valve stenosis

Using guidelines for patient management

Tricuspid valve disease quiz

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Chapter 5

Pulmonary valve disease

Pulmonary valve disease is often discovered during echocardiography. Here, you’ll learn how to assess pulmonary stenosis, grade pulmonary regurgitation and consequently manage it.

5 lessons

11m

Pulmonary valve disease intro

Recognizing an abnormal pulmonary valve

Grading pulmonary regurgitation

Assessing pulmonary valve stenosis

Managing a patient with pulmonary valve disease

Pulmonary valve disease quiz

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Chapter 6

Prosthetic valves

In this chapter, you’ll learn about the concept of patient-prosthesis mismatch, using echocardiography to assess structural valve deterioration, and valvular thromboembolism.

6 lessons

16m

Prosthetic valves intro

Recognizing the variety of prosthetic valves

Discovering what can go wrong with prosthetic valves

Assessing the function of prosthetic valves

Examining transcatheter valves

Prosthetic valves quiz

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Teachers of this course

Chris Eggett, PhD

John works in the Department of Biomedical Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK—Senior Lecturer in Clinical Physiology.

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All members receive a certificate for completing this course. For Pro members, the certificate comes with 3 CME credits.

CME accredited

All our courses and workshops are fully CME accredited. We provide USA AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Pro members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Want to transfer these credits to your national system? No problem.

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Award-winning teaching method

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2013
Highly commended by the British Medical Association
Awarded in the digital category of the BMA Book Awards—London 2017
Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2017
Internationally accredited
CME accredited in the USA and EU with mutual recognition agreements in most other countries.
Trusted institutional partner
Used by residency programs and universities around the world to train their clinicians and students.
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What’s in it for you?

Master the most important skills

Learn any skill in under 5 hours

Save time and money

After completing this course, you will be able to

What's inside

Setting the scene

Mitral valve disease

Aortic valve disease

Tricuspid valve disease

Pulmonary valve disease

Prosthetic valves

Claim your certificate

CME accredited

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal

Highly commended by the British Medical Association

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal

Internationally accredited

Trusted institutional partner

Top-rated by our learners