This fast-track course gives the hands-on skills you need to perform basic echocardiography.
Do you have pulmonary arterial hypertension skills but are not confident with echocardiography? Would you like to gain skills on the echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle? This course covers different theoretical sessions of the basic cardiac ultrasound and includes recognise and interpret application within echocardiography; explain and apply the fundamental physical imaging principles relating to clinical echocardiography; evaluate and critique the role of echocardiography with respect to clinical presentation, and patient's assessment;elucidate and employ anatomical and physiological associations with the conventional imaging planes utilised in transthoracic echocardiography; plan, execute and evaluate detailed echocardiographic data within the context pulmonary arterial hypertension findings using recognised clinical guidelines and reporting techniques.