The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has specifically designed the ASCeXAM/ReASCE Review Course as a preparatory course for the National Board of Echocardiography, Inc.™ (NBE) ASCeXAM® and ReASCE® examinations. Lectures given will emphasize illustrative cases.
This Review Course covers all aspects of cardiovascular ultrasound essential to these examinations, including physics, valvular heart disease, strain and 3D imaging, contrast echocardiography, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, congenital heart disease, and more. The expert faculty will use case studies, lectures, and interactive sessions to help prepare attendees for the ASCeXAM® or ReASCE® examinations. An audience response system and question and answer sessions will facilitate faculty interaction and self-guided learning.
This online library includes recordings of the lectures presented at ASCeXAM/ReASCE Review Course in Boston, May 4-7, 2019
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, you shoule be able to:
- Explain the essential physical principles of cardiac ultrasound.
- Recognize common ultrasound artifacts and their genesis.
- Estimate systolic function using standard M-mode and 2D echocardiography, as well as newer modalities such as strain imaging and 3D echocardiography.
- Identify and quantitate valvular heart disease severity.
- Describe the application of Doppler in the assessment of hemodynamics and diastolic function, and heart failure.
- Perform clinically relevant calculations of valve areas and intracardiac pressures.
- Explain proven techniques for interpreting stress echocardiographic examinations.
- Differentiate features of cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, and restrictive cardiomyopathy.
- List appropriate applications of echocardiography.
- Recognize newer applications of echocardiography such as myocardial contrast and 3D echocardiography.
- Explain the utility of Doppler echocardiography in disease of the Aorta.
THE 20TH ANNUAL ASCeXAM/ReASCE REVIEW COURSES
