Echo Exam 1: Guiding Principles
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Course Details
Credit/contact hours: .25
Estimated time to complete: 15 minutes
Publication Date: February 6, 2019
Expiration date: February 6, 2025
Reviewed: February 6, 2022
Description:
The purpose of this series covering performing an Echocardiographic Exam is to assist the reader through the performance of both a basic and advanced transesophageal echocardiography examination as well as basic transthoracic echocardiography.
You Will Learn
- Guiding principles, including TEE and TTE probe manipulation, describing the pathology and defining the physiology of the patient
- Presentation, and pre- and intra-operative considerations
Method and medium:
Robert H Thiele, MD
Dr. Thiele attended medical school at Vanderbilt, completed his internship at Northwestern, his anesthesiology residency at UVA and his critical care fellowship at Duke. He is board certified in anesthesiology, critical care, and advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography.
DISCLOSURE: This individual reports no relevant financial relationships with commercial entities.
