Echocardiography training
Echo Assessment of the Pulmonary Veins
Speaker: Basma Mohammed, PGY-5, University of Toronto. Objectives: 1. Anatomy of the pulmonary veins. 2. Physiology of the pulmonary veins. 3. The effect of different Pathologies in the pulmonary vein...
When an Echocardiographer and a Physicist Walk...
Speaker: Tina Zhou MD, cardiology resident, PGY5, U of T. Objectives: 1. Review the principle of continuity and conservation of energy. 2. Demonstrate how fundamental physics principles are used in...
What is the Pressure Gradient in the Left Ventricle
Speaker: Priya Koilpillai, MD FRCPC (she/her) Echocardiography Fellow, Cardiology St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto Objectives: 1) Understand the difference between LV cavity obliteration vs LVOT...
Stress Echo in the Setting of Pulmonary Hypertension
Stress Echo in the Setting of Pulmonary Hypertension. Speaker: Priya Koilpillai MD, Echo Fellow, St. Michael's Hospital. Objectives: 1. Review the principles of stress echo 2. Review the transthoracic...
Regurgitant Aortic Valve Repair: Art or Science?...
Regurgitant Aortic Valve Repair: Art or Science? The Role of Intraoperative TEE. Speaker: Ahmad S. Omran MD, FACC, FESC, FASE, FEACVI. Objectives: 1. Understand the pathology and mechanism of regurgitation...
Echocardiography in Systemic Diseases
Speaker: Rana Hassan MD, Cardiology Resident, University of Toronto. Objectives: 1. Identify systemic disease with cardiac involvement. 2. Identify echocardiographic findings in systemic illnesses....
Echocardiographic Quantification of Right-Sided...
Echocardiographic Quantification of Right-Sided Chambers. Speaker: Dr. Shamon Ahmed. Objectives: 1. Review current guideline recommendations for quantification/measurement of right-sided chambers. 2....
Echocardiographic Assessment and Diagnosis of...
Speaker: Dr. Muizz Wahid, Cardiology Resident, University of Toronto Objectives: 1. Background information about constrictive pericarditis. 2. Hemodynamics overview. 3. Echocardiographic diagnosis...
Beyond the RV: Recurrent Myocarditis Unravelled...
Speaker: Dr. Ryan Sless, PGY 5, Univeristy of Toronto Objectives: 1. Highlight a case of recurrent myocarditis and when to consider other etiologies. 2. Review guidelines for imaging of the RV and its...
Bubbles, Bubbles, Solve My Troubles
Bubbles, bubbles, solve my troubles. Speaker: Chi-Ming Chow MD MSc FRCPC FASE FCCS. Director of Echo Lab, St. Michael's Hospital. Professor in Medicine, University of Toronto. Learning objectives: 1)...
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pericardial Effusions:...
Echocardiographic evaluation of pericardial effusions: To Tap or Not to Tap. Date: 3 Oct 2023. Speaker: Sofiane Ouerd MD. Objectives: 1. Review the physiology and clinical features of cardiac tamponade....
Extracardiac Shunt Pulm AV Malformation
Echo clinical case: agitated saline in patient with hyperdynamic LV showed opacification of left side after 5 beats confirmed by CT.
Echocardiographic Assessment of Mechanical Complications...
Echocardiographic Assessment of Mechanical Complications Due to Myocardial Infarction. Date: 24 Oct 2023. Speaker: Muhtashim Mian MD MSc, Cardiology Resident C2, University of Western Ontario. Objectives:...
That is Not Supposed to Be There … An Overview...
That is Not Supposed to Be There … An Overview of Cardiac Masses. Date: 1 Aug 2024. Speaker: Jamie Sklar, MD MSc FRCPC Objectives: 1. Provide an approach to the differential diagnosis of the cardiac...