Chapter 1. Echocardiography overview
- Echocardiography overview intro
- Understanding the role of TTE
- Knowing what your machine can do
- Understanding the essential imaging and Doppler modalities
- Echocardiography overview quiz
Chapter 2. Nuts and bolts
- Nuts and bolts intro
- Preparing to scan
- Optimizing your image
- Making measurements
- Recognizing artifacts
- Controlling infection
- Nuts and bolts quiz
Chapter 3. Parasternal long-axis (PLAX) views
- Parasternal long-axis (PLAX) views intro
- Obtaining an optimal image
- Recognizing the key structures
- Assessing the image
- Mastering the PLAX inflow view
- Mastering the PLAX outflow view
- Parasternal long-axis (PLAX) views quiz
Chapter 4. Parasternal short-axis (PSAX) views
- Parasternal short-axis (PSAX) views intro
- Mastering the PSAX aortic valve view
- Mastering the PSAX mitral valve view
- Mastering the PSAX papillary muscle view
- Parasternal short-axis (PSAX) views quiz
Chapter 5. Apical views
- Apical views intro
- Mastering the apical four-chamber view
- Mastering the apical five-chamber view
- Mastering the apical three-chamber view
- Mastering the apical two-chamber view
- Apical views quiz
Chapter 6. Subcostal views
- Subcostal views intro
- Mastering the subcostal four-chamber view
- Mastering the subcostal IVC view
- Subcostal views quiz
Chapter 7. Suprasternal view
Chapter 8. The ventricles and pulmonary pressures
- The ventricles and pulmonary pressures intro
- Evaluating left ventricular size and hypertrophy
- Assessing left ventricular global systolic function
- Assessing left ventricular diastolic function
- Identifying left ventricular regional wall abnormalities
- Evaluating right ventricular size and function
- Measuring pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP)
- The ventricles and pulmonary pressures quiz
Chapter 9. The valves
- The valves intro
- Assessing aortic stenosis
- Detecting aortic regurgitation
- Recognizing mitral stenosis
- Diagnosing mitral regurgitation
- Spotting tricuspid and pulmonary valve disease
- Checking replacement valves
- The valves quiz
Chapter 10. Other uses of TTE
- Other uses of TTE intro
- Detecting pericardial effusions
- Assessing intracardiac masses
- Recognizing imitation masses
- Identifying abnormal vessels
- Spotting simple shunts
- Other uses of TTE quiz