Setting the scene
Heart valve disease is common and prognosis, once symptoms develop, is relatively poor. Here, you’ll learn how to make accurate decisions about heart valves using echocardiography.
- Setting the scene intro
- Getting an overview of valve disease
- Reviewing the principles of echocardiography
- Covering echocardiography views
- Making accurate measurements
- Writing a report
- Setting the scene quiz
Mitral valve disease
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use echocardiography to recognize an abnormal mitral valve, as well as how to assess and report on mitral valve morphology and function.
- Mitral valve disease intro
- Introducing normal mitral valve echo anatomy
- Recognizing an abnormal mitral valve
- Identifying mitral valve regurgitation
- Quantifying mitral valve regurgitation based on color imaging
- Grading mitral stenosis
- Quantifying mitral valve stenosis
- Managing your patient
- Mitral valve disease quiz
Aortic valve disease
Echocardiography is key to the diagnosis of aortic valve disease. Here, you’ll learn how to assess the severity of aortic stenosis and regurgitation using echo-based techniques.
- Aortic valve disease intro
- Mastering normal aortic valve echo anatomy
- Recognizing an abnormal aortic valve
- Measuring an accurate aortic valve gradient
- Calculating the aortic valve area
- Diagnosing low-flow states
- Recognizing discordant values
- Diagnosing paradoxical low flow
- Identifying and grading aortic regurgitation
- Using visual clues to help grade aortic regurgitation
- Quantifying aortic regurgitation
- Managing a patient with aortic valve disease
- Aortic valve disease quiz
Tricuspid valve disease
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to assess tricuspid valve structure and function, grade the severity of tricuspid regurgitation, and identify tricuspid valve stenosis.
- Tricuspid valve disease intro
- Recognizing abnormal tricuspid valves
- Identifying and grading tricuspid regurgitation
- Assessing tricuspid valve stenosis
- Using guidelines for patient management
- Tricuspid valve disease quiz
Pulmonary valve disease
Pulmonary valve disease is often discovered during echocardiography. Here, you’ll learn how to assess pulmonary stenosis, grade pulmonary regurgitation and consequently manage it.
- Pulmonary valve disease intro
- Recognizing an abnormal pulmonary valve
- Grading pulmonary regurgitation
- Assessing pulmonary valve stenosis
- Managing a patient with pulmonary valve disease
- Pulmonary valve disease quiz
Prosthetic valves
In this chapter, you’ll learn about the concept of patient-prosthesis mismatch, using echocardiography to assess structural valve deterioration, and valvular thromboembolism.
- Prosthetic valves intro
- Recognizing the variety of prosthetic valves
- Discovering what can go wrong with prosthetic valves
- Assessing the function of prosthetic valves
- Examining transcatheter valves
- Prosthetic valves quiz
- Echo Masterclass—The Valves outro