Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/29a64f/diastology_and_new) has announced the addition of the "Diastology and New Echo Technologies Summit" training to their offering.
The Cleveland Clinic Diastology and New Echo Technologies Summit is now available in a variety of multimedia formats to meet your needs — DVD, MP4, audio CD, and MP3.
Diastology and New Echo Technologies Summit provides a unique opportunity for participants to view key opinion leaders and review updates in heart valve disease, diastology, new and emerging echo technologies, and contrast echocardiography.
Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, Professor of Medicine, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Research, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic is the summit director.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity is designed for cardiologists, sonographers, nurses, cardiology fellows, and other healthcare professionals interested in diastology, new echocardiographic technologies, contrast echocardiography, and heart valve disease.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After viewing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following for each session:
HEART VALVE
- Describe state-of-the-art multimodality imaging in valvular heart disease
- Describe the natural history of mitral regurgitation and when to treat medically or surgically
- Discuss Doppler quantitative approaches to mitral regurgitation and aortic regurgitation
- Describe mechanisms and treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation and aortic regurgitation
- Discuss surgical mitral and tricuspid valve repair
- Discuss new mechanisms and therapies for aortic stenosis
- Discuss the epidemiology of aortic regurgitation and when to intervene
- Describe percutaneous approaches to mitral and aortic diseases
DIASTOLOGY