Topic List

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• General - based on core Echo / CT / CMR clinical research.
• Novel Technologies  - related to advances in techniques and new technologies.
• Basic Pathophysiology  - related to Biophysics and Basic Science research.

  Topic List 2011

01.00 General principles of echocardiography 
        01.01  Principles, safety, biological effect of ultrasound

02.00 The echocardiographic examination 
        02.01  The echo exam and quality assessment
        02.02  Anatomy and physiology of the heart and great vessels
        02.03  Arrhythmias and conduction disturbances

03.00 Assessment of diameters, volumes and mass 
        03.01  Atrium morphology
        03.02  Assessment of left ventricle morphology
        03.03  Assessment of right ventricle morphology

04.00 Non-invasive hemodynamics derived from echo-Doppler 
        04.01  Intracardiac flows and pressures
        04.02  Principles of volume and flow assessment

05.00 Assessment of systolic function 
        05.01  Determinants of left ventricular performance
        05.02  Global left ventricular systolic function
        05.03  Regional left ventricular systolic function
        05.04  Right ventricular systolic function

06.00 Assessment of diastolic function 
        06.01  Echo-Doppler approach to left ventricle diastolic function

07.00  Ischemic heart disease
        07.01 Coronary anatomy and function 
        07.02  Myocardial ischemia
        07.03  Myocardial infarction
        07.04  Myocardial viability

08.00 Heart valves 
        08.01  Aortic stenosis
        08.02  Mitral stenosis
        08.03  Aortic regurgitation
        08.04  Primary mitral regurgitation
        08.05  Secondary mitral valve
        08.06  Tricuspid regurgitation
        08.07  Prosthetic valve
        08.08  Endocarditis
        08.09  Valvular heart disease associated with systemic conditions and others

09.00 Cardiomyopathies 
        09.01  Dilated cardiomyopathy
        09.02  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
        09.03  Restrictive cardiomyopathies
        09.04  Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
        09.05  Other myocardial diseases
        09.06  Effect of systemic illnesses on the heart
        09.07  TakoTsubo cardiomyopathy
        09.08  Cardiac transplantation

10.00 Systemic and pulmonary hypertensive heart disease 
        10.01  Systemic hypertension
        10.02  Pulmonary heart disease (cor pulmonale)
        10.03  Systemic diseases
        10.04  Athlete’s heart
        10.05  Pregnancy
        10.06  Others

11.00 Pericardial disease 
        11.00 Pericardial disease Pericardial disease

12.00 Basics in congenital heart disease in the adult 
        12.01  Outflow obstruction
        12.02  Abnormal intracardiac communications
        12.03  Ebstein’s anomaly
        12.04  Tetralogy of fallot after repair
        12.05  Congenital abnormalities of the aorta
        12.06  Cardiomyopathy
        12.07  Heart valve diseases

13.00 Masses, tumors and sources of embolism 
        13.00 Masses, tumors and sources of embolism 

14.00 Diseases of the aorta 
        14.01  Aortic dissection and aneuryms
        14.02  Aortic atherosclerosis

15.00 Stress echo echocardiography 
        15.01  Dypiridamole stress echo
        15.02  Dobutamine stress echo
        15.03  Exercise stress echo
        15.04  Stress echo for hemodynamics and valve disease

16.00 Transesophageal echocardiography 
        16.00 Transesophageal echocardiography 

17.00 Contrast echocardiography and tissue harmonic imaging 
        17.01  Contrast echocardiography

18.00 Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography 
        18.01  3D-TTE
        18.02  3D/4D Function (strain, contrast,…)

19.00 Tissue Doppler and speckle tracking 
        19.01  Techniques
        19.02  Clinical applications

20.00 Magnetic resonance imaging 
        20.01  Valvular heart disease
        20.02  Ventricular evaluation
        20.03  Others

21.00 Computed tomography 
        21.01  Valvular heart disease 
        21.02  Ventricular evaluation
        21.03  Others

22.00 Miscellaneous