1.0 CME | 1.0 ABIM MOC

Up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and 1.0 ABIM MOC Medical Knowledge point for eligible participants.

Dr. Ronald Wharton

Short videos. Remarkable cases. Decades of experience.

Dr. Ronald Wharton takes you straight into real echocardiographic cases, sharing the diagnostic clues, unexpected findings, and clinical insights that come from decades of experience. Each focused video is paired with supplemental learning that takes you deeper into the cases.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome & How To Earn Credit

    2. Accreditation & Disclosures

    1. Mitral Valves: Regurgitation or Artifact

    1. Introduction

    2. The clue is in the inflow - Why the color image can miss the leak

    3. Why a systolic leak changes diastolic inflow

    4. Making sense of the VTI ratio

    5. The pressure changes behind the Doppler slope

    6. A high gradient has more than one explanation

    7. Choosing recordings that answer the question

    8. Connecting the flow to the valve anatomy

    9. What the jet means for the patient

    1. Following a surprising signal

    2. What the color tells us

    3. Exploring the signal with spectral Doppler

    4. How the machine assigns a signal to a location

    5. Let the cardiac cycle help identify the source

    6. Making the comparison at the bedside

    7. Understanding the backward flow we expect

    8. The prosthesis also shapes forward inflow

    9. Why this discovery matters

    1. Closing perspective

    2. References

    1. Application-Focused Knowledge Check

    2. Session Survey

About this course

  • $25.00
  • 25 lessons
  • 12 minutes

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