1.0 CME | 1.0 ABIM MOC

Available Credit: 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. Recognizing Echo Artifacts

    1. Introduction - Echocardiographic Artifacts and Diagnostic Reasoning

    2. Case 1: Cross Talk Artifact - Spectral mirroring of a VSD signal mistaken for tricuspid regurgitation

    3. Case 2: Slice Thickness - An atrial shunt displayed along an unexpected pathway

    4. Case 3: Beam Width Artifact - Mitral regurgitation mistaken for aortic stenosis

    5. Case 4: Beam Width Artifact - A right atrial catheter appearing in the left atrium

    6. Case 5: Beam Width Artifact - Tricuspid regurgitation appearing in the left atrium

    7. References

    1. Application-Focused Knowledge Check

    2. Session Survey

About this course

  • $25.00
  • 12 lessons
  • 15 minutes

Purchase this course

Earn 1.0 CME credit for $25. This course is also available in a discounted five-course collection.

Get 5.0 CME Credits for $99

This course is included in Dr. Wharton's Echo Case Series - Collection 1.
Get all five expert-led courses for $99 instead of $125.