Description
▶︎ Course Overview
The EACVI Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit course is designed to provide participants with an up-to-date and clinically focused review of the most recent developments in the use of echocardiography for critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
This comprehensive program emphasizes the practical application of echocardiography in critical care settings, supporting clinicians in decision-making during complex and high-risk clinical scenarios. The course combines case-based learning with structured teaching sessions, covering both transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in intensive care practice.
🗒 Clinical Case Presentations
| Case | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Case 1 | Clinical Case Presentation | Gehani |
| Case 2 | Red Flag | Smitha Anil Kumar |
| Case 3 | Diamond Ring | Bassim Albizreh |
| Case 4 | Catch the Right Moment | Smitha Anil Kumar |
| Case 5 | Pulmonary Embolism | Fathi El-Allus |
| Case 6 | Cardiac Tamponade | Ahmed Shaaban |
| Case 7 | Rupture of Papillary Muscle | Fathi El-Allus |
| Case 8 | Use What You Have, Do What You Can | Fadi Khazaal |
| Case 9 | Aortic Valve Root Access | Fathi El-Allus |
Each case presentation focuses on real-life ICU scenarios, highlighting diagnostic challenges, echocardiographic findings, and practical management strategies in critically ill patients.
👨⚕️🧑🏾💻 Teaching Course Sessions
| Session | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Is Critical Care Echocardiography | Mawahib El Hassan |
| 2 | Competency in Critical Care Echocardiography | Matteo Cameli |
| 3 | Mandatory Views of TTE and TEE | Ahmed Maghraby |
| 4 | Pulmonary Embolism | Ahmed Elyas |
| 5 | Myocardial Work | Elena Galli |
| 6 | Cardiac Tamponade | Fahmi Othman |
| 7 | Hypovolemic Shock and Septic Shock | Ahmed Galal |
| 8 | Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients | Ahmed Labib |
| 9 | Noninvasive Cardiac Catheterization | Maurizio Galderisi |
| 10 | Fluid Responsiveness | Maurizio Galderisi |
| 11 | Lung Ultrasound | Maurizio Galderisi |
| 12 | Dynamic LVOT Obstruction | Sherif Helmy |
| 13 | Flail Mitral Valve | Alzaeem Hakam |
| 14 | Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction | Smitha Anilkumar |
| 15 | Role of Echocardiography in Patients with ECMO | Elena Galli |
| 16 | Role of Echocardiography in Patients with LVAD | Matteo Cameli |
✅ Educational Focus
This course covers a broad range of essential ICU echocardiography topics, including:
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Hemodynamic assessment
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Shock differentiation
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Mechanical cardiac complications
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Valvular emergencies
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Advanced echocardiographic techniques
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Integration of lung ultrasound
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Echocardiography in patients supported with ECMO and LVAD
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Leah Hanger –
Topics like pulmonary embolism, mechanical complications of MI, ECMO, and LVAD are explained clearly with echo guidance. The lung ultrasound and focused cardiac ultrasound sessions were especially useful
Carlos Serrano –
The content of this course is outstanding
MahmoudSaadEddin –
This is one of the best ICU echo courses I have taken. The explanations are concise but deep enough to understand complex pathology. The myocardial work and LVOT obstruction sessions were very well done
Gioacchino Schiavone –
This course covers exactly what we face in the ICU and emergency department.