About the Event
ASE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The ASCeXAM Review Course is specifically designed to help you gain the knowledge you need to pass the ASCeXAM exam. Even if you are not taking the exam this year, this course offers comprehensive cardiovascular ultrasound education that includes 28.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
This Review Course will cover all aspects of cardiovascular ultrasound essential to these examinations, including physics, valvular heart disease, strain and 3D imaging, contrast echocardiography, ischemic heart disease, congenital heart disease, and more. The expert faculty will use case studies and lectures to help prepare attendees for the ASCeXAM® examinations.
"The review course is very good. The online course helped a lot in incorporating this review prior to the examination."
Past Review Course Participant
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for physicians interested in sitting for the ASCeXAM® (Examination of Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography), as well as physicians and sonographers interested in a board review of cardiovascular ultrasound.
Topics
This Review Course will cover all aspects of cardiovascular ultrasound essential to these examinations, including physics, valvular heart disease, strain and 3D imaging, contrast echocardiography, ischemic heart disease, congenital heart disease, and more. The expert faculty will use case studies and lectures to help prepare attendees for the ASCeXAM® examinations.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be better able to:
- Explain the essential physical principles of cardiac ultrasound.
- Recognize common ultrasound artifacts and their genesis.
- Estimate systolic function using standard M-mode and 2D echocardiography, as well as newer modalities such as strain imaging and 3D echocardiography.
- Identify and quantitate valvular heart disease severity.
- Describe the application of Doppler in the assessment of hemodynamics and diastolic function.
- Perform clinically relevant calculations of valve areas and intracardiac pressures.
- Explain proven techniques for interpreting stress echocardiographic examinations.
- Differentiate features of cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, and restrictive cardiomyopathy.
- List appropriate applications of echocardiography.
- Recognize newer applications of echocardiography such as myocardial contrast.
Please note that you will not have access to the course evaluation to claim CME until after the Live Q&A Session on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
CME Information
Please note that you will not have access to the course evaluation, to claim CME, until after the Live Q&A Session on June 14, 2025. The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ASE designates this live activity for a maximum of 28.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM (Pending Approval). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 28.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.