How Echocardiography Can Assist the Non-Cardiologist in Diagnosing and Managing Patients with Suspected or Proven Cardiovascular Diseases
Eddy Barasch, M.D.
Dr. Barasch reports no commercial conflict of interest.
Release Date: 09/16/1998
Termination Date: 09/16/2001
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
 
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, the participant should be able to:
- Describe and be familiar with the multitude of clinical situations in which echocardiography can help the clinician reach a correct diagnosis
- Discuss the basic criteria on which the echocardiographic interpretation is based
- Provide the general framework for a critical reading of an echocardiographic report.