Frank E. Silvestry, MD
Director, Penn Cardiac Care at Radnor
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Session time: approximately 1 hour - Original Release Date: 6/15/2007 Expiration Date: 6/15/2010

Dr. Silvestry provides disclosure on the 1st slide of his presentations.

Accreditation

The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Echocardiography designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ARDMS and CCI recognize ASE’s certificates and have agreed to honor the credit hours toward their registry requirements for sonographers.

Target Audience

The targeted audience for this program is cardiologists, internists, anesthesiologists, pediatric cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiac sonographers, and other professionals who use echocardiography to assess cardiac function.

Course Objectives

After seeing this presentation, the viewer should be able to

• Understand basic intracardiac echo image acquisition - ‘standard views’
• Understand primary role of ICE in guiding percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects, as well as in pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation
• Use as a framework for potential additional applications in the future:
  • Diagnostic
  • Interventional
  • Electrophysiologic

Receiving Credit

ASE MEMBERS: To receive CME credit for this activity, complete and submit the evaluation form and the post-test questions. After successfully completing the post-test (a score of 70% is required), your test score and contact information will be automatically sent to ASE. Upon successful completion of the post-test you will be able to print out a certificate of completion.

NON-ASE MEMBERS: Non-members can also gain CME credit by completing and submitting the evaluation and post-test as above. You may pay the CME fee online and print out your certificate of completion. If paying by check, your test and contact information form should be mailed to the American Society of Echocardiography, 1500 Sunday Drive, Suite 102, Raleigh, NC 27607. Non-ASE members must include a check for $25 (US funds) with each application.

Click here to access the CME Test

GETTING STARTED

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