EchoSAP 6 Features
Highlights of this product include:
- An updated syllabus text providing a core curriculum on the topic.
- High-quality images and videos, all easily downloadable into PowerPoint.
- An improved case format that requires less-clicking to access the content.
- ACC/AHA Guidelines and Competency Statements
- Convenient online and DVD formats
Learner Objectives
Upon completion of this program, learners should be able to:
- State the physical and instrumentation background for echocardiography.
- Explain those echocardiographic techniques that have emerged over the past 10 years.
- List the various applications for echocardiography in coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, diastolic dysfunction, and cardiomyopathies, as well as other applications.
- Identify echocardiographic images in both normal subjects and those with cardiac pathology.
- Identify specific congenital heart lesions and their repairs on echocardiography including late complications associated with them.
- Appropriately apply tools and techniques in the application of 3-D echocardiography for anatomic delineation and quantification.
- Appropriately apply tools and techniques in application of strain echocardiography for anatomic delineation and quantification.
- Appropriately apply tools and techniques in application of contrast echocardiography for anatomic delineation and quantification.
Target Audience
This program is intended for all professionals involved in the field of echocardiography.
Format
This product is available in convenient online and DVD formats that are sold together as a bundle.
Hardware/Software Requirements
EchoSAP 6 is optimized for use with Windows and Internet Explorer (version 6).
Supporting Programs
Some portions of the product may require the Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat Reader or Windows Media Player.
Accreditation Statement
The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ACCF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 46.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Although offering the CME credit noted above, EchoSAP 6 does not provide extensive training or offer certification in the field of cardiology.
Important Dates
Date of Original Release: December 2009
Date of Last Review: December 2010
Term of Approval/Date of CME Expiration: December 2012
Please note that the online version of the product will become inaccessible once its date of CME expiration has passed.
60-Day Risk-Free Return Policy
ACC guarantees its educational products. If you are dissatisfied with your product within 60 days of purchase, you may return the product at your expense. Please contact our Resource Center (toll-free 800-253-4636, x5603; direct dial 202-375-6000, x5603; email resource@acc.org) for return instructions. Please note that if you have already claimed CME credit for the product, you will not be eligible for a refund.
How is EchoSAP 6 Different Than EchoSAP 5?
EchoSAP 6 includes the 50 case studies that originally debuted in EchoSAP 5, but the quality of the images in the cases has been significantly improved (the videos are larger and in higher resolution). EchoSAP 6 will also include an additional 30 brand new case studies on more advanced topics such as tissue Doppler, strain, and 3-D echo, as well as an expanded syllabus text.