Practical Intermediate Echocardiography (PIE) Workshop

Time

11-Aug-2025 08:00 - 08:00

Price

Audience

Public

Address

Singapore Trauma Training Centre (Level 4 EDTC block)

PIE is a new transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) course targeting at more experienced or advanced practitioners. This course is particularly useful to: practitioners who are already performing basic level echo but would like to advance their skills and apply Doppler echo in their studies practitioners who are already performing Doppler echo but want to perfect their Doppler skills or want to learn more on principles of assessments in Doppler measurements The course objective is to equip practitioners with the skills to properly assess cardiac function and haemodynamics in patients who are critically ill. There is a well balance of didactic lectures and hands-on practice in this course, and aims to fill the “gap” between basic and advanced critical care echo. The course cover basic principles and clinical topics, with the emphasis on Doppler assessment. Topics* may include: Basics principles: Revisiting anatomy and views in TTE: probe navigation Principles of Doppler Cardiac output measurement Pulmonary artery pressure estimation Mean pressure gradient and pressure half-time LV filling pressures inference Clinical topics or cases: Shock Shortness of breath Cardiac arrest Valvular assessments for critical care *Note that not all topics are offered due time limitation. Suitable topics will be decided by the local organizer in discussion with the PIE team.