# Echo Pass

## Metadata
- Content type: Course
- Canonical URL: https://123sonography.com/course/echo-pass
- Published: May 29, 2024
- Last updated: June 3, 2026
- Category: Other US courses
- Course Type: Other

## Overview
Our Echo Pass includes 90 lectures from different echocardiography courses and is the perfect resource to enhancing your echocardiography skills. Start learning now! Note: This course includes AI-generated translations. Accuracy is not guaranteed (read more in Terms & Conditions)

## Media
![123sonography echo pass](https://123sonography.com/sites/default/files/2025-02/shutterstock_1551785417.jpg)

## Snapshot
- Duration: 19.6 hours
- Chapters: 29
- Lectures: 90

## Intended Audience
- Echocardiographers
- Cardiologists

## Faculty
- [Prof. Thomas Binder, MD, FESC](/speaker/30) - Cardiologist, Head of Digital Learning; Medical University of Vienna
- [Elena Surkova, MD, MSc, PhD](/speaker/32) - Cardiologist; Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
- [Anna-Maria Pistritto, MD](/speaker/23) - Cardiologist; Medical University of Catania, Italy
- [Bruno Mora, MD, PhD](/speaker/42) - Medical University of Vienna
- [Christina Binder-Rodriguez, MD, PhD](/speaker/174) - Cardiologist; Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna
- [Fabian Knebel, MD, PhD](/speaker/46) - Senior Consultant Cardiologist; Charité Berlin
- [Jens Uwe Voigt, MD, PhD](/speaker/44) - University Professor, Senior Consultant; Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven - Belgium

## Pricing Options
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## Recommended Blog Posts
- [Ultrasound 101 - Part 2: Image Orientation](/blog/medical-team/ultrasound-101-part-2-image-orientation) - In part 2 of Ultrasound 101, you will learn about image orientation while using your transducer.
- [Echo Genius - Image Documentation](/blog/tips-tricks/echo-genius-image-documentation) - Some colleagues are rather lazy when it comes to documentation of echo exams. Wouldn’t you agree that taking photos when you go on vacation is a good idea?

## Curriculum

### Starter Kit - Left ventricular function
Your entry gate to the world of echocardiography. Assessment of cardiac function made easy.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Starter Kit - Left ventricular function](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3641) (Duration: 00:24)

### Starter kit – Aortic stenosis
Learn how to detect the most common form of valvular heat disease. Echo is easier than using the stethoscope.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Starter Kit - Aortic stenosis](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3642) (Duration: 00:21)

### Starter kit – Mitral regurgitation
Your first introduction to anatomy and function of the mitral valve. Learn how to use color Doppler to detect his important pathology.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Starter Kit - Mitral regurgitation](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3643) (Duration: 00:24)

### Introduction to imaging
Getting to the core of things: Instrumentation, components of an echo exam and much more…
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Introduction to imaging](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3644) (Duration: 00:27)

### Imaging – parasternal views
The parasternal view – how can you find it and which views should you display.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Imaging - parasternal views](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3645) (Duration: 00:23)

### Imaging – apical views
The apical window- probably the most important view to the heart. A chapter full of tips and tricks.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Imaging - apical views](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3646) (Duration: 00:25)

### Imaging – subcostal views
Problems with positioning your patient? The subcostal view is a perfect alternative that allows you to also see additional structures of the heart.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Imaging - subcostal views](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3647) (Duration: 00:17)

### Echo in critical care conditions
This chapter will definitely change the way you manage critical care patients. Get into the driving seat of medical decision making.
- Chapter content: 2 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Echo in critical care conditions - part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3648) (Duration: 00:19)
- Lecture: [Echo in critical care conditions - part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3649) (Duration: 00:18)

### Left ventricular dysfunction
Here we dig deeper into the essentials of quantifying left ventricular function. A chapter full of practical examples.
- Chapter content: 2 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Left ventricular dysfuction - part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3650) (Duration: 00:21)
- Lecture: [Left ventricular dysfuction - part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3651) (Duration: 00:19)

### Acute myocardial infarction
The ECG is still first – but once you watch this chapter you will realize important echocardiography is in patients with chest pain.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Acute myocardial infarction](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3652) (Duration: 00:17)

### Complications of myocardial infarction
This chapter will help you save lives. You will need echo for Risk assessment and the diagnosis of myocardial rupture, ischemic VSD, right ventricular infarct and thrombi.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Complications of myocardial infarction](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3653) (Duration: 00:19)

### Hypertrophy and myocardial disease
Hypertrophy - A frequent finding. But how do you quantify it and what are the causes? We will provide a simple roadmap.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Hypertrophy and myocardial disease](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3654) (Duration: 00:22)

### Fluid management
Should I give fluids or not? Echocardiography will provide the answer.
- Chapter content: 2 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Fluid management - part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3655) (Duration: 00:24)
- Lecture: [Fluid management - part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3656) (Duration: 00:13)

### Right heart and pulmonary hypertension
Learn how to quantify pulmonary pressure. Right heart disease is more common than you think and echo will lead you the diagnosis. From pulmonary embolism and right heart failure to tricuspid regurgitation.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Right heart and pulmonary embolism](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3657) (Duration: 00:33)

### Aortic stenosis
The sequel to chapter 2, now you will also learn how to quantify aortic stenosis. We will show you how to use spectral Doppler here.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Aortic stenosis](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3658) (Duration: 00:14)

### Mitral stenosis
A common disease in many parts of the world and one of the easiest diagnosis you can make. But only if you have an echo machine.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Mitral stenosis](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3659) (Duration: 00:16)

### Mitral regurgitation
In chapter 3 we already dealt with mitral regurgitation. Here you will see many more examples and learn why patients develop mitral regurgitation in the first place.
- Chapter content: 2 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Mitral regurgitation part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3660) (Duration: 00:17)
- Lecture: [Mitral regurgitation part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3661) (Duration: 00:16)

### Aortic regurgitation
One you know how to use color Doppler it is easy to detect aortic regurgitation. But there is more you should know about this entity if you want to manage your patients.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Aortic regurgitation](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3662) (Duration: 00:27)

### Transesophageal echocardiography
Transesophageal- and transthoracic echo belong together. Learn when and how to use it. Your first step into an important modality that is not only used in cardiology.
- Chapter content: 4 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [TEE - Introduction](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3666) (Duration: 00:25)
- Lecture: [TEE - Cut planes part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3665) (Duration: 00:20)
- Lecture: [TEE - Cut planes part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3664) (Duration: 00:12)
- Lecture: [TEE - Normal and abnormal](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3663) (Duration: 00:37)

### Heart and infection
If you don’t want to miss an endocarditis-, myocarditis or pericarditis then you will need to watch this chapter. Learn more about the incredible power of both transthoracic and transesophageal echo.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Heart and infection](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3667) (Duration: 00:18)

### Pericardial effusion
Detection of a pericardial effusion is one of the easiest tasks in echocardiography. This chapter will show you how to make the diagnosis and which additional information it provides.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Pericardial effusion](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3668) (Duration: 00:27)

### Aortic disease
Don’t forget to image the aorta. This lecture will explain you how and why it can save lives.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [22 - Aortic disease](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3669) (Duration: 00:19)

### Prosthetic valves
Over 250.000 prosthetic valves are implanted worldwide each year. So you will definitely see such patients. But how can you tell if prosthetic function is normal? We will show you in this chapter.
- Chapter content: 2 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Prosthetic valves part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3671) (Duration: 00:17)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic valves part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3670) (Duration: 00:24)

### Echo and cardiovascular surgery
Do you know how to assess the risk for surgery with echo? Which factors influence the postoperative outcome and what to look for in patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery? These are some of the topics discussed in this chapter.
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Echo and cardiovascular surgery](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3672) (Duration: 00:43)

### Premium - Methodology and Normal Findings
This chapter will provide you with in depth knowledge on what deformation is and which parameters can be measured. You will learn how Speckle Tracking works, which advantages it has to tissue Doppler and if values can be compared among different vendors. Finally, we will answer the question: Can we currently define normal values?
- Chapter content: 1 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Methodology and Normal Findings](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3673) (Duration: 00:30)

### Premium - How to Image Patients with ACHD
Here we teach you how to use a systemic approach when you image your patients.
- Chapter content: 2 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Situs, position of the heart, morphology of atria and ventricles](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3674) (Duration: 00:31)
- Lecture: [AV and VA connections, standard ACHD protocol](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3675) (Duration: 00:31)

### Premium - Endocarditis
In this chapter, we cover a wide array of subjects through engaging lectures and real-world examples, including Introduction to Endocarditis, Native Valve Endocarditis, Complications of Endocarditis, Right Heart Endocarditis, Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis, Pacemaker and Central Line Endocarditis, Non-Bacterial Endocarditis, and Guiding Patient Management.
- Chapter content: 47 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Overview - Definition and Epidemiology](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3676) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Overview - Clinical Manifestations](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3677) (Duration: 00:02)
- Lecture: [Overview - Pathophysiology](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3678) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Overview - Microbiology](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3679) (Duration: 00:10)
- Lecture: [Overview - Manifestation](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3680) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Overview - Diagnosis - Role of Echocardiography](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3681) (Duration: 00:10)
- Lecture: [Overview - Other Imaging Modalities](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3682) (Duration: 00:08)
- Lecture: [Overview - Mortality and Risk](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3683) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Overview - Prevention](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3684) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Native Valve Endocarditis - Location / Classification](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3685) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Native Valve Endocarditis - Diagnostic Challenges / Scenarios](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3686) (Duration: 00:07)
- Lecture: [Native Valve Endocarditis - Fungal Endocarditis](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3687) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Native Valve Endocarditis - Differential Diagnosis](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3688) (Duration: 00:12)
- Lecture: [Native Valve Endocarditis - Your turn to diagnose endocarditis!](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3689) (Duration: 00:10)
- Lecture: [Native Valve Endocarditis - Associated Findings](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3690) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Complications of Native Valve Endocarditis - Overview](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3691) (Duration: 00:05)
- Lecture: [Complications of Native Valve Endocarditis - Septic Embolism](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3692) (Duration: 00:05)
- Lecture: [Complications of Native Valve Endocarditis - Valvular Destruction](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3693) (Duration: 00:07)
- Lecture: [Complications of Native Valve Endocarditis - Regurgitation](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3694) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Complications of Native Valve Endocarditis - Paravalvular Complications](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3695) (Duration: 00:10)
- Lecture: [Right Heart Endocarditis - Basics](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3696) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Right Heart Endocarditis - Imaging](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3697) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Right Heart Endocarditis - Examples](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3698) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Right Heart Endocarditis - Management](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3699) (Duration: 00:05)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - Facts](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3700) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - Classification](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3701) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - Diagnostic Challenges](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3702) (Duration: 00:05)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - Differential Diagnosis](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3707) (Duration: 00:05)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - Examples](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3703) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - Complications - Part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3704) (Duration: 00:06)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - Complications - Part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3705) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis - TAVI Endocarditis](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3706) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Pacemaker and Central Line Endocarditis - Basics](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3708) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Pacemaker and Central Line Endocarditis - Presentation + Risk factors](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3709) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Pacemaker and Central Line Endocarditis - Case Examples](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3710) (Duration: 00:08)
- Lecture: [Pacemaker and Central Line Endocarditis - Management](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3711) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Pacemaker and Central Line Endocarditis - CVL Endocarditis - Basics](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3712) (Duration: 00:05)
- Lecture: [Pacemaker and Central Line Endocarditis - CVL Endocarditis - Case Examples / Prevention](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3713) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Non-Infective Endocarditis - Overview](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3714) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Non-Infective Endocarditis - Case Examples](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3715) (Duration: 00:06)
- Lecture: [Management of IE - Principles](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3716) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Management of IE - Indications for Surgery](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3717) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Management of IE - Antibiotics](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3718) (Duration: 00:03)
- Lecture: [Management of IE - Guidelines](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3719) (Duration: 00:10)
- Lecture: [Management of IE - Case Examples](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3720) (Duration: 00:04)
- Lecture: [Summary - Putting it all together](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3721) (Duration: 00:05)
- Lecture: [Summary - Reporting](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3722) (Duration: 00:04)

### Premium - Aortic Disease
The aorta can also be visualized with echo! In this chapter we will show you how. Diseases such as aortic aneurysms, dissection, aortic syndromes, and congenital abnormalities of the aorta will be covered.
- Chapter content: 6 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Imaging](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3723) (Duration: 00:10)
- Lecture: [Basics](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3724) (Duration: 00:17)
- Lecture: [Dissection](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3725) (Duration: 00:09)
- Lecture: [Findings](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3728) (Duration: 00:13)
- Lecture: [Coarctation](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3726) (Duration: 00:08)
- Lecture: [Summary](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3727) (Duration: 00:03)

### Premium - Source of Embolism
Looking for a potential source of embolism is a frequent indication for a TEE.
- Chapter content: 2 lectures and 0 quizzes
- Lecture: [Source of Embolism / Thrombus Part 1](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3729) (Duration: 00:23)
- Lecture: [Source of Embolism / Thrombus Part 2](/course/echo-pass#sg_course_lecture_3730) (Duration: 00:23)