Course objectives: Familiarization with the dynamic use of cardiac ultrasound and development of the relative diagnostic competency.

Course contents: Principles of echocardiography, "ultrasound anatomy" of the heart, How to evaluate a patient for non-cardiac surgery (guidelines), Perioperative evaluation and configuration of pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac evaluation (TTE), evaluation of: LV, ΑοV, MV, thoracic aorta aneurysms, Echo calculations, volume status and adverse events (TEE).

Course structure and teaching outcomes: The course consists of: formal class teaching with emphasis on case discussions, hands on experience in the OR and the Postoperative Unit.

Students will learn: to interpret cardiac echo studies, to follow its use as an intra-operative monitoring and to evaluate adverse events. Course objectives accomplishment will be evaluated in verbal case discussions.

Hours of training per student: 26

From the 10th Semester

ECTS: 2