Important General Concepts
Dr. Fernando Morcerf -
President of the First Echocardiography Congress of the Cardiovascular Image Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology. Echocardiography professor in ECOR ECOCARDIOGRAPHY initialization and specialization courses for over 40 years with more than 180 classes.
CONTINUOUS EDUCATION: The Practice of Echocardiography
Basic, intermediate, and advanced information on the diagnosis of various heart diseases studied in Adult Echocardiography.
Aimed at Cardiologists and Sonographers dedicated to Echocardiography, who already have some practical knowledge of the method, and wish an extensive range of theoretical and practical experience from Dr. Fernando Morcerf, many exclusive and original.
You will notice that the classes go direct to the issue.
A life with more than 35 years of continuous working on Echo and Teaching. Using logic, studies, and experience for deep explanations to depict what really works on a day-by-day base, not only on guidelines or preconception.
Notice also that ALL examples provided are cases from my own experience.
In addition to the video lessons, the student will be able to send their doubts and questions directly to Dr. Morcerf using an e-mail or WhatsApp number that will be provided. It is not a Group; hence, any message will be exclusively between us. When relevant to the questions, imagens may also be sent, however I cannot give a complete report about a case, just answer to your questions.
Only the active students will be able to access this service of Consulting, Mentoring and Continuous Education.
A CERTIFICATE with the total hours of the course will be provided at the end of the period.
Each Course presents a General Subject composed of several video classes grouped here, to meet those interested in a specific topic. Click on a video lesson to see a summary of the topic. These concepts are important to understand the different situations considered “obvious”; “common sense” or “rational”, which may be totally wrong.
IMPORTANT GENERAL CONCEPTS
Bernoulli: 'the misunderstood' (19min)
Much is said about Bernoulli’s equation but often in an erroneous way. Is it a blood flow velocity that produces a gradient or the gradient that produces a certain velocity? Is the jet laminar or turbulent? Here’s how reason, logic and common sense can be completely wrong.
Infinitesimal Calculus - Derivative and Integral - know the concept ... There is no math!!! (13min)
It is not possible to understand how Doppler evaluates different volumes in hemodynamics without understanding the concept of Derivative and Integral. This class should be seen before analyzing the severity of cardiac valve stenosis and regurgitation.
Problems with ALL Measurements (15 min)
What is a normal value? A given cavity may be enlarged even though it is in the mean of the normal value in a population. Why is it so difficult to be sure about the size of a cardiac structure?
Understand what statistical significance is, in order to avoid mistaking information’s in papers in medical journals. (17 min)
No math. Statistical significance does not indicate that it can be used in clinical practice.
Understand what the Correlation Index is, in order to avoid mistaking information’s in papers in medical journals. (24min)
Understand concepts of correlation between groups and why often a good correlation between patient populations it has no clinical value to be used on a single patient. See what a Bland-Altman graph is, this one, capable of indicating the clinical value of a given comparison. Understand the crucial difference between correlation and agreement.
What is Second Harmonic? Initial Lesson for the Study of Myocardial Perfusion with Microbubbles - PART I - (18min)
Here we begin the study of myocardial perfusion with microbubbles. In these two classes we will see the physics related to the second harmonic and the microbubbles and why the second harmonic, which was initially used to make the cardiac structures disappear and show only the microbubbles, became a fundamental technology to improve the image of the heart, present on all modern echo machines.
What is Second Harmonic? Initial Lesson for the Study of Myocardial Perfusion with Microbubbles - PART II - (16min)
Sequence of the study of second harmonic and myocardial perfusion with microbubbles.
Principles for Tissue Doppler and speckle tracking - deformation (strain) and deformation rate (strain rate) (7min)
Initial class on tissue strain and strain rate. In this class we will see the myocardial deformation that follows the force of contractility. Presentation of the concepts of strain (strain), strain rate and shear strain
Information and Subscription
- Course: There are 8 video classes (2:15h) selected from the site and grouped to cover the main echocardiography themes. The student also has the resource where he can send his doubts / questions directly to Dr. Morcerf.
- Price:US$ 43.00 valid for 3 months (90 days) from the date of hiring.
- The video classes can be accessed from any computer, tablet and cell phone.
Course Features
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Duration
2 h 15 min
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Number of lessons
8
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Language
English
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Bernoulli: ‘the misunderstood’ (19min)
30m
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Infinitesimal Calculus – Derivative and Integral – know the concept … There is no math!!! (13min)
30m
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Problems with ALL Measurements (15 min)
30m
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Understand what statistical significance is, in order to avoid mistaking information’s in papers in medical journals. (17 min)
30m
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Understand what the Correlation Index is, in order to avoid mistaking information’s in papers in medical journals. (24min)
30m
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What is Second Harmonic? Initial Lesson for the Study of Myocardial Perfusion with Microbubbles – PART I – (18min)
30m
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What is Second Harmonic? Initial Lesson for the Study of Myocardial Perfusion with Microbubbles – PART II – (16min)
30m
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Principles for Tissue Doppler and speckle tracking – deformation (strain) and deformation rate (strain rate) (7min)
30m
President of the First Echocardiography Congress of the Cardiovascular Image Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology. Echocardiography professor in ECOR ECOCARDIOGRAPHY initialization and specialization courses for over 40 years with more than 180 classes.
Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (March 1965 to December 1970).
Postgraduate studies at Evanston Hospital at Northwestern University. Chicago, Illinois, USA, from July 1971 to June 1972. (Internship)
Resident in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, from July 1972 to June 1973.
Fellowship in Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, from July 1973 to June 1975.
Former Professor Postgraduate Course in Cardiology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Former professor at the Postgraduate Medical Institute of Rio de Janeiro
Director of the Echocardiography Service at ECOR Ecocardiografia Rio de Janeiro
First president of the Brazilian Congress of Echocardiography of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology in 1989
Former President of the Department of Echocardiography of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (1990 to 1992)
Professor of the Echocardiography Course at the Brazilian School of Echocardiography with more than 2,500 alumni in classroom courses since 1980 to date.
Thousands of alumni in video aulas in Internet courses.
Exclusive teacher: ecor.com.br (Brazil) and cardiomorcerf.com (international) Online Courses.
