Echo Adult – Dr. Wael Labib (Wave 7)

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📲 Delivered on Telegram · Recorded lectures · 7 Lectures · 6 months access

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Course Overview

Echocardiography is an imaging technique that visualizes the structure and function of the heart using ultrasound waves. The quality of the image depends on tissue characteristics between the chest wall and the heart, as well as the clinician’s skill in performing the procedure.

We start from scratch: the course is designed for beginners — we explain the basics of the different echocardiography views, both theory and practice, then move to real pathological cases (valvular and congenital heart diseases), critical-care echo, medical report writing and comprehensive case management.

What You Will Achieve

  • Echo basics: physics, techniques and standard views
  • Adult echo: diagnose valve diseases and heart-muscle problems, and assess heart function
  • Critical care echo: identify urgent conditions like pericardial effusion, aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism
  • ICU applications: assess blood flow and fluid responsiveness, and guide emergency treatment
  • Advanced techniques: tissue Doppler, speckle tracking, contrast echo and TEE
  • Medical report writing and comprehensive case management

Advanced topics also covered: cardiomyopathies and pericardial diseases.

Course Outline

Lecture Main Topic Key Points
1 Basics of Echocardiography Echo machine & probes
Standard views (parasternal, apical, subcostal, suprasternal)
Normal values
Normal anatomical variants
2 Rheumatic Heart Disease – Mitral Valve & Pathologies Rheumatic mitral valve disease
Mitral valve prolapse
Mitral stenosis & regurgitation (MS & MR)
3 Aortic Valve Disorders Overview of aortic valve disease
Bicuspid aortic valve
Aortic regurgitation & stenosis (AR & AS)
4 Ischemic Heart Disease Echo findings in ischemia
Regional wall motion analysis
Post-MI complications (aneurysm, rupture, tamponade)
5 Heart Failure Diastolic heart failure (HFpEF)
Systolic heart failure (HFrEF)
6 Pulmonary Vascular Disorders Pulmonary hypertension
Cor pulmonale
Pulmonary embolism
7 Congenital Heart Defects & Advanced Techniques VSD, ASD, PDA
Stress echocardiography
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)

Your Instructor – Dr. Wael Labib

  • Cardiology consultant with 20+ years of experience in CCU, ICU & private clinics
  • Instructor in MRCP, cardiology, ECG and emergency medical courses
  • Senior cardiologist in CCU/ICU & echocardiographer – El Ray El Saleh Hospital, Minia (2012–2018)
  • Cardiology resident – El Mataria Teaching Hospital & private hospitals (Anglo-American, El Ray El Saleh Shobra, El Kebty) (2007–2012)
  • Cardiologist & echocardiographer at his own private clinic (2012–present)
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What Will You Learn?

  • Echo basics: physics, techniques and standard views
  • Diagnose valvular diseases, cardiac muscle disorders and assess ventricular function
  • Recognize critical conditions: pericardial effusion, aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism
  • Use echo in critical care: hemodynamics, fluid responsiveness and life-saving procedures
  • Write a professional echocardiography report using standard terminology
  • Advanced techniques: tissue Doppler, speckle tracking, contrast echo and TEE

Course Content

Lecture 1: Basics of Echocardiography
Echo machine & probes · Standard views (parasternal, apical, subcostal, suprasternal) · Normal values · Normal anatomical variants

  • Echo machine & probes
  • Standard views (parasternal, apical, subcostal, suprasternal)
  • Normal values
  • Normal anatomical variants

Lecture 2: Rheumatic Heart Disease – Mitral Valve & Pathologies
Rheumatic mitral valve disease · Mitral valve prolapse · Mitral stenosis & regurgitation (MS & MR)

Lecture 3: Aortic Valve Disorders
Overview of aortic valve disease · Bicuspid aortic valve · Aortic regurgitation & stenosis (AR & AS)

Lecture 4: Ischemic Heart Disease
Echo findings in ischemia · Regional wall motion analysis · Post-MI complications (aneurysm, rupture, tamponade)

Lecture 5: Heart Failure
Diastolic heart failure (HFpEF) · Systolic heart failure (HFrEF)

Lecture 6: Pulmonary Vascular Disorders
Pulmonary hypertension · Cor pulmonale · Pulmonary embolism

Lecture 7: Congenital Heart Defects & Advanced Techniques
VSD, ASD, PDA · Stress echocardiography · Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)