Learn practical echocardiography on real echo recordings
Echocardiography Basics for Doctors is a six-hour online echocardiography course that teaches transthoracic echo (TTE) the way it is used at the bedside. Built on the book Quick Notes in Practical Echocardiography by Dr A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D., Senior Interventional Cardiologist, it takes you from ultrasound physics and the standard views through Doppler, ventricular function and valve disease to a complete, clinically useful echo report.
Unlike courses built on diagrams, every lesson is taught over real echocardiographic recordings from the author’s own practice, so what you learn on screen is what you will see on the machine.
Who this echocardiography course is for
- Postgraduates in medicine, cardiology, anaesthesia, emergency medicine and critical care
- Physicians and intensivists who use bedside echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasound
- Cardiology fellows starting echo training
- Doctors preparing for cardiology board examinations
What you will learn
- Acquire and optimise the parasternal, apical, subcostal and suprasternal views, and recognise common artefacts
- Use colour, pulsed-wave, continuous-wave and tissue Doppler correctly, and apply the Bernoulli equation
- Quantify LV size, ejection fraction and diastolic function to current ASE/EACVI standards
- Assess the right ventricle, pulmonary artery pressure, atria, aorta, IVC and right atrial pressure
- Grade aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation, and evaluate prosthetic valves and infective endocarditis
- Recognise ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, pericardial effusion and tamponade, pulmonary hypertension and cardiac masses
- Perform focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) and write a complete echo report
Course curriculum: 10 modules, 33 video lessons
Module 1: Foundations of Imaging
- Lesson 1: Physics of Ultrasound Made Simple
- Lesson 2: Knobology
- Lesson 3: Transducers, Presets, and Image Optimization
- Lesson 4: Patient Positioning, Ergonomics, and the Art of the Window
Module 2: The Standard Examination
- Lesson 5: The Standard Echo Exam
- Lesson 6: Cardiac Anatomy Through the Echo Lens
- Lesson 7: Understanding Echo Modes
- Lesson 8: Artifacts and Pitfalls
Module 3: The Doppler Toolkit
- Lesson 9: Doppler Demystified
- Lesson 10: The Bernoulli Equation and Pressure Gradients in Practice
- Lesson 11: Measuring Flow
- Lesson 12: Color Flow Mapping
Module 4: Left Ventricular Function and Quantification
- Lesson 13: Left Ventricular Systolic Function
- Lesson 14: Diastolic Function
- Lesson 15: Chamber Quantification
Module 5: Right Heart, Atria, Aorta and IVC
- Lesson 16: The Right Ventricle
- Lesson 17: Left and Right Atrial Assessment
- Lesson 18: Evaluating the Aorta and Great Vessels
- Lesson 19: IVC, Volume Status, and Right Atrial Pressure
Module 6: The Aortic Valve
- Lesson 20: Aortic Stenosis
- Lesson 21: Aortic Regurgitation
Module 7: The Mitral Valve
- Lesson 22: Mitral Stenosis
- Lesson 23: Mitral Regurgitation
Module 8: Right-Sided Valves, Prostheses and Endocarditis
- Lesson 24: Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve Disease
- Lesson 25: Prosthetic Valve Evaluation and Dysfunction
- Lesson 26: Infective Endocarditis
Module 9: Clinical Syndromes
- Lesson 27: Ischemic Heart Disease and Regional Wall Motion
- Lesson 28: The Cardiomyopathies
- Lesson 29: Pericardial Disease
- Lesson 30: Pulmonary Hypertension and the Pressured RV
- Lesson 31: Cardiac Sources of Embolism and Intracardiac Masses
Module 10: Bedside Echo and the Complete Report
- Lesson 32: Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS) and Point-of-Care Echo
- Lesson 33: Building the Complete Report
Final Assessment and Certificate
- 50-question final certifying examination (pass mark 70%)
- Academy of Elite Doctors certificate of completion
What is included
- 33 HD video lessons, 6 hours 15 minutes in total
- A downloadable PDF handout for every module
- Ten module quizzes with 264 board-style MCQs
- A 50-question final examination
- Certificate of completion from the Academy of Elite Doctors, verifiable online
- Lifetime access on any device
About your instructor
Dr A M Thirugnanam, MD, MSICP, FSCAI, Ph.D. is a Senior Interventional Cardiologist in Hyderabad, India, with a special interest in complex coronary intervention and structural heart disease. He is the founder of the Academy of Elite Doctors and the author of many cardiology textbooks, including Quick Notes in Practical Echocardiography, on which this course is based.
Frequently asked questions
Who is this echocardiography course for?
Postgraduates in medicine, cardiology, anaesthesia, emergency medicine and critical care, physicians and intensivists who use bedside echo, cardiology fellows starting echo training, and doctors preparing for cardiology board examinations. No previous echo experience is needed.
How long is the course and how long do I have access?
The course has 33 video lessons, about 6 hours 15 minutes in total, organised into ten modules. You get lifetime access and can learn at your own pace on any device.
Is the course taught on real echo images?
Yes. Every lesson is taught over real transthoracic echocardiographic recordings from Dr A M Thirugnanam's own practice, with patient identifiers removed.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. When you pass the 50-question final examination (pass mark 70%), you can download a certificate of completion from the Academy of Elite Doctors with a unique ID that can be verified online. It is a certificate of course completion, not a CME or university credit.
What is included besides the videos?
A downloadable PDF handout for every module, ten module quizzes with 264 board-style questions, and a final certifying examination.
How do I pay?
The course costs ₹15,000, paid once through secure Razorpay checkout by credit card, debit card or net banking. An account is created for you at checkout (or you can log in to an existing one), so the course appears in your dashboard immediately after payment.
View the full course page and lesson list
Use of AI: the clinical content, scripts and echo recordings are the author’s own. Narration uses an AI text-to-speech model of the author’s own voice. This course is for medical education and does not replace supervised hands-on training.
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