Basic Echocardiography 2026
Royal Veterinary College
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Date: Wednesday 4th February, 2026 - Wednesday 4th March, 2026
Start time: 9:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Cost: £999
Key Areas
Ultrasound physics, artefacts and equipment
Echocardiographic technique
Echocardiographic changes in common acquired cardiac disease
Echocardiographic measurements
Echo changes associated with left sided heart disease
Echo changes associated with right sided heart disease
Mystery cases
Practical hands-on workshop
About this course
Have an ultrasound machine in your practice, but reluctant to use it to image the heart? Already doing abdominal ultrasound, but nervous to go north of the diaphragm?
This course is designed to provide participants with the foundations required to perform a basic echocardiographic examination, and a protocol to follow to obtain standard two-dimensional echocardiography (2D echo) images. You will learn how to identify normal cardiac anatomy and normal variations on 2D echo, as well as changes seen with common diseases. This forms the backbone of all echocardiography. This is a two-day course split by four weeks, the first day Wednesday 4th February and second day Wednesday 4th March allowing some time to practise in between!
Why do this course?
This course will provide you with the means to make clinical decisions in cardiac patients that are very challenging without echocardiography.
Who is it for?
veterinarians
The Speakers
Please see RVC's website for tutor details.
The Venue
Online
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
16 hours
Registration and Booking
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