Video-based course (recorded 2014)

"Assessing myocardial viability"
Speaker: Massimo Lombardi (San Donato - Milan, Italy)
Learning objectives:
• to understand clinical background on myocardial viability
• to learn how to perform examination including gadolinium enhancement
• to know how to interpret findings in patients with ischemic heart disease
• to learn on clinical significance of myocardial viability

"Assessing valvular heart disease"
Speaker: Stefano Muzzarelli (Lugano, Switzerland)
Learning objectives:
• to give an overview on epidemology and clinical characteristics of valvular heart diseases
• to provide information on echocardiographic features of valvular heart diseases
• to give comprehensive assessment of value of MRI in valvular heart diseases as nonivasive gold standard for evaluation of haemodinamic parameters