Evidence-based echocardiography · current to 2026 guidelines
Measure, interpret and decide.
Evidence-based echocardiography: guideline-graded measurements and reports, disease-specific echo protocols, a parameter library, the clinical approach by complaint, real echo videos, a learning path and a live simulator.
Disorders
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac amyloidosis
- Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
- Takotsubo syndrome
- Ischaemic heart disease & post-MI
- HF with preserved ejection fraction
- Cardio-oncology
- Pericardial effusion
- Cardiac tamponade
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Acute pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Aortic stenosis
- Aortic regurgitation
- Mitral regurgitation
- Mitral stenosis
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Acute aortic syndrome
- Atrial septal defect & PFO
- Infective endocarditis
- Cardiac masses & sources of embolism
- Shock & critical care echo
- Athlete's heart vs cardiomyopathy
- Left ventricular non-compaction & hypertrabeculation
- Hypertensive heart disease & LV hypertrophy
- Regional wall motion & stress echo
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Pulmonary valve disease
- Ventricular septal defect
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Aortic aneurysm, coarctation & atheroma
- Atrial fibrillation, flutter & the LA appendage
- Pacemakers, LVADs & intracardiac devices
- Normal anatomy, views & variants
- Artefacts, mimics & look-alikes
Approach
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- Syncope & transient loss of consciousness
- Dizziness & presyncope
- Nausea & vomiting
- New murmur
- Dyspnoea (breathlessness)
- Acute respiratory distress & tachypnoea
- Hypoxaemia (low SpO₂)
- Haemoptysis
- Hypotension & shock
- Cardiac arrest
- Respiratory arrest & peri-intubation
- Severe hypertension & hypertensive emergency
- Pulse deficit & inter-arm BP difference
- Lower-limb oedema
- Ascites
- Abdominal pain (cardiovascular causes)
- Bradycardia & conduction disease
- Ventricular tachycardia (acute or history)
- Family history of sudden cardiac death
- Stroke, TIA & peripheral embolism
- Kidney failure & dialysis
- Liver failure & cirrhosis
- Hypothyroidism & thyroid disease
- Sepsis & septic shock
- Fever with bacteraemia (suspected endocarditis)
- Patient with a prosthetic valve (by type)
Evaluate
- Echo study summary
- Aorta: dimensions and thresholds
- Left ventricle: size, mass, geometry and EF
- Atria: LA and RA volume and strain
- Diastolic function: ASE 2025 algorithm
- Right heart and pulmonary hypertension
- Aortic valve: stenosis and regurgitation
- Mitral valve: regurgitation and stenosis
- Tricuspid regurgitation: five-grade scheme
- Pulmonary valve: stenosis and regurgitation
- Prosthetic valves
- Haemodynamics and ICU echo
- Cardiac mechanics
- Structured echo report