Echo Whistler: Frontiers of Multimodality Imaging Including Echo, Cardiac CT and MRI (Videos + Slides)

Echo Whistler 2025: Multimodality Cardiac Imaging

(Echo, Cardiac CT & Cardiac MRI)

📌 Overview

The Frontiers of Multimodality Imaging 2025 course is an advanced cardiovascular imaging program organized by Mayo Clinic. It is designed to help clinicians master integrated cardiac imaging using echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI.

This course emphasizes real-world clinical application, focusing on how to combine imaging modalities for accurate diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment planning in complex cardiac conditions.

📦 Course Format

• 🎥 8 Video Lectures
• 📄 31 PDF Presentations
• 🧠 Case-based, high-yield expert content

🎯 Target Audience

• Cardiologists
• Radiologists
• Cardiac sonographers
• Fellows & trainees
• Advanced practitioners
• Clinicians involved in cardiovascular imaging

🧠 What You Will Learn

🔬 Multimodality Imaging Integration

• Combining:
  • Echocardiography
  • Cardiac CT
  • Cardiac MRI
• Selecting the optimal imaging modality for each clinical scenario
• Improving diagnostic accuracy through multimodal strategies

⚖️ CT vs MRI – Strengths & Applications

• Cardiac CT:
  • Best for coronary artery imaging and calcium scoring
  • Essential for procedural planning (e.g., TAVR)
• Cardiac MRI:
  • Superior for tissue characterization
  • Ideal for inflammation, fibrosis, and cardiomyopathies

🫀 Valvular Heart Disease

• Aortic Stenosis (AS):
  • Severity assessment with echocardiography
  • CT calcium scoring for confirmation
  • Pitfalls in atrial fibrillation
• Aortic Regurgitation (AR) & Mitral Regurgitation (MR):
  • Quantification and surgical decision-making
• Mitral Stenosis (MS):
  • Planimetry as the preferred method
  • Challenges in mitral annular calcification
• Prosthetic Valves:
  • Detection of thrombosis and Infective Endocarditis
  • Role of transesophageal echo (TEE)

🧠 Heart Failure & Diastolic Function

• Assessment of filling pressures using:
  • Doppler indices (E/E’)
  • Left atrial strain
• Diagnosis of Heart Failure with preserved ejection fraction using stress echocardiography

🧬 Cardiomyopathies

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM):
  • LV outflow tract obstruction and management
• Cardiac Amyloidosis:
  • Strain imaging and apical sparing pattern
  • Role of nuclear imaging
• Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis:
  • MRI-based diagnosis
  • Role of biopsy in selected cases

🫁 Pericardial & Cardiac Mass Evaluation

• MRI for pericardial disease
• Advanced tissue characterization of cardiac masses

⚙️ Image Optimization & Quality

• Acquisition protocols for each modality
• Artifact recognition and troubleshooting
• Quality control and reporting standards

🎓 Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply multimodality imaging strategies in clinical practice
• Improve diagnostic precision in complex cardiac cases
• Select the most appropriate imaging modality
• Interpret advanced cardiac imaging findings confidently
• Integrate imaging results into clinical decision-making

⭐ Why This Course Stands Out

• ✔️ Developed by Mayo Clinic
• ✔️ Strong focus on case-based learning
• ✔️ Combines Echo, CT, and MRI in one framework
• ✔️ Covers latest innovations in cardiac imaging
• ✔️ Highly practical for real clinical scenarios

🚀 Clinical Value

This course enables clinicians to move beyond single-modality imaging and adopt a comprehensive multimodality approach, leading to:

• Better diagnostic accuracy
• Smarter treatment planning
• Improved patient outcomes