A special notice to any colleagues who may have interest:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is holding a two-day course focusing
on Current Trends in Cardiac Ultrasound on May 10th and 11th, 2007
at our facility located in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Course Topics

Day One — Echocardiography Assestment of Heart Failure

-- Quantifying LV Diastolic function
-- Heart failure, LV dyssynchrony and Cardiac Resynchronization
Therapy I
-- Heart failure, LV function and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
II
-- Introduction to 3D/4D Echocardiography
-- Hands-on sessions

Day Two — Vascular Screening for Cardiovascular Disease

-- Ultrasound evaluation of the abdominal aorta
-- Carotid imaging techniques and live demonstration
-- Evaluation of Intimal Media Thickness (IMT) / Live demonstration
-- Hands-on sessions

Participants may attend one or both days.

The program is structured with didactic lectures in the mornings,
and hands-on workshops in the afternoons.

16 AMA Category 1 credits will be offered to participants.

SPEAKERS:

Alan Waggoner, MHS, RDCS
Research Assist., Professor of Medicine,
Cardiovascular Division,
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Patrick Coon, RDCS, RCVT
Technical Director,
Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Laboratories,
The University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, IL

Corky Hecht, BA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT (N)
Program Manager, Senior Clinical Instructor
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.

Lori Green, BA, RT, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Program Director
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc

Complete details are available on our website at:
http://www.gcus.com/ProgramDetails2.aspx?
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We hope to see you there. Thank you for your attention.

Best,

Lori Green, BA, RT, RDMS ,RDCS, RVT
Program Director/President
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
727-363-4500
http://www.gcus.com