Echo, Vascular and Nuclear
Accreditation and Education

Aortic Stenosis: Severity Assessment and Clinical Implications

1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Aortic stenosis severity is not a single-number decision.

The real challenge is knowing how Vmax, mean gradient, calculated AVA, velocity ratio, flow context, and clinical findings fit together—and what to do when they do not align perfectly.

This echo-focused CME course gives you a practical framework for moving from individual measurements to a clear, defensible severity interpretation.

You’ll learn how to recognize concordant and borderline findings, judge how much confidence the available data support, and avoid forcing a severity category when the study does not justify one.

Most importantly, you’ll strengthen your ability to communicate aortic stenosis severity, uncertainty, and clinical meaning clearly in the final report of the patient’s echocardiogram.

1 CME
aortic stenosis cme course severity assessment and clinical implications
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On completion you will be able to

1
Classify aortic stenosis severity using guideline-recommended echocardiographic parameters.
2
Integrate echo and clinical findings to determine aortic stenosis severity.
3
Interpret borderline AS findings without over-relying on a single measurement.
4
Communicate aortic stenosis severity and clinical meaning clearly.

Who this is for

Cardiac sonographers, cardiologists and physicians who interpret echocardiograms, cardiology fellows and other cardiovascular imaging professionals involved in interpreting or reporting aortic stenosis studies.

Curriculum

How to earn credit

1
Complete the course content.
2
Complete the pre- and post-course assessments.
3
Complete the course evaluation.
4
Claim credit commensurate with your participation.

Your certificate is issued immediately after the evaluation is submitted and remains available in your account.

Faculty

Laura Hennessey

RDCS, FASE

Laura has spent eighteen years in hospital echocardiography laboratories, the last nine leading quality improvement and accreditation preparation. She teaches valve quantification to sonographers and fellows across North America.
Director of Education, CardioServ

This course includes

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