St. Michael’s Hospital Virtual Echo Rounds: When Echo and Invasive Hemodynamics Disagree

St. Michael’s Hospital Virtual Echo Rounds

When Echo and Invasive Hemodynamics Disagree: Understanding the Echo, the Physiology, and the Pitfalls

Dr. Abdullah Alfaifi
Adult Cardiology Resident, PGY-4
University of Toronto

Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 8:00–9:00 a.m. ET

St. Michael’s Hospital Virtual Echo Rounds provide practical echocardiography education for cardiologists and other cardiovascular professionals.

Objectives:

1. Recognize when an echocardiographic hemodynamic estimate may be unreliable.
2. Explain common causes of discordance between echocardiographic and invasive hemodynamic measurements.
3. Apply a practical approach to adjudicate discordant measurements.

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The OAC is pleased to help make St. Michael’s Hospital Virtual Echo Rounds more accessible to community cardiologists across Ontario.