Master the Heart, Beat by Beat

Everything cardiology,
one peak at a time.

Curriculum, annotated ECG and echocardiography cases, AHA/ACC guidelines, and landmark trials — organized for the way you actually think through cases.

16
Curriculum domains
57
Learning modules
55
AHA/ACC guidelines
184
Landmark trials
How to use this site

Learn the way you round.

The curriculum

A comprehensive study syllabus.

Electrocardiography

From the disciplined 6-step approach to advanced pattern recognition.

6 modules

Echocardiography

Standard views, systolic and diastolic function, valve assessment, and hemodynamics.

6 modules

Coronary Artery Disease

Stable ischemic heart disease and the full spectrum of acute coronary syndromes.

4 modules

Heart Failure

HFrEF, HFpEF, acute decompensation, and the pathway to advanced therapies.

4 modules

Atrial Fibrillation

Stroke prevention, rate and rhythm control, and the ablation-first shift.

2 modules

Valvular Heart Disease

Timing of intervention in AS, AR, MS, MR, TR, and prosthetic valves.

6 modules

Cardiomyopathies

HCM, DCM, restrictive, amyloid, ARVC, and peripartum — each with its own trajectory.

4 modules

Pericardial & Aortic Disease

From acute pericarditis to aortic dissection — often the sickest patients on the service.

4 modules

Electrophysiology & Devices

From pacing indications to VT ablation and channelopathies.

4 modules

Preventive Cardiology

ASCVD risk, lipids, hypertension, diabetes, obesity — the largest population impact.

3 modules

Pulmonary Hypertension

The five WHO groups, right heart cath as gold standard, and the group-specific therapy.

3 modules

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

The growing population of adults with corrected and uncorrected lesions.

2 modules

Critical Care Cardiology

The modern CICU — shock, mechanical support, and the multi-organ patient.

2 modules

Cardio-Oncology & Cardio-Obstetrics

The intersection of cancer therapy and cardiovascular disease, plus pregnancy in heart disease.

2 modules

Advanced Cardiac Imaging

When to reach beyond echo — CMR, cardiac CT, and nuclear.

2 modules

Vascular & Perioperative Medicine

Pulmonary embolism, peripheral artery disease, and perioperative risk — the vascular medicine every cardiologist co-manages.

3 modules
GDMT Optimizer

Enter the numbers. Get the gaps, with the citation.

Checks a patient's current therapy against guideline criteria and tells you what is missing, what is under-dosed, and what the labs currently prevent — each answer linked to the guideline and the trial behind it.

Phenotype & haemodynamics
Labs
Current therapy
Context

Fill in what you know — ejection fraction is the only required field — and press Optimize. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere; the rules run in your browser.

A teaching aid that applies published guideline criteria to the values you enter. It does not know the patient — comorbidities, frailty, intolerances, and goals of care all change the answer. Verify every suggestion against the full guideline and your own judgement before acting on it.

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This site is maintained by practising cardiologists, and guidelines move faster than any one team can track. If a recommendation is out of date, a trial is misquoted, or a topic is missing, we would rather hear it from you.

Questions about using the site, requests for new content, and teaching collaborations are all welcome too.

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