PEDIATRIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Catalog description

This course offers an introduction to congenital heart disease with instruction on fetal cardiac embryology, pediatric pathology, age appropriate patient care, corrective surgical procedures. Emphasis is placed on the latest modalities and specialties of a pediatric noninvasive cardiac diagnostic study. Topics include: fetal cardiac embryology, acyanotic lesions, cyanotic lesions, complex congenital heart disease, corrective surgical procedures, Doppler, color flow, and 2-D imaging, research methods, syndromes, sedation, and transducer selection.