Diag Procedures I, Adult Echo

Catalog description

A course in specialized techniques using echocardiography for testing and evaluation of cardiovascular disease. Lectures will stress the performance and analysis of cardiac ultrasound studies, the relationship of ultrasound findings to cardiac pathology and the measurement and calculation of specified hemodynamic parameters. Special emphasis is given to incorporating the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Guidelines. The classroom laboratory provides advanced instruction in the topics and performance of diagnostics tests in echocardiography. The theory, operation and clinical application of specified diagnostic medical instrumentation will be applied. (CSU)