Cardiovascular Sonography - Adult Echocardiography I

Catalog description

This course is designed to enable the student to understand the hemodynamics and physiology of normal cardiac function. The course will include normal anatomy, flow patterns and pressures throughout the heart, principles of hemodynamics as it applies to the cardiovascular system, evaluation of systolic and diastolic function, and how to assess these parameters effectively and accurately by an echocardiogram. Prerequisite: Admission to the cardiovascular sonography program.