Non-Invasive Cardiology

Catalog description

This course will be designed to familiarize the student with all modalities of outpatient cardiac testing and outpatient cardiac care. They will learn the indications and performance of cardiac stress testing and echocardiography. The student will gain experience interpreting resting and stress electrocardiograms. The student will learn the indications for diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous interventions in the cath lab. The student will spend one week in the cardiac stress testing lab, one week in the echocardiography lab, and one week in the cardiac catheterization lab. The student will be exposed to various outpatient cardiology clinics including general cardiology, heart failure, arrhythmia, and peripheral vascular disease clinics. Dr. Forsberg should be contacted on the first day of the rotation for didactic materials and schedule.