DMSI 139 - Cardiac Sonography III and Clinical Orientation Lab III
PREREQUISITES: DMSI 136
PROGRAM: Diagnostic Medical Sonography
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1
LAB HOURS MIN: 1
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MIN: 2
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2022
This course will continue to build on the principles learned in Cardiac Sonography I and II with a review of cardiac anatomy and cross-sectional anatomy. Valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathies will be discussed. Testing methods and correlations will be explained. Alternate cardiac imaging methods will be discussed.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Describe and demonstrate normal valvular evaluation.
2. Describe pathophysiologic effects of valvular disease and the methods of evaluation for regurgitation and stenosis.
3. Describe and demonstrate the evaluation methods and pathophysiologic effects of cardiomyopathy diseases on the heart.
4. Demonstrate and define advanced methods of left and right heart assessment when disease is present.
5. Understand and demonstrate the normal great vessel evaluation, recognize pathophysiologic effects, and demonstrate methods of pathology evaluation.
6. Understand the rationale and methods for obtaining measurements to quantify the flow in the normal and abnormal heart.
7. Demonstrate the methods and rationale for using the ped-off probe in the presence of pathology.
8. Identify, describe and correlate alternate testing methods such as MRI, CT, angiography, nuclear medicine and radiography studies.
9. Demonstrate an understanding of differential diagnoses of pathologies covered in this course.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include - Sonographic quantitative and qualitative methods of cardiac evaluation
Sonographic evaluation of cardiomyopathies
Sonographic evaluation of diseases of the cardiac valves
Study of pathophysiologic effects of disease on the heart
Alternate imaging modalities
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