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May 05, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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DMSI 160 - Cardiac Sonography II and Lab
PREREQUISITES: DMSI 107 - Cardiac Sonography I and Lab
PROGRAM: Diagnostic Medical Sonography
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 4
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
LAB HOURS MIN: 2
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Spring, 2021
This course will continue to build on the principles learned in Cardiac Sonography I with a review of cardiac anatomy and cross sectional anatomy. Valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, pericardial disease, further left and right heart assessment, pulmonary hypertension, endocardial disease, aortic and great vessel disease, prosthetic valve evaluation processes, coronary artery or ischemic disease, and heart sounds will be covered and discussed.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Describe and demonstrate normal valvular evaluation.
- Describe pathophysiologic effects of valvular disease and the methods of evaluation for regurgitation and stenosis.
- Describe and demonstrate the evaluation methods and pathophysiologic effects of cardiomyopathy diseased on the heart
- Demonstrate and define advanced methods of left and right heart assessment
- Describe and understand the methods of evaluation of pericardial disease, endocardial pathologies and the pathophysiologic effects of the diseases.
- Describe the appearance and pathophysiologic effects of pulmonary hypertension and coronary artery disease as well as the methods of evaluation
- Identify different prosthetic valves, appearances, normal function and pathophysiologic effects of the diseased prosthetic valve
- Understand and demonstrate the normal great vessel evaluation as well as recognize pathophysiologic effects and demonstrate methods of pathology evaluation
- Understand the rationale and methods for obtaining measurements to quantify the flow in the normal and abnormal heart
- Demonstrate the methods and rationale for using the ped-off probe in the presence of pathology
- Identify, describe and correlate alternate testing methods such as MRI, CT, angiography, nuclear medicine and radiography studies
- Demonstrate an understanding of differential diagnoses of pathologies covered in this course
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COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Sonographic quantitative and qualitative methods of cardiac evaluation
- Sonographic evaluation of cardiomyopathies, pericardial, endocardial diseases
- Sonographic evaluation of diseases of pulmonary vasculature and great vessels
- Sonographic evaluation of native and prosthetic valves as well as disease processes
- Study of pathophysiologic effects of disease on the heart
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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