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Dec 21, 2024
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DMS 204 - Advanced Cardiac Ultrasound
Credits: 5
5 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: DMS 116C
Co-requisites: DMS 210 and DMS 224C
Description
Advanced theory and practical application are combined to advance the technical skills of the cardiac student who has taken Cardiac Ultrasound. Students explore abnormal cardiac anatomy and physiology and correlate M-mode, two-dimensional, continuous wave, pulsed wave and color flow Doppler with pathologies. Echocardiographic case studies are presented and correlated with clinical features of cardiac pathology. Cardiac surgical procedures and pharmacology are covered. This course requires a per credit health career fee; check the tuition and fee schedule for the current rate.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Analyze echocardiographic images and data for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disorders including: coronary artery disease, acquired valvular heart disease, endocarditis, pericarditis, myocarditis, cardiomyopathies, congenital heart disease and disease of the aorta.
- Evaluate obtained echocardiographic data to determine if the exam was diagnostic according to the written order.
- Generate a report page that accurately depicts the level of cardiac function.
- Identify the etiologies, signs and symptoms and risk factors of ischemic heart disease.
- Differentiate complications associated with myocardial infarction.
- Identify the quantitative and qualitative echocardiographic information used to grade the severity of indicated cardiac disease.
- Differentiate between advantages of using mechanical versus bioprosthetic valves.
- Explain the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertensive disease.
- Differentiate between the echocardiographic features of cardiomyopathies.
- Describe the echocardiographic features of aortic aneurysms and sinus of Valsalva aneurysms.
- Analyze information obtained from 2-D imaging with quantitative M-mode and Doppler values to indicate pathology of the heart.
Listed Topics
- Abnormal cardiac anatomy and physiology
- Cardiac pharmacology
- Coronary artery disease
- Valvular heart disease
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Endocarditis, pericarditis and myocarditis
- Cardiac masses
- Cardiomyopathies
- Congenital heart disease
- Blunt cardiac injury
- Cardiac embryology
- Diseases of the aorta
Reference Materials
Textbooks, library resources, journals, DMS lab resources and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) presentations of echocardiographic case studies as appropriate.
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 04/12/2024
Last Reviewed: 04/12/2024
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