Course Description:

This course is an introduction to anatomy of the cardiovascular system and cardiovascular imaging. It focuses on real time 2-D imaging of the heart, lower extremity veins, extracerebral arteries and the abdominal aorta.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

·         Identify anatomy and relational structures of the heart and vascular system.

·         Describe blood flow through the cardiovascular system

·         Explain basic cardiac hemodynamic

·         Describe the technique and imaging planes for performing a transthoracic echocardiogram

·         Identify cardiac anatomy on a transthoracic echocardiogram

·         Explain the sonographic differences between the arterial and venous system.

·         Describe the anatomy and sonographic of the lower extremities venous system 

·         Explain the technique and appearance to identify deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremities

·         Discuss the anatomy and sonographic appearance of the normal carotid arteries

·         Describe the sonographic appearance and technique used to evaluate the abdominal aorta

·         Recognize abdominal aortic aneurysm sonographically.

Prerequisites:

Bachelor’s degree that meets ARDMS’s prerequisite 3A

https://www.ardms.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/ARDMS-General-Prerequisites.pdf

Corequisites:

Foundations of Sonography & Patient Care

Introduction to Cardiovascular Scanning Lab

Required Texts:

·         Hagen-Ansert, S.: Textbook of Diagnostic Ultrasonography, 9th Ed. (2023) Publisher: Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-323-82646-4 (available electronically in the library.)

·         DeWitt, Susan King, Echocardiography ... From a Sonographer’s Perspective the Notebook & the Workbook 8 http://www.echonotebook.com/home.html to be purchased directly from publisher 

·         Daigle, Robert J. Techniques in Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis 5^th ed Summer Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0-9899329-98