CVTE 4014 Echocardiography Pathology I
This course provides a foundation in the principles of preload, afterload and pressure overload and its causes. This course also covers valvular heart disease, ischemic cardiac diseases, myocardial diseases, valvular heart diseases, endocardial diseases, pulmonic arterial diseases, disease of aorta and great vessels, and trauma. Each section of diseases will be discussed in detail regarding causes, signs, symptoms, echocardiographic findings and complications. Wall motion abnormalities and LV dysfunction will also be discussed. The lab section of this course provides hands-on experience in the application of echocardiography, the most effective noninvasive method for use in cardiac diagnosis. The lab session includes the practice of echocardiography techniques with valvular area calculations, LV measurements, and assessment of ejection fraction, fractional shortening, and stroke volume, cardiac output, and M-mode measurements.