DUTEC 150 - Basic Echocardiography

4 CR

This is the first quarter in a three-part series. This course provides an introduction to echocardiography. Students focus on anatomy, physiology, pathology, and echocardiographic pattern recognition according to industry standards.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.

Course Outcomes

Identify anatomy, anatomic variants, and sonographic appearances of normal cardiac structures
Describe and explain normal cardiovascular anatomy, physiology, and hemodynamics
Describe mechanisms of disease, cardiovascular pathophysiology and hemodynamics, sonographic technique, measurements, quantitative principles, and Doppler patterns in both the normal heart and with cardiac disease
Compare and contrast basic modalities of transthoracic echocardiography, 2D, M-Mode, PW, and CW color-flow Doppler
Discuss the clinical management of cardiac disease

GenEd Outcomes: Creative and Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

GenEd Outcomes: Communication

Reading

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