SON 225B - Stress Echocardiography

Credits: 3

Description
Focuses on the indications, utility, limitations and technical procedures related to stress echocardiology including cardiovascular pharmacology, theory and use of provocative stress agents and non-pharmacologic stress.

Student Learning Outcomes

Explain the indications, utility, limitations and technical procedures for stress echocardiography.
Correlate the Duplex Doppler and Color Doppler findings with EKG tracings during stress echocardiography.
Discuss the indications, utility and limitations of the use of pharmacological agents in stress echocardiography.
Discuss the indications, utility and limitations of the use of non-pharmacological stress echocardiography.
Identify the potential effects of cardiac medications on echocardiographic findings.
Discuss the theory and use of proactive stress agents.
Explain the use of quanititation principles applied to stress echocardiographic images and flow data.

Prerequisite: None