Cardiac Diagnostics II
Advanced cardiac imaging and monitoring: echocardiography (TTE and TEE), Doppler, stress echo, and hemodynamic assessment.
Lessons
Echocardiography
Objective 1.1.1 — Physics of ultrasound, 2-D views (parasternal, apical, subcostal, suprasternal), M-Mode, Doppler and color flow imaging, contrast studies, stress echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE).
Cardiac Catheterization & Electrical Therapies
Objectives 2.1 / 3.1 — Cardiac catheterization procedure and equipment, coronary angiography, EPS and cardiac mapping, PCI (balloon angioplasty, stents, atherectomy, ablation), radionuclide studies, synchronized cardioversion, and pacemaker/ICD interrogation.
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Tilt-Table Testing & Hemodynamic Monitoring
Objectives 4.1 / 5.1 / 6.1 — VO2 max, cardiac rehab phases (I–III), tilt-table testing for syncope, hemodynamic catheters (A-line, CVP, Swan-Ganz), pressure measurements (MAP, CVP, PAP, PCWP), cardiac output, cardiac index, SVR, and PVR.
Module Review & Final Exam
Consolidated high-yield review across all 3 lessons paired with a 50-question final exam. Topic coverage aligned with the RESC 2331 study guide.
Audio
How Sound Waves Map the Heart
Fixing the Heart's Plumbing and Wiring
Cardiac Rehab and Hemodynamic Monitoring
Resources
Color Flow Doppler Echocardiography (video)
Demonstration of color flow Doppler imaging and the BART color convention.
Bubble Study / Contrast Echocardiography (video)
Agitated saline injection used to identify intracardiac shunts and patent foramen ovale.
Stress Echocardiography (video)
Overview of exercise and pharmacologic stress echocardiography for evaluating myocardial ischemia.