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Course: |
DMS 225
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Title: | Fetal Echocardiography |
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Long Title: | Fetal Echocardiography |
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Course Description: | examines fetal echocardiography including fetal cardiac anatomy and physiology, the normal and abnormal fetal heart to include congenital anomalies and an overview of scanning techniques.~Prerequisite: Enrolled in a DMS program or Instructor approval |
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Min Credit: | 2 |
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Course Notes: | Entered new course 2/4/08 s@ |
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Origin Notes: | RRCC |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. Describe the embryology of the fetal heart.
II. Identify normal fetal cardiac anatomy and physiology.
III. Recognize fetal heart abnormalities to include congenital anomalies.
IV. Define scanning techniques used in fetal echocardiography.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Formation of the Fetal Heart
A. Primary Heart Tube
B. Dextral Looping
C. Septation
D. Atrioventricular Valve Formation
E. Systemic Valve Formation
II. Fetal Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology
A. Atria
B. Ventricles
C. Septae
D. Valves
E. Fetal Circulation
III. Normal Fetal Heart
A. Four-Chamber View
B. Left Ventricular Outflow View
C. Right Ventricular Outflow View
D. In Flow Evaluation
IV. Abnormal Fetal Heart
A. Pathologies of Position
B. Pathologies of the Inlet
C. Pathologies of the Outlet
V. Scanning Techniques Used in Fetal Echocardiography
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