CVN 124 - Cardiovascular Principles & Hemodynamics

2 Credit Hours

Introduces students to cardiac blood flow, and intracardiac pressures in the realm of cardiac pathology. A thorough discussion of Doppler principles and quantitative hemodynamic calculations will be included such as: Continuity equation, pressure half-time, pulmonary pressure calculations, valve area calculations, Bernoulli equation, dP/dt index, etc. Pertinent concepts related to the cardiovascular principles and instrumentation portion of the Adult echo registry board exam will be reviewed.

Prerequisite(s): CVN 134, CVN 135, CV 123, CV 135
Corequisite(s): CVN 123