Components: Theory, Practical
Credit Hours: 4
Course Schedule: Block system
This course will focus on the echocardiography procedures that are performed in special situations and for specific reasons. These procedures would frequently require special patient preparation and machine settings. Higher level of cognitive and technical skills as well as high degree of safety precautions are commonly required for performing these procedures. Examples of these procedures include; physical and pharmacological stress echocardiography, myocardial strain imaging, speckle tracking, 3-dimentional echocardiography and intracardiac echocardiography