Pediatric Cardiac Sonography Program is organized by echelon.
Description:
This program is divided into 3 sections and 12 modules: Normal Pediatric Anatomy and Protocol, Abnormalities, and Basic Fetal Imaging providing an overview of heart anatomy including heart development, orientation, planes, and segments. Imaging protocol specific to the pediatric patient will be demonstrated, and anatomy unique to pediatric cardiac imaging will be explored, including congenital variants. A number of cardiac heart defects will be described, and interventional procedures and surgical repairs will be explained. An introduction to imaging the fetal heart will be provided to include basic biometry and fetal anatomy and survey.
Outcomes:
• List the timeline for embryological cardiac development.
• Describe the formation of the primitive heart tube.
• Explain the embryological formation of the heart chambers in the normal cardiac development.
• Identify the normal fetal circulation.
• List components of the standard imaging pediatric guideline.
• Identify normal pediatric cardiac anatomy.
• Describe normal and abnormal variants of cardiac anatomy.
• Define terminology relating to cardiac anomalies.
• Describe the morphology of cardiac segments
• Identify the orientation of cardiac segments.
• Identify the connections of cardiac segments.
• List both atrial and ventricular septal defects.
• Identify the sonographic appearance of shunting lesions.
• Recognize hemodynamic anomalies related to shunting lesions in congenital heart disease.
• Describe venous anomalies with an emphasis on total anomalous pulmonary venous return/connection.
• Differentiate pathologic conditions associated with complete and partial atrioventricular septal defects.
• Differentiate pathologic conditions related to right and left heart anomalies.
• Identify abnormal hemodynamics related to right and left heart anomalies in pediatric echocardiography.
• Differentiate D-looped and congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
• Identify the sonographic appearance of pathologic conditions associated with conotruncal defects.
• Correlate disease process and patient presentation as they pertain to pathologic conditions.
• Demonstrate imaging techniques for primary surgical repairs.
• Discuss imaging techniques used in palliative procedures.
• Explain the use of imaging of interventional procedures before, during, and after the cath lab.
• Define the biometric measurements to be taken during a routine obstetrical ultrasound.
• Identify the appropriate landmarks for each biometric measurement.
• Demonstrate the fetal anatomy to be included in a routine obstetrical examination.
• Assess fetal situs in comparison to fetal heart orientation.
• List components of a fetal heart survey.
• Describe the most common maternal diseases that are associated with fetal heart anomalies.
• List fetal findings that warrant a detailed fetal heart evaluation.