Cardiac – Objectives (part 2)

  • Describe standard cardiac image acquisition in the Apical four chamber view
    • Chambers: LA, LV, RA, RV
    • IV Septum
    • Valves: MV, TV
    • Pericardium
  • Identify normal, severely low and hyperdynamic ejection fraction of the left ventricle
  • Identify left atrial enlargement
  • Identify right ventricle enlargement
  • Identify systole and diastole in all views

Cardiac objectives, part 1