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340.730.01
Assessment of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease

Course Status
Cancelled

Location
East Baltimore
Note: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this course was held in a virtual/online format.
Term
3rd Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2020 - 2021
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Tuesday, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Prerequisite

340.601 or 340.751

Description
Familiarizes students with techniques used to detect and quantify the presence of clinical cardiovascular disease. Tour the hospital, and the dialysis, angiography, echocardiography, and vascular laboratories. Observe radiographic (CT and MRI) imaging of atherosclerosis and review gross and histological specimens of atherosclerosis in the pathology laboratory. Directly observe various cardiac imaging techniques performed including 1) cardiac echocardiography, 2) coronary or peripheral angiography, 3) coronary calcium scores and coronary CT angiography using multi-detector CT, 4) carotid and peripheral vascular studies using ultrasound, 5) the clinical assessment of blood pressure, and 6) DXA and anthropometric measures of body composition.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify the techniques used to detect and quantify the presence of clinical and cardiovascular disease, including identification of atherosclerosis in vessels in cadavers and on pathology slides, and by radiographic techniques including carotid echocardiography, coronary calcium scores by cardiac CT
  2. Differentiate modalities for renal replacement and vascular access options
  3. Make clinical assessment of blood pressure and ankle/brachial index
Enrollment Restriction
only those students with NO clinical medicine background are permitted to take the course
Special Comments

Course will be held in the Whelton Conference Room 2-600, 2024 E Monument St. Includes tours of facilities that may be outside scheduled class time.