| Wk 1: General Principles |
| -History and current practice standards (indications, contraindications, |
| and quality assurance) |
| -Cineangiographic imaging, radiation safety and contrast agents |
| -Integrated imaging modalities in the cardiac catheterization laboratory |
| -Complications |
| -Intro to pharmacological agents used in catheterizations |
| Wk 2: Basic Technique |
| -Selection of site, use of anesthetics, femoral access |
| -Equipment overview |
| -Intro to left and right heart catheterizations |
| -Intro to pressure measurements |
| -Closure devices |
| -Transseptal and apical punctures |
| Wk 3: Percutaneous and Surgical Approaches |
| -Percutaneous Approach; radial artery |
| -Catheter selection |
| -Cutdown approach: brachial, femoral, axillary, aortic and transapical |
| -Special techniques |
| -Intro to PCI |
| Wk 4: Diagnostic Catheterization in Childhood and Adult Congenital Heart Disease |
| -Types of surgical repairs |
| -Shunt calculations and agiography |
| -Special cirucumstances |
| Wk 5: Intro to Hemodynamics and Blood Flow Measurement |
| -Hemodynamics introduction |
| -Cardiac output and measurements |
| -Vascular resistance |
| -Shunt detection and quantification |
| Wk 6: Valve Stenosis Calculations and Errors in Hemodynamic Data |
| -Gorlin formula |
| -Valve area calculations |
| -Gradients |
| -Catheter location and callibration |
| Wk 7: Coronary Angiography |
| -Angiographic techniques |
| -Indications and general issues |
| -Cannulation of different vessels |
| -Adverse effects |
| -Injection techniques |
| -Angiographic views |
| Wk 8: Anomolies, Ventriculography, and Pulmonary Angiography |
| -Imaging modalities |
| -Coronary anomolies |
| -Cardiac ventriculography |
| -Pulmonary angiography |
| Wk 9: Angiography of the Aorta and Peripheral Arteries |
| -Thoracic and abdominal aorta and imaging techniques |
| -Peripheral imaging and techniques |
| Wk 10: Evaluation of Cardiac Function |
| -Stress testing during cardiac catheterization |
| -Measurement of Ventricular volumes |
| -Ejection fraction |
| -Mass, wall stress, and regional wall motion |
| -Evaluation of systolic and diastolic function of ventricles and myocardium |
| Wk 11: Evaluation of Cardiac Function Continued and Intro to Catheter Techniques |
| -Evaluation of tamponade |
| -Constrictive and Restrictive physiology |
| -Evaluation of Myocardial and coronary blood flow and metabolism |
| -FFR and IVUS |
| Wk 12: Intravascular Imaging |
| -IVUS |
| -OCT |
| -Angioscopy |
| Wk 13: Endomyocardial Biopsy and Review of Calculations |
| -EMB |
| -Practice calculations |
| Wk 14: Introduction to Percutaneous Circulatory Support |
| -IABP |
| -Impella |
| -TandemHeart/LVAD systems |
| -ECMO |
| Wk 15: Review for final exam |
| -Review |