Competency information
Details
Generate high-quality ultrasound images and take accurate measurements to assess the aortic valve, and recognise a significantly stenotic aortic valve deriving peak and mean gradients using continuous wave Doppler and measuring valve area using the continuity equation.
Considerations
- Echocardiographic features associated with aortic valve disease, including:
- bicuspid, rheumatic and degenerative disease
- dilation of the ascending aorta
- aortic dissection
- replacement heart values, including paraprosthetic and prosthetic regurgitation.
- Echocardiographic assessment of severity of regurgitation.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 3 | Outcome Perform transthoracic echocardiographic examinations on patients with suspected aortic valve disease. |
| # 8 | Outcome Make appropriate measurements and interpret the ultrasound data, and produce high-quality reports. |