An indispensable resource for RDCS candidates containing 679 questions and answers with brief explanations and key references for further study. This self-assessment study manual tells you how to take a multiple-choice examination. It simulates the examination experience so that you are comfortable and confident with the format. It lets you identify your strengths and weaknesses and tests your progress so that you can study efficiently. Coverage includes anatomy, physiology, clinical indications, physical principles, instrumentation, technical performance, specific diseases and disorders, interpretation, safety, and quality assurance. Written by eight well-known authors, including Sandra Hagen-Ansert and Dr. David Sahn of UC San Diego. Especially effective in combination with Ultrasound Physics Review. 160 pp.

Now downloadable for immediate gratification and with no shipping delays or costs! Fetal Echocardiography Mock Exam illuminates the facts and principles on which you will be tested, hones your test-taking skills, and reveals your strengths and weaknesses by exam topic. Based precisely on the Fetal Echo specialty exam outline published by ARDMS, this review contains 505 registry-like questions (including CME activity questions) together with answers, clear explanations, and quick references for further study. Image-based cases and schematic illustrations prepare you to tackle images, anatomy, and pathology on the exam. Coverage includes embryology, indications, incidence of congenital heart disease, timing of the fetal echo exam, standard sonographic views, normal anatomy and physiology, structural cardiac anomalies, dysrhythmias, acquired pathology, and other conditions—all in the same proportion as the exam itself. Powerful, featuresome, and fun, this multimedia wonder simulates the exam experience right down to the automatic timer, and it delivers CME credit conveniently and inexpensively.

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385 questions and answers in registry format (plus 120 CME
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73 image-based cases sharpen your wits.

Simple explanations clarify answer choices.

References guide your further study.

Automatic timer paces you.

Performance analysis automatically scores and guides you.

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Educational site licenses available for educators and DMS
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Earn 12 hours SDMS-approved CME credit.

Most candidates in Fetal Echo combine this Mock Exam Download with Fetal Heart Ultrasound and Ultrasound Physics Mock Exam. Need advice? Call us!

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Test yourself before the ARDMS tests you! Fetal Echocardiography Review illuminates the facts and principles on which you will be tested, hones your test-taking skills, and reveals your strengths and weaknesses by exam topic. Based precisely on the Fetal Echo specialty exam outline published by ARDMS, this review contains 445 registry-like questions (including CME activity questions) together with answers, clear explanations, and quick references for further study. Image-based cases and schematic illustrations prepare you to tackle images, anatomy, and pathology on the exam. Coverage includes embryology, indications, incidence of congenital heart disease, timing of the fetal echo exam, standard sonographic views, normal anatomy and physiology, structural cardiac anomalies, dysrhythmias, acquired pathology, and other conditions—all in the same proportion as the exam itself. Fetal Echocardiography Review is very effective in combination with Ultrasound Physics Review: SPI Edition, by Cindy A. Owen, RT, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS, and James A. Zagzebski, PhD. Why are the Davies mock exams so popular and effective? Because they contain the same kinds of thought-provoking questions you will find on the exam!

Attention physicians: Fetal Echocardiography Review is also a very handy reference for fellows and residents in pediatric cardiology, maternal fetal medicine, radiology, obstetrics, and perinatalogy.

Approved for 6 hours of continuing medical education credit.

For the ARDMS SPI exam!
Here is the SPI edition of the single best-selling mock exam devoted to the ARDMS exam in ultrasound physics—now downloadable for immediate gratification and with no shipping delays or costs! Powerful, featuresome, and fun, this multimedia wonder simulates the exam experience right down to the automatic timer, and it delivers CME credit conveniently and inexpensively. Written by an internationally renowned sonographer who not only loves ultrasound physics but delights in—and excels at—explaining it to others. Covers the physics portion of the Physicians' Vascular Interpretation (PVI) exam.

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600 questions and answers in registry format ensure that you are
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83 image-based cases sharpen your wits.

Simple explanations clarify answer choices.

References guide your further study.

Automatic timer paces you.

Performance analysis automatically scores and guides you.

Unlimited personal use means you pay only once.

Educational site licenses available for educators and DMS
     programs.

Earn 15 hours SDMS-approved CME credit.

Most RDMS and RDCS candidates combine this Mock Exam Download with the specialty reviews described in the RDMS and RDCS sections of this website. Need advice? Please call us!

*Compatible with Windows 98 and above. Not compatible with Windows 95, or Apple Macintosh systems.

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For the ARDMS SPI exam!
Here is the SPI edition of the single best-selling mock exam devoted to the ARDMS exam in ultrasound physics. If you are looking for guidance and a clear understanding of the principles and facts you must know to pass the SPI exam, this is the review for you. Written by a sonographer who not only loves ultrasound physics but delights in—and excels at—explaining it to others, this mock examination hones your test-taking skills, measures your progress as you study, and assesses your strengths and weaknesses by exam topic so that you can focus your effort where it counts. With 600 registry-like questions, 83 image-based questions, and simple, clear explanations, the SPI edition of the best-selling Ultrasound Physics Review illuminates this difficult subject from the point of view of the sonographer and points the way to success. An Image Gallery prepares you to tackle the scans on the exam. Precisely based on the ARDMS exam outline and edited by eminent medical physicist Jim Zagzebski, PhD, Ultrasound Physics Review covers all topics in the new revised exam. Very effective in combination with any of the physics texts in our online catalog. 12 hours of SDMS-approved CME credit. More than 80 images. 235 pp.

The fetal heart is considered to be the most important and difficult part of fetal examination. This practical and emphatically clinical book and the DVD that comes with it enable the reader first to determine whether the heart is normal or not, and then, if not, to diagnose the type of cardiac abnormality. To provide the skills and methodology to do this, the book covers basic anatomy and embryology and explains what to look for, as well as why and how. It also describes associated pathology (e.g. chromosomal abnormalities, syndromes), which the sonographer must know once a cardiac abnormality has been found.

Here is what you will find in this powerful combination of book and DVD:

Why Fetal Heart Ultrasound?

Introduction. General principles. Review. Application to fetal cardiopathies. References.

Technical Aspects

Physical principals of ultrasound applied to fetal ultrasound. Reflection of ultrasound waves. The shortest pathway. Getting around obstacles. From the point of view of time. Physical principles of Doppler. New techniques linked to volume acquisition. Practical controls. Elements to set permanently. Zoom. Focus. Gain. Preset elements. Dynamic range. Frequency. Beamline density. Persistence. Contours. Doppler settings. The size of the box. The incident wave direction. PRF. Color gain. Using ultrasound to examine the fetal heart. Echostructure. Fetal heart position. Movements of the target. Technical pitfalls. Problems linked to exposure in the zone of interest. Ultrasound windows. Setting pitfalls. Further reading.

Correlating the Ultrasound Image with the Anatomy

Three steps, 10 key points: First step: Position. Key points: Lateralization, organs, vessels, the axis of the heart. Second Step: Inflow. Key points: Heart, diaphragm, and pulmonary veins; 4 chambers; contractile, balanced, concordant; crux-of-the-heart, rings, and offsetting. Third Step: Outflow. Key points: 2 balanced outlet chambers with the alignment of the septum, 2 superimposed and crossed arched vessels; balanced and concordant. Regular aortic arch. References.

Conducting the Examination and Avoiding Pitfalls

Taking the history. A fast glance. Views verifying the 10 key points and their pitfalls. The lift, verification of the position, and pitfalls. Technique and pitfalls: elements of lateralization, organ position, vessel position. The four chamber view: inlet verification and its pitfalls. The technique. Axial apical pathway. Crux-of-the-heart. Pitfalls. The Ao and apex of the heart on the same side to the left. The heart's axis. The swings. Lateral fluctuation: asymmetries. Anterior-posterior movements: false AVSD and false VSD. View LV-aorta. Axial-apical view. Axial lateral view. "SOS" view: Sagittal and its pitfalls. View RV-PT. Axial view. Small axis view and its pitfalls. The 3 vessel or 2 arches view. Pitfalls. Sagittal view and the aortic arch. Pitfalls. Further Reading. References.

Critical Cardiac Pathologies Not To Be Overlooked

First step: Position pathologies. Key points: Position anomalies of the organs, of situs; vessel position; anomalies of the position of the heart; in the right thorax; heart axis. Second Step: Inlet pathologies. Key points: Anomalies of pulmonary venous return; irregular number of chambers (3, 4+ or 5 chambers); unbalanced; abnormalities of the atrioventricular valves (atresia of one AV valve and the spectrum of AVSD). Third Step: Outflow pathologies. Key points: VSD misalignment in CTC, complete transposition of the great vessels, hypoplasia of the left tract, ventricular-arterial discordances and position errors, coarctation of the aorta, interruption of the aortic arch. References.

Fetal Morphological Examination after the Discovery of a Cardiopathy

Unknown karyotypes. Investigation for signs associated with the principal chromosomal anomalies. Normal known karyotype. Investigation of a microdeletion 22 q11 or signs linked with associations or genetic syndromes. Cardiopathy and intrauterine restricted growth (IURG). Fetal alcohol syndrome. VACTERL syndrome. References.

Points to remember

Technical points. Key points in the heart exam. Morphology. Further Reading.

Gain a firm understanding of normal anatomy and physiology from a sonographic perspective! Sonography: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function, 3rd Edition shows normal anatomy as it appears during scanning, with labeled drawings explaining what you should notice. With this knowledge, you will be able to accurately identify sonographic pathology and abnormalities. Over 1,200 illustrations include the latest and best images from the newest ultrasound equipment, including 3D and 4D images. Written by expert educators Reva Curry and Betty Tempkin, this book provides complete preparation for the challenges you'll encounter in the clinical environment.

Master the content from your textbook with this helpful review! Corresponding to the chapters in Sonography: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function, 3rd Edition, this workbook and lab manual includes exercises and unlabeled illustrations. You fill in the labels to identify the anatomy in drawings and sonograms, reinforcing your understanding of the text.