CCI RCS Adult Echo case studies

CCI RCS Adult Echo · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) credential with an Adult Echocardiography specialty is a professional certification administered by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) for sonographers who acquire and evaluate adult transthoracic echocardiograms. It is used by employers, labs, and accrediting bodies as evidence that a sonographer has met a national standard of knowledge in adult echo, and it is commonly listed among the qualifications for staff sonographer positions, lead technologist roles, and lab accreditation personnel requirements. The CCI RCS Adult Echo case studies are 5 cases and about 3,702 words.

Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis: Is It Really Severe?

A 74-year-old man with known aortic stenosis is referred after two weeks of worsening exertional dyspnea. Blood pressure on arrival is 158/84 mmHg.

718 words, about 4 min 2

Poor Windows, Wrapped Color: Optimizing an Obese Patient

A 49-year-old woman with a BMI of 41 is studied for exertional dyspnea. At 16 cm depth her parasternal and apical images are gray and noisy, and the endocardium is barely visible.

826 words, about 4 min 3

Foreshortened Apex After Anterior MI: Excluding LV Thrombus

A 67-year-old man is referred 10 days after an anterior STEMI (LAD occlusion, peak troponin 40 ng/mL, LVEF 30% with apical akinesis) to rule out left ventricular thrombus before discharge and anticoagulation planning. The apical 4-chamber view is short and blunted: the apex is truncated, the cavity looks bullet-shaped, and the true apex seems to extend beyond the top of the sector.

696 words, about 3 min 4

Syncope in a Young Athlete With Dynamic Outflow Obstruction

A 29-year-old competitive cyclist had a syncopal episode at the end of a race. ECG shows LVH with deep T-wave inversion, and his brother died suddenly at 24.

724 words, about 4 min 5

Stat Call After CABG: Tamponade Physiology at Shift Change

Three days after a three-vessel CABG, a 71-year-old man becomes hypotensive (82/50 mmHg), tachycardic (118 bpm), and oliguric. He is on 6 L/min nasal cannula, has sternal wires, two chest tubes, a pulmonary artery catheter, and a femoral arterial line.

738 words, about 4 min