Cardiology

Rotating onto cardiology? Check out Goals and Objectives, as well as the clinic schedule. On this page, you'll find a complete online curriculum, organized and narrated by our own Dr. Mike Fahey. This curriculum is required during a cardiology elective.

Part 1: Reading Materials

• A Practical Guide to Pediatric Cardiology
• Nadas: Murmurs, Chest Pain and Syncope
• Echocardiography Images Explained
• Understanding Congenital Heart Defects website
• Mike's Congenital Heart Disease lecture slides
  • Part 1
  • Part 2

Part 2: Tutorials (if you have trouble seeing the slides playing, make sure to scroll down)

• Approach to Murmurs and Other Extra Heart Sounds  (we suggest watching this video via the YouTube link, or, click here to download a powerpoint file)
• Pediatric ECG Interpretation
• Box Diagram Introduction
• VSD Box Diagram with an introduction to Congestive Heart Failure
• Single Ventricle Palliation
• Tricuspid Atresia: Introduction to Single Ventricle Disease
• *bonus! Check out the Cribsiders podcast episodes below, featuring our own!
  • Episode 24:  Congenital Heart Disease for the General Pediatrician
  • Episode 37: Out of Rhythm—SVT with Dr. Mike Fahey
  • Episode 88:  The EKG with Mike Fah-EY  

Part 3: Practice ECG Files 

• We advise that you have a look at the Pediatric ECG Interpretation tutorial before attempting these exercises, as it reviews many of the basics that are fundamental to understanding and interpreting ECGs.

• We recommend that you start off with the Beginner folder, especially if reading pediatric ECGs is something new for you. The Advanced folder has a mix of ECGs of varying difficulty, some rather complex. 

  • Beginner ECG Folder
  • Advanced ECG Folder 

Part 4: Sounds

• Listen to recordings here, best in a quiet room.

If you would like to update the information on this page, email kathryn.wynne@umassmemorial.org