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In Jackson, Wyoming, Natalie Thornton, RCS, RCIS, instructs cardiovascular technology students in simulation labs and hospital classrooms. An active echocardiographer, she earned her associate degree from Blue Ridge Community College and prepares trainees to evaluate cardiac structures, blood flow, and diagnostic ultrasound tracings.

Where Are S1 and S2 Heard Equally?Heart & Lungs
When Do the AV Valves Open and Close?Heart & Lungs
What Do Coronary Veins Do for the Heart?Heart & Lungs
Does Elevating Legs Increase Heart Rate?Heart & Lungs
What Is an Infarct? How Blockages Cause Tissue Death Brain & Nerves
Which Heart Sound Is Louder and Longer?Heart & Lungs
What Is the Most Important Force in Venous Flow?Heart & Lungs
Do Venules Have Valves? A Look at Blood Flow Heart & Lungs
What Is Afterload? The Heart’s Resistance Explained Heart & Lungs
What Causes Active Hyperemia?Heart & Lungs
Do Arteries Grow Back? How the Body Repairs Blood Vessels Heart & Lungs
What Is the First Heart Sound and What Causes It?Heart & Lungs
What Is Pulmonary Circulation and How Does It Work?Heart & Lungs
How Systolic Blood Pressure Works Heart & Lungs
What Is the Renal Artery and What Does It Do?Gut & Kidney
How to Record Your Heartbeat: Methods and Devices Tests
What Are the Long-Term Effects of Exercise on the Vascular System?Heart & Lungs
Do Blood Vessels Constrict During Exercise?Heart & Lungs
What Is the External Layer of the Heart?Heart & Lungs
What Are the 14 Steps of Blood Flow Through the Heart?Heart & Lungs
How Should the Neck Be Massaged in Relation to the Flow of Blood?Heart & Lungs
How Does Smoking Cause Peripheral Artery Disease?Heart & Lungs
What Do the Chordae Tendineae Do in the Heart?Heart & Lungs
How Is Cardiac Output Calculated?Heart & Lungs
What Is Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR) in Medicine?Heart & Lungs
How Does an Artificial Heart Work?Procedures
Why Is Arterial Bleeding Worse Than Venous?Heart & Lungs
Does a Hot Shower Increase Heart Rate?Heart & Lungs
Is the Mitral Valve Bicuspid? Structure and Function Heart & Lungs
Why Do Veins Need Valves to Return Blood to the Heart?Heart & Lungs