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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.

What Are the Long-Term Effects of Exercise on the Vascular System?
Do Blood Vessels Constrict During Exercise?
What Is the External Layer of the Heart?
What Are the 14 Steps of Blood Flow Through the Heart?
How Should the Neck Be Massaged in Relation to the Flow of Blood?
How Does Smoking Cause Peripheral Artery Disease?
What Do the Chordae Tendineae Do in the Heart?
How Is Cardiac Output Calculated?
What Is Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR) in Medicine?
Why Is Arterial Bleeding Worse Than Venous?
Does a Hot Shower Increase Heart Rate?
Is the Mitral Valve Bicuspid? Structure and Function
Why Do Veins Need Valves to Return Blood to the Heart?
What Is the Cardiac Cycle? From Electrical Signal to Heartbeat
How Do Arteries and Veins Connect in the Body?
What Is Cardiac Care? From Prevention to Treatment
Why Can the Heart Be Considered to Be Two Separate Pumps?
The Heart May Shrink With Age: Why Does This Happen?
During What Phase Is the S1 Heart Sound First Heard?
When Is the S2 Heart Sound Heard During a Heartbeat?
What Is Cardiac Output and Why Does It Matter?
Cardiac Output: What Does It Measure?
What Is the Pedal Pulse and Why Is It Important?
How Does the Cardiovascular System Work With the Respiratory System?
Which Heart Chamber Is the Largest & Why It Matters
Why Is Pulmonary Circulation Pressure Lower Than Systemic?
What Is the AV Valve and What Is Its Function?
Why Does the Left Ventricle Have the Thickest Wall?
What Is the Average Stroke Volume?
Why Do Veins Have Valves But Not Arteries?