Students who complete the non-invasive Cardiac Sonography (CS) program of study will be prepared to enter the healthcare field in cardiac sonography labs as adult cardiac sonographers. Cardiac sonography, also known as echocardiography, is a rapidly advancing specialty area of cardiac imaging that uses ultrasound technology to evaluate the heart. With this technology, a cardiac sonographer uses sound waves created by the machine to acquire images of the cardiac chambers, walls, valves and blood flow.
The Cardiac Sonography Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (), upon the recommendation of The Joint Review Committee on Education on Cardiovascular Technology (JRC-CVT).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
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The Cardiac Sonography Informational Session will be announced in early 2026. A Webex link to the session will be emailed to all applicants, or can be accessed at the link above. Attendance to this virtual meeting is required as part of the Cardiac Sonography application process. However, anyone is welcome to join to learn more about the Cardiac Sonography program. If you are an applicant and are unable to attend the meeting, please contact the Allied Health Administrative Assistant at (479) 508-3325 or alliedhealth@atu.edu.
This program is blended. The first two semesters (fall & spring) in the program are in-person, in-class, and in-person clinical rotations. The third semester (summer) has online classes with in-person clinical rotations. These clinical rotations can be completed anywhere a student prefers as long as a contract with a cardiac sonography clinic/hospital can be obtained.
Classes for the Cardiac Sonography program are held at the ACHE Research Institute Health and Wellness Center at 1000 Fianna Way, Suite 219 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Students who complete the non-invasive Cardiac Sonography (CVT) program of study will be prepared to enter the healthcare field in cardiac sonography labs as adult cardiac sonographers. Cardiac sonography, also known as echocardiography, is a rapidly advancing specialty area of cardiac imaging that uses ultrasound technology to evaluate the heart. With this technology, a cardiac sonographer uses sound waves created by the machine to acquire images of the cardiac chambers, walls, valves and blood flow.
Cardiac sonographers generally work closely with cardiologists, who use the images to diagnose cardiac diseases.
Students completing the Associate of Applied Science in Cardiac Sonography will prepare to sit for the Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) exam through Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) and the Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) exam through American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS).
