CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISEASES

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

TR31C1E

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

Cardiovascular Diseases

Is part of:

CARDIORESPIRATORY AND VASCULAR DISEASES

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

RENDA GIULIA

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Objectives

The student has to learn the etiology, pathogenesis, and primary clinical presentations as part of ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, and cardiac arrhythmias; moreover, the student has to learn general principles, indications, and practical application of the main techniques of cardiological imaging.

Contents

Ischemic heart disease
Valvular heart diseases
Cardiac arrhythmias
Main techniques of cardiological imaging

Extended Syllabus

• Pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system.
• Ischemic heart disease: cardiovascular risk factors, atherosclerosis, chronic ischemic heart disease, and acute coronary syndromes; complications of myocardial infarction.
• Acquired valvular heart diseases: aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation.
• Arrhythmias: etiology, pathogenesis, classification, ECG presentation. Cardiac arrest.
• Main techniques of cardiological imaging: hints of echocardiography, hemodynamics and coronary angiography, computed tomography coronary angiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance.

Recommended Bibliography

Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine
Patologia sistematica integrata: Professione medico Vol. VI. UTET Editore

Teaching Methods

Lesson

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The examination is held in the form of oral and provides an assessment of thirty; the exam is passed with a mark equal or greater than 18/30. The mark obtained in this discipline averages with the marks of other disciplines into the same Integrated Course.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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