Learning objectives
To know the diseases of the heart, to properly use the diagnostic tests in cardiology
Prerequisites
Anatomy of the heart and the circulation.
The cardiovascular function
Course unit content
Heart disease:
Chronic coronary artery disease, Acute coronary syndrome. Sudden cardiac death.
Heart failure
Valvular heart disease
Cardiomyopathies
Hypertensive heart disease
Cor pulmonale
Pericardial diseases
Arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation
Diagnostic tests:ECG, Exercise stress testing, Echocardiography, Radiology of the heart, Nuclear cardiology, Magnetic resonance Imaging, Computed tomography, Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography
Bibliography
Harrison's. Principi di Medicina Interna, Mc Graw-Hill.
Braunwald’s Heart Disease, Saunders Ed.