PATOLOGIA SISTEMATICA E CLINICA - MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE - channel 2

7 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

CORRADO TAMBURINO - Module MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE - MED/11 - 4 CFU

Email: tambucor@unict.it
Office: edificio 8D policlinico G.R. - via s. sofia 78 CATANIA
Phone: 095 378 1161
Office Hours: da concordare previo appuntamento

INES PAOLA MONTE - Module MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE

Email: inemonte@unict.it
Office: AOU Policlinico - Presidio "G.Rodolico" via santa Sofia
Phone: 095 3782743
Office Hours: da lunedì a venerdì dalle ore 8.00 alle ore 9.00

PIERFRANCESCO VEROUX - Module Vascular Surgery - MED/22 - 2 CFU

Email: pveroux@unict.it
Office: Policlinico- Edificio 1 - VII PIANO
Phone: 0953782946
Office Hours: 12.00

DOMENICO GIUSEPPE GRASSO - Module CARDIAC SURGERY - MED/23 - 1 CFU

Email: grassod@unict.it
Office: U.O. di Cardiochirurgia Edificio 8D Policlinico G.R. - via S.Sofia 78 CATANIA
Phone: cell.3382931639 Osp. 095-3781474
Office Hours: Mercoledi ore 12-14

Learning Objectives

MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE
The Course aims to convey to the student the knowledge and understanding of the etiological, pathophysiological and clinical bases of cardiovascular disease, along with technical aspects of laboratory, imaging and functional diagnostics.
CARDIAC SURGERY
Acquisition of the essential elements about cardiopulmonary bypass. Acquisition of basic knowledge about diagnosis and surgical treatment of most common congenital heart diseases, about acquired valvular diseases and ischemic heart disease. Acquisition of the essential elements about diagnosis and treatment of mechanical post-MI complications and about thoracic aortic diseases. Acquisition of basic knowledge about indications for heart transplantation and post operative complications

Detailed Course Content

MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE
- Ischemic heart disease
- Valvular heart disease
- Heart failure
- Rheumatic disease and endocarditis
- Cardiomyopathies
- Pericardial diseases
- Aortic dissection
- Chest pain
- Pulmonary thromboembolism
- Syncope, hypotension and shock
- Electrocardiography
- Arrhythmias and Sudden Death
- Cardiovascular imaging diagnostics
- Congenital heart disease
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Arterial hypertension
- Renal artery disease and renal hypertension
CARDIAC SURGERY
- Principles of cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Surgical treatment of simplex congenital heart diseases (Patent ductus arteriosus, Coarctation of aorta, Atrial septal defect, Ventricular septal defect) and complex congenital heart diseases( Tetralogy of Fallot, Transposition of the great arteries).
- Acquired valvular heart diseases (mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve): surgical indications; surgical conservative treatment and replacement; biological and mechanical prosthesis, stentless prosthesis.
- Ischemic heart disease: diagnosis and surgical indications; surgical treatment on pump and off pump; conduits for revascularization; long term results.
- Mechanical post-MI complications (mitral incompetence, ventricular septal defect, free left ventricular wall rupture, left ventricular aneurysm); surgical treatment.
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm: classification, surgical indications and treatment.
- Aortic dissection: classification, surgical indications and treatment.
- Heart transplantation: donor selection (brain death); surgical indications; immunosuppressive therapy, post operative complications; short and long term results.
- Ventricular assist devices and total artificial heart

Textbook Information

MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE
- T.R. Harrison – Principles of Internal Medicine – McGraw Hill
- Fuster et al – The Heart – McGraw Hill
Vascular Surgery
Latest Frontiers of Hemodynamics, Imaging and Treatment of obstructive venous disease. P. Veroux - edizioni Minerva Medica
CARDIAC SURGERY
Dionigi, Cabitza, Castelli Grossi, Rigatti Chirurgia - Basi teoriche e Chirurgia generale - Chrurgia specialistica Ed Elsevier Masson

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