PATOLOGIA SISTEMATICA E CLINICA I - MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO CARDIOVASCOLARE - channel 3

5 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

VALERIA CALVI - Module CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - MED/11 - 2 CFU
PIERFRANCESCO VEROUX - Module Vascular Surgery - MED/22 - 2 CFU
DOMENICO GIUSEPPE GRASSO - Module CARDIAC SURGERY - MED/23 - 1 CFU

Learning Objectives

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Acquisition of knowledge and comprehention etiological, physiopathological and clinical bases of cardiovascular diseases, together with the technical aspects of laboratory, functional and imaging diagnostic.
CARDIAC SURGERY
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

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Ischemic heart disease
Valve heart disease
Heart failure
Rheumatic infection and Endocarditis
Cardiomyopathy
Diseases of the pericardium
Aortic dissection

Pericardial disease
Chest pain
Pulmonary thrombo-embolism
Syncope, Hypotension and Shock
Electrocardiography
Arrhythmias and sudden death
Cardiovascular Imaging
Congenital heart disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Hypertension
Renal artery disease and nephrovascular hypertension
CARDIAC SURGERY
- 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.

Textbook Information

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
T.R. Harrison – Principi di Medicina Interna – McGraw Hill

Fuster et al – Il Cuore – McGraw Hill

S. Dalla Volta, et al. – Malattie del Cuore e dei Vasi - McGraw Hil

Pdf file provided by the teacher

http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2018/main/document/document.php?cidReq=11593&curdirpath=/shared_folder
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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