Postgraduate Specialisation in Cardiovascular System Diseases

Malattie dell'apparato cardiovascolare 1 (discipline specifiche) - DIDATTICA FRONTALE

Course code

4S001827

Name of lecturers

Mariantonietta Cicoira, Giuseppe Faggian, Lorenzo Franceschini, Giuseppe Lippi, Isabella Loschiavo, Gabriele Pesarini, Flavio Luciano Ribichini, Andrea Rossi, Ruggero Tomei

Number of ECTS credits allocated

14

Academic sector

MED/11 - CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

not yet allocated

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Learning outcomes

The course aims to introduce students to the basic concepts of surgical anatomy, surgical techniques of the main operable cardiopathies.
Analysis of the pathophysiological processes ia loading of the heart and large vessels, of clinical instrumental evaluation methods with particular reference to the angiographic and echocardiographic investigations, of the surgical options in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, both from a technical point of view and from stratification methods of operative risk.

In particular, the most common cardiac pathologies for which there is a need for cardiac surgery will be treated, in particular: Ischemic heart disease, valvular diseases, thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms, heart failure and the main congenital heart disease.

Syllabus

The course aims to introduce students to the basic concepts of surgical anatomy, surgical techniques of the main operable cardiopathies.
Analysis of the pathophysiological processes ia loading of the heart and large vessels, of clinical instrumental evaluation methods with particular reference to the angiographic and echocardiographic investigations, of the surgical options in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, both from a technical point of view and from stratification methods of operative risk.

In particular, the most common cardiac pathologies for which there is a need for cardiac surgery will be treated, in particular: Ischemic heart disease, valvular diseases, thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms, heart failure and the main congenital heart disease.

Assessment methods and criteria