Postgraduate Specialisation in Cardiac Surgery

Acquired and congenital heart disease amenable of surgery - DIDATTICA FRONTALE

Course code

4S003109

Name of lecturers

Giuseppe Faggian, Giovanni Battista Luciani, Francesco Onorati

Number of ECTS credits allocated

14

Academic sector

MED/23 - HEART SURGERY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

not yet allocated

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Learning outcomes

The Course introduces the student to the training objectives for the understanding of operable cardiopathies with particular regard to the pathophysiology, surgical anatomy and diagnostic modalities applied in cardiac surgery in the diagnosis. the student will also be led to the evaluation of the stratification of the operative risk and of the follow-up.

Syllabus

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.

Assessment methods and criteria