PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
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Physiology exam passed
final written exam: multiple choice quiz
At the end of the course, the student will have to know the pathophysiological processes underlying the main cardiac pathologies (ischemic heart disease, sudden cardiac death, bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias, heart failure) and have basic notions about their characteristics and how to recognize them. He will also have to know the physiological processes of cardiovascular adaptation to the effort that occur in the athlete.
anatomy and physiopathology of the cardiovascular system in relation to sports activity.
Cardiac anatomy
- Cardiac physiology: the potential for action and the Frank-Starling law
- Stress cardiovascular adaptation
- Athlete''s heart: peculiarities, ECG and graphic echocardiographic features, differential diagnosis with hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy
- Elements of electrocardiography and the main arrhythmias (bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias)
- Cardiac symptoms: heart disease, syncope, dyspnoea and chest pain
- Pathophysiology of syncope and acute pulmonary edema
- Physiopathology of atherosclerotic plaque
- Physiopathology of ischemic heart disease
- Chronic stable angina and acute coronary syndromes
- Sudden cardiac death in athletes
R Calabrò, A D’Andrea, B Sarubbi. Cardiologia per Scienze Motorie e Scienze Infermieristiche. 2006 Idelson-Gnocchi
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Frontal lessons, with the help of texts, diagrams, a rich illustrative apparatus and practical examples; students will be guided to the understandign of the different pathological processes. If required by the student, the teacher can spend the first part of each lesson to clarify topics discussed previously.
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