PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OPERABLE HEART DISEASE

Degree course: 
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2019/2020
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2019/2020
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
1
Standard lectures hours: 
16
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (16 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

To reach a complete knowledge on the etiology, pathophysiology and natural history of the main diseases of the heart and great vessels.

Cardiac Surgery Syllabus
Surgical anatomy, pathophysiology, natural history and diagnostic methods of the main surgical diseases of the heart and great vessels
Principles of Embriology and Main Congenital Heart Diseases
Extracorporeal circulation: patophysiology, principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Surgical myocardial revascularization for coronary artery disease: Indications and surgical techniques.
Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction: diagnosis and surgical repair techniques.
Aortic valve disease: etiology, diagnosis and surgical treatment
Mitral and Tricuspid valve disease: etiology, diagnosis and surgical treatment
Aneurysms and dissections of the thoracic aorta: etiology, diagnosis and surgical treatment

R. Dionigi: Chirurgia, Ed. Elsevier,2017
Sabiston, Textbook of Surgery, ed. Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2016
Shields' General Thoracic Surgery ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2018

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BEGHI CESARE