78613 - LINEE GUIDA NELLA CARDIOPATIA ISCHEMICA

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

• define clinical practice guidelines as an important tool in applying evidence-based medicine to patient care. In particular, the student should be able to interpret the benefits and risks of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure in everyday clinical decision-making
• define the potentials and limitations of current clinical practice guidelines 
• define barriers and limits to the use, adaptation and implementation of current clinical practice guidelines 

 

Course contents

• Guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease
• Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation
• Guidelines for the management of acute  myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation
• Guidelines on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease

Readings/Bibliography

• European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Teaching material presented in class will be made available on the platform for teaching support service: Insegnamenti online - IOL
• The professor recommend not to print/download the teaching material in large advance: the professor could make updates

 

Teaching methods

• Interactive lectures: slides presentation supported lectures with discussion breaks
• Teaching material presented in class will be made available on the online platform for teaching support service: Insegnamenti online - IOL

Assessment methods

Attendance of 75% of each module of the Elective Course

Teaching tools

• Slides presentation supported lectures with discussion breaks 
• Platform for teaching support service: Insegnamenti online - IOL

Office hours

See the website of Raffaele Bugiardini