65578 - Cardiology

Learning outcomes

Describe the clinical manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, risk factors, natural history, diagnosis, staging, prognostic indicators and management of the major cardiovascular diseases, with emphasis on those most commonly encountered in the clinical practice. Identify the major diagnostic and therapeutic options for each encountered clinical scenario, and discuss their benefits and limitations. Summarize decision-making algorithms for a correct differential diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment choice. Present and critically analyze clinical cases, discuss the differential diagnosis, and formulate appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for each case (Problem-Based Learning).

Course contents

Cardiology Course Program

• Acute and chronic heart failure
• Chronic coronary artery disease
• Acute coronary artery disease
• Acute miocardial infarction and complications
• Cardiomiopathies
• Miocarditis
• Acute pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Acute aortic syndromes
• Infective endocarditis
• Pericardial disease
• Cardiac tamponade
• Arrhythmias
• Valvular Heart Diseases
• Congenital Heart Diseases

Readings/Bibliography

Updated teaching material, will be made available on the platform for teaching support service: Insegnamenti online - IOL

Suggested guidelines:

• European Society of Cardiology Clinical Practice Guidelines [http://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines]
• ESC Pocket Guidelines App [https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Guidelines-derivative-products/ESC-Mobile-Pocket-Guidelines]

Suggested textbooks

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• Harrison's principles of internal medicine [https://sol.unibo.it/SebinaOpac/resource/harrisons-principles-of-internal-medicine/UBO6054758?tabDoc=tabcontiene] [https://sol.unibo.it/SebinaOpac/resource/harrisons-principles-of-internal-medicine/UBO4633516]
• Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine [https://sol.unibo.it/SebinaOpac/query/braunwald%20s%20heart%20disease%20a%20textbook%20of%20cardiovascular%20medicine?context=catalogo]

Teaching methods

Lectures that will deal with the main pathologies in the cardiology field with the support of power-point slides

Assessment methods

INTEGRATED COURSE - Thoracic and Vascular Diseases (14 CFU): the final comprehensive assessment will consist of an oral exam with questions focusing on the learning objectives and topics of the integrated course. In each exam session, for practical and logistic reasons, two subcommittees will be appointed for the same final comprehensive assessment:

• Subcommittee for Module A (Cardiology+Cardiac Surgery+Vascular Surgery+Pharmacology)
• Subcommittee for Module B (Pneumology+Thoracic Surgery+Radiology+Pathology)

After assessment by the two subcommittees, the professors of the integrated course participate in the final collegial assessment, which considers the level of mastery of the key concepts illustrated during the lessons, critical thinking and the ability to integrate the key concepts and take-home messages of the different modules of the integrated course.

Final grades will be assigned according to the following criteria:

• Outstanding 30/30L: full preparation, consolidated and without inaccuracies on the topics covered in the integrated course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently different topics. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language with some original elaboration by the student.
• Excellent 29-30/30: full preparation, consolidated and without significant inaccuracies on the topics covered in the course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language.
• Very good 27-28/30: preparation of very good level, but with significant inaccuracies compromising the achievement of full marks. Ability to analyze and link independently. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.

• Good 23-26/30: preparation of good level, but with important inaccuracies in the presentation. Ability to analyze and link after input from the teacher. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.
• Sufficient 18-22/30: knowledge limited to the basic concepts without serious gaps, only after input from the teacher. Exposition of concepts and language acceptable as a whole.
• Insufficient <18/30: lack of preparation. Serious and repeated conceptual errors.

Teaching tools

 

Video projector,

PC Teaching support platform: Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Nazzareno Galiè

See the website of Igor Diemberger

See the website of Olivia Manfrini