- Docente: Tullio Palmerini
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5904)
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from Mar 04, 2025 to Mar 25, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have acquired the knowledge of the main gender-related differences in the etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms and response to therapy of aortic and mitral valvulopaties.
Course contents
Valvulopathies: main gender-related differences relative to aortic and mitral valve disease in relation to the following points:
(1) Aortic valve diseases: Classification, definitions, etiologies, pathophysiology, symptoms, aortic murmurs and other clinical signs, instrumental diagnostics, natural history, and prognosis. Medical therapy: prevention of complications, optimization of hemodynamics. Invasive treatment: indications for interventional therapy, indications for surgical therapy. Medical management after invasive treatment.
(2) Mitral valve diseases: Classification, definitions, etiologies, pathophysiology, symptoms, mitral murmurs and other clinical signs, instrumental diagnostics, natural history and prognosis. Medical therapy: prevention of complications, optimization of hemodynamics. Invasive treatment: indications for interventional therapy, indications for surgical therapy. Medical management after invasive treatment.
Readings/Bibliography
Heart disease Braunwald - [https://sol.unibo.it/SebinaOpac/query/braunwald%20s%20heart%20disease%20a %20textbook%20of%20cardiovascular%20medicine?context=catalogo]
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures
Assessment methods
Assessment test
Teaching tools
power point slides
Office hours
See the website of Tullio Palmerini