23987 - Heart Surgery

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student should have got a basic knowledge of the most common surgical and interventional techniques for the frequent acquired and congenital Heart Disease treatment. Moreover students should got a good insight of risk benefits ratio and results of the main surgical procedures to better understand indications

Course contents

Medical and surgical treatment of congenital heart disease (CHD)

Ductus dependent CHD

Outflow tract obstruction CHD

Complex CHD

Congenital heart disease in adulthood (GUCH)

Ischemic cardiopathy

Heart valves pathology

Aortic Dissection

Aortic Aneurisms

Cardiac failure in pediatric and adult patients

Heart transplant and Cardiocirculatory assist devices

Readings/Bibliography

Suggested texbooks:

Chirurgia Specialistica - F.Minni - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana 2022

Teaching methods

Lessons with slides and video

Opportunity to see the cardiac operations in operating room

Opportunity to attend the ward

Assessment methods

The end-of-course exam aims to evaluate the achievement of the teaching objectives:

- to know the diagnostic-clinical process of the main congenital and acquired cardiac pathologies,

- to know the therapeutic surgical procedure of the main congenital and acquired cardiac pathologies.

· The verification of learning is articulated in partial oral tests, and consists of a series of questions aimed to ascertain the knowledge of cardiac and large vessel pathologies and the therapeutic diagnostic procedures. The verification will focus on the main acquired or congenital cardiac and large vessel pathologies, both addressed during class hours and treated in textbooks.

The achievement by the student of an organic vision of the topics addressed in the lesson together with their critical use, the demonstration of an expressive and specific language mastery will be evaluated with marks of excellence. The mostly mechanical and/or mnemonic knowledge of the subject, capacity for synthesis and inarticulate analysis and/or a correct but not always appropriate language will lead to discrete evaluations; training gaps and/or inappropriate language - albeit in a context of minimal knowledge of the exam material - will lead to grades that will not exceed the sufficiency. Training gaps, inappropriate language, lack of orientation within the bibliographic materials offered during the course can only be evaluated negatively.

The teachers in charge participate in an overall collegial assessment of the student's profit. The evaluation is expressed with a vote out of thirty.

The oral test is passed with a vote of at least 18/30

In case of maximum grade (30/30) honors can be awarded

The credits of the Integrated Course of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Apparatus Diseases (10 credits) are acquired by passing the final assessment.

If it is necessary to simultaneously appoint several subcommittees for the same final profit assessment, the student has the right to request, in advance, no later than the start of the exam session, to be examined also by the professor in charge of the discipline.

Passing the exam will be guaranteed to students who demonstrate mastery of the key concepts illustrated in the teaching. Failure to pass the exam may be due to insufficient knowledge of these concepts.

Teaching tools

Intraoperative videos, animations and slides

Office hours

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