- Docente: Francesco Saia
- 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 27, 2025 to Apr 28, 2025
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of the principal cardiomyopathies and their specific expression in females.
Knowledge of venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism and sex specific risk factors.
Course contents
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Genetic-based cardiomyopathieswith maternal transmission
- Which cardiomyopathies have particular characteristics in women
- To what extent does the presence of a maternal cardiomyopathy affect pregnancy
- What is the usefulness of genetic counseling in women affected by hereditary cardiomyopathy who want to get pregnant?
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Pulmonary embolism (PE)
- Risk factors for DVT and PE in women
Readings/Bibliography
- 2023 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on Pulmonary Embolism.
- 2018 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on Cardiovascular disease during pregnancy
Teaching methods
Lectures with clinical cases
Assessment methods
Multiple choice questions
Teaching tools
Slide presentations available for students.
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Saia