SEMINAR OF VASCULAR ANATOMY
cod. 1004917

Academic year 2017/18
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie dell'apparato cardiovascolare (MED/11)
Field
"altre attività quali l'informatica, attività seminariali ecc."
Type of training activity
More
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: IMAGE DIAGNOSTICS II

Learning objectives

During the course the student will acquire knowledge about the arguments presented in the lectures, in particular knowledge that will help them understand the anatomy of cardiovascular system and the diagnostic tools to study the anatomy of cardiovascular system.

These objectives will enable students to understand and then to implement in practice, with discrete independent judgment, the following skills: cardiovascular evaluation of anatomy and differences between diagnostic tools in assessing cardiovascular anatomy.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

course will be divided into two parts: anatomy and anatomy applied to cardiovacolar diagnostic tools.
In the first part, concerning the anatomy of the cardiovascular system, will be dealt with aspects of the anatomy of the heart, heart valves, coronary artery, pulmonary and systemic circulation. Will also address aspects of intergration between cardiovascular anatomy and physiology.

In the second part, concerning the anatomy applied to cardiovascular diagnostic tools, will be dealt with the main diagnostic methods able to study the anatomy of the cardiovascular system. In particular, will be treated aspects of echocardiography, myocardial scintigraphy, myocardial PET, cardiac MRI, and coronary angiography.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lecture notes, transparencies and slides of the lectures.

Teaching methods

The course will be structured with lectures followed by a moment, at the end of each lesson, of discussion regarding the topics treated

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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