CARDIOLOGY

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

6-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE

Disciplinary Sector:

Cardiovascular Diseases

Is part of:

MEDICAL SCIENCES

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SABA PIER SERGIO

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology and of the basic mechanisms of pathologies.

AF code:

40002399

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide students with the skills to properly manage patients who have to face dental procedures and who present with relevant cardiological problems. At the end of the course, the student will acquire advanced knowledge of pathophysiology and clinical aspects of the main cardiovascular pathologies and the risk factors related to them. In addition, the student will acquire skills regarding the management of patients with cardiovascular problems in the dental field.

Contents

1. Risk factors and overall cardiovascular risk
a. What is meant by risk factor
b. Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors
c. What is meant by overall cardiovascular risk
d. How to evaluate the overall cardiovascular risk
2. Arterial hypertension
a. Definition and classification of hypertension
b. Principles of pathophysiology of arterial hypertension
c. Target organs and organ damage from hypertension
d. Management of the patient suffering from hypertension who has to face a dental procedure
3. Ischemic heart disease
a. Definition and classification
b. Physiopathological mechanisms of stable, unstable angina and infarct
c. Clinical manifestations of stable, unstable angina and myocardial infarction
d. Management of the patient with ischemic heart disease who has to face a dental procedure
4. Endocarditis
a. Definition and classification
b. Pathophysiological mechanisms related to the development of endocarditis
c. Clinical pictures (acute and subacute endocarditis)
d. Management of antibiotic prophylaxis, in particular in relation to dental procedures
5. Atrial fibrillation and management of anticoagulant therapy
a. Definition and classification
b. Clinical manifestations
c. What is meant by thromboembolic risk
d. Management of anticoagulant therapy in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation who must face a dental procedure
6. Heart failure
a. Definition and classification
b. Causes of heart failure
c. Pathophysiology of heart failure: hemodynamic and neurohormonal mechanisms
d. Clinical manifestations of heart failure
e. Management of the patient with heart failure who has to face a dental procedure

Recommended Bibliography

Medscape:
https://www.medscape.com
(freely accessible on the web from any computer)
UpToDate: http://www.uptodate.com/contents/search
(available on the web in any computer of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery: Libraries, Classrooms, Departments, etc.)
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Available on the web for free

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