69884 - Cardiac Surgery

Learning outcomes

Summarize the principles, applications and outcomes of cardiac surgical procedures.

Course contents

Congenital cardiopathies. Medical and surgical treatment of the main congenital heart diseases.

Coronary artery disease. Indications and surgical options for myocardial revascularization. Surgical options for the mechanical complications of the myocardial infarction.

Heart Valve Surgery. Indications and treatment of the various heart valve diseases.

Aortic dissection. Definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, predisposing factors, indications and treatments.

Heart failure. Surgical treatments: Heart transplant and VADS.

Readings/Bibliography

Suggested texbooks:

1) Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery, 4th Edition - Saunders

2) Cardiac Surgery in the Adult fifth edition – Mc Graw Hill.

Teaching methods

Lessons with slides and video

Opportunity to see the cardiac operations in operating room

Assessment methods

INTEGRATED COURSE - Thoracic and Vascular Diseases (14 CFU): the final comprehensive assessment will consist of an oral exam with questions focusing on the learning objectives and topics of the integrated course. In each exam session, for practical and logistic reasons, two subcommittees will be appointed for the same final comprehensive assessment:

• Subcommittee for Module A (Cardiology+Cardiac Surgery+Vascular Surgery+Pharmacology)
• Subcommittee for Module B (Pneumology+Thoracic Surgery+Radiology+Pathology)

After assessment by the two subcommittees, the professors of the integrated course participate in the final collegial assessment, which considers the level of mastery of the key concepts illustrated during the lessons, critical thinking and the ability to integrate the key concepts and take-home messages of the different modules of the integrated course.

Final grades will be assigned according to the following criteria:

• Outstanding 30/30L: full preparation, consolidated and without inaccuracies on the topics covered in the integrated course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently different topics. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language with some original elaboration by the student.
• Excellent 29-30/30: full preparation, consolidated and without significant inaccuracies on the topics covered in the course. Ability to promptly frame the topic. Ability to analyze and connect independently. Concepts in the right succession and full command of the specific language.
• Very good 27-28/30: preparation of very good level, but with significant inaccuracies compromising the achievement of full marks. Ability to analyze and link independently. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.
• Good 23-26/30: preparation of good level, but with important inaccuracies in the presentation. Ability to analyze and link after input from the teacher. Exposure of concepts in the right succession and with appropriate language.
• Sufficient 18-22/30: knowledge limited to the basic concepts without serious gaps, only after input from the teacher. Exposition of concepts and language acceptable as a whole.
• Insufficient <18/30: lack of preparation. Serious and repeated conceptual errors.

Teaching tools

Intraoperative videos, animations and slides

Office hours

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