- Docente: Raffaele Bugiardini
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8473)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
- describe and distinguish the major cardiovascular diseases.
- describe and define the essentials of epidemiology, pathogenesis, classification, clinical aspect, laboratory tests, non-invasive and invasive testing of cardiovascular diseases.
- define differential diagnosis and therapy of major cardiovascular diseases.
- define an integrative cardiac care approach and nurse's role in (a) patient education and counseling for primary and secondary prevention; (b) management of acute disease, chronic disease and long-term follow-up of patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Course contents
- Semiotics of cardiovascular system.
- Cardiovascular risk factors: Traditional risk factors (lipid disorders, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking); Novel and emerging risk factors.
- Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
- Diagnostic tests performed in cardiology (resting ECG, exercise stress tests, Holter monitoring, echocardiography, nuclear imaging cardiology tests, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI).
- Compressive overview of chest pain causes
- Chronic ischemic heart disease: pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapeutic strategies.
- Acute coronary syndromes: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and principles of therapy. Pre-hospital management. Nurses' role in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes.
- Arrhythmias: classification and pathophysiology. Diagnosis and management of arrhythmias.
- Heart failure: etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and principles of management of chronic and acute heart failure.
- Valvular heart disease: etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and general principles of medical and surgical treatment.
- Pericardial disease.
- Infective endocarditis.
Readings/Bibliography
- Medicina Interna Sistematica. C. Ruggarli, latest edition.
- Updated teaching material, will also be made available on the platform for teaching support service: Insegnamenti online - IOL
Teaching methods
Slides presentation supported lectures with discussion breaks
Assessment methods
The final exam will be a multiple-choice exam consisting of multiple choice questions on the obligatory readings (books and lecture notes).
Teaching tools
- Slides presentation supported lectures with discussion breaks
- Platform for teaching support service: Insegnamenti online - IOL
Office hours
See the website of Raffaele Bugiardini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.