B0401 - ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

Anno Accademico 2022/2023

  • Docente: Igor Diemberger
  • Crediti formativi: 1
  • SSD: MED/11
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Understand the physical and electrophysiological principles of normal and pathological cardiac electrical activation. Will develop a diagnostic approach based on the reasoned interpretation of ECG signals in vector terms. Understand and identify the main ECG patterns and interpret their association with different pathological pictures.

Contenuti

PROGRAMME

Arrhythmias

Basics of electrophysiological mechanisms for arrhythmias genesis

Classification of arrhythmias

Brady and tachyarrhythmias : ECG patterns

Intracardiac signals: methods and techniques for detection and recording and clinical implications for arrhythmias management

Electrocardiography

The basics of ECG

ECG: normal and pathlogical patterns

ECG in acute and chronic ischemic heart disease

ECG in conduction disturbances, hypertrophy and cardiomyopathies

Testi/Bibliografia

The material provided during the coure will be sufficient to cover the topic appropriately. However these are suggested additional readings to improve ECG Knowledge:

1) David G. Strauss. Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography. 2021.

2) DJ Rowlands. Interpretazione dell' elettrocardiogramma - ECG normale, Alterazioni morfologiche, Alterazioni del ritmo. 2004

3) G. Oreto Elettrocardiogramma: un mosaico a 12 tessere (Vol. I + Vol. II) 2009

4) I. Diemberger Infections of Cardiac Implantable Devices: A Comprehensive Guide 2021

Metodi didattici

The course is made up of lectures with the support of Power Point presentations. Interaction of the audience is wellcome to improve overall understanding and will be promoted by the teacher with interactive analysis of several ECG traces.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The exam will be a multiple-choice quiz regarding the topics coverd by all three modules. The final score will be positive if the student will obtain a score >17/30.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Teaching material can be downloaded from the institutional repository (access restricted to UNIBO students).

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Igor Diemberger

SDGs

Salute e benessere

L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.