- Docente: Claudio Borghi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Long cycle 2nd degree programme in Medicine (cod. 0080)
Learning outcomes
At the end of thecourse the student knows how to evaluate the global cardiovascular risks, in other words the estimation of probability to have a cardiovascular events on the basis of the cardiovascular risk factorspresent in each patients.
Course contents
Prof. C. Borghi, Dr. E. Strocchi, Dr. S. D'Addato, Dr. A.F.G.
Cicero
Datesof thelessons:
5/2/2013, h.14-18
8/2/2013, h.14-18
12/2/2013, h. 9-13
13/2/2013, h. 9-13
15/2/2013, h. 14-18
21/2/2013,h.14-18.
Aula Sole, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hopsital, Pavilion
"Albertoni", n. 2,IV flour
Course contents:
1.Epidemiology of cardiovascular disesaes in Italy and other countries
2.Definition of risk factor andglobal cardiovascular risk
3.How toestimate the cardiovascular risk
4.Assesment of the cardiovascular riskin the population andin thesingle patient
5.Epidemiology and general management of Arterial Hypertension
6. Blood pressure measurement: utility and significance
7 Cardiovascular end-organdemage and implication in the clinical practice
8 Secondary for Arterial Hypertension and Resistant Hypertension
9General managment og Arterial Hypertension
10 ESH/ESC Guidelines onArterial Hypertension andimplication in the clinical practice
11Epidemiology and clinical rilevance of dyslipidemic disorders
12 Pathophysiologyof lipoprotein: metabolism, normal range,fractions, and oxidation
13 Principal dyslipidemic monogenic and poligenic disorders: diagnostic cryteria and prognosis
14Lifestyle, pathologic, and jatrogenic causes ofincreases of serum lipid and lipoproteins
15 ESC/EAS Guidelines and clinical implication
16 Therapy of dyslipidemic disorders and rules of prescription
Readings/Bibliography
"2012 European guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice" available on the web site of the European Society of Cardiolgy (www.esccardio.org)
At the end of the lessons the sildes will be available in the Teaching materials of the
Teaching methods
oral lessons
Assessment methods
It is necessary to attend at least5 lessons (of the total 6 lessons).At the end of the programthe student will perform awrittentest (with at least 80% of correct answers).
Teaching tools
oral lessons with slides
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/docenti/claudio.borghi
Office hours
See the website of Claudio Borghi