71033 - Cardiovascular Risk Evaluation

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • 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