AIMS AND CONTENT

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

CARDIAC REHABILITATION

1. Definition, phases and aims
2. Components of cardiac rehabilitation and rehabilitation team 
3. Risk stratification; cardiovascular risk factors 
4. Indications and contraindications 
5. Patient assessment (clinical assessment, 6MWTest, ergometric test, cardiopulmonary exercise test, X-ray)
6. Rehabilitation session features: 
   1. type of activity (breathing exercises, calisthenic exercises, training, stretching)
   2. frequency
   3. Duration
   4. Intensity: anaerobic threshold, Watts, METs, heart rate, shortness of breath
   5. Method: continuous training, interval training, circuit weight training
   6. Phases (warm-up, workout, cool-down...)
   7. Monitoring needs and training interruption/termination criteria
7. Physical training effects
8. Elderly patient 
9. Heart failure, NYHA classification
10. Ischemic Pathology (Heart attack, Angioplasty, Chronic peripheral arterial disease, etc.) 
11. Post-surgical patient (coronaric bypass, valve replacement , aortic disease , congenital heart disease) 
12. Transplanted patient; brief notes on VAD 
13. Extensive rehabilitation or maintenance (follow up, the educational role of the physiotherapist) 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Text book: “Riabilitazione cardiologica” Galati, Vigorito EDI-ERMES

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MIRELLA DEFILIPPI (President)

FRANCESCA ASCHERI

PATRIZIA BIANCHETTI

VALENTINA DABOVE

LAURA FARAGUTI

BRUNA GRECCHI

NORMA LANDUCCI

CLARA LEONCINI

CARLA MORIANO

IRIS PERUZZI

PIERFRANCESCA TASSISTRO

MARIA GIUSEPPINA VIDILI

AURORA PRATESI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

EXAMS

Exam schedule