CODE 84120 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 3 TECN.FISIOPATOL.CARDIOCIRCOLAT.E E PERFUS.CARDIOVASC 9291 (L/SNT3) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/23 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOPATHOLOGY IV TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course provides theoretical and practical bases for understanding cardiovascular perfusion techniques, and appears particularly important for graduates in cardiovascular pathophysiology and cardiovascular perfusion techniques. AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to provide students with the knowledge to understand and contextualize the indication for circulatory assist devices and gain skills to apply this knowledge in practice. TEACHING METHODS Theoretical frontal lessons, clinical case discussions Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Acute and chronic heart failure: pathophysiology Heart failure: diagnosis and therapy Circulatory assist devices: pumps and implantation techniques RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Trattato di chirurgia cardiaca - Contenuti extra online inclusi Chiariello - Alamanni - Covino - Gerosa - AAVV Editor Seu - Edition year: 2016 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD FRANCESCO SANTINI LESSONS LESSONS START The lessons will take place in the period March-May/first ten days of June 2025. The lesson calendar will be available at the following link https://corsi.unige.it/sites/corsi.unige.it/files/2025-02/Orario%20Lezioni%202%C2%B0sem%20a.a.%202024-25_I-II-III%20anno.pdf Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral examination ASSESSMENT METHODS Learning verification is done through a final exam to check the real acquisition of the expected learning by the student. FURTHER INFORMATION Office hours for student will be on appointment by writing an email to: concetta.lampada@hsanmartino.it