training in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing - Cardioegypt.com
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o Techniques<br />
o Hemodynamic data:<br />
o Pressure measurements<br />
o Cardiac output measurements<br />
o Evaluation of valvular stenosis<br />
o Measurements of <strong>in</strong>tra-‐ventricular pressure gradient<br />
o Shunt determ<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
• Adjunctive diagnostic techniques:<br />
o Coronary pressure <strong>and</strong> blood flow determ<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
o Left ventricular electromechanical mapp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
o Intra-‐<strong>cardiac</strong> echocardiography<br />
• Complications associated with <strong>cardiac</strong> catheterization<br />
• Contrast media <strong>in</strong>duced nephropathy<br />
• Coronary angiography <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>travascular ultrasound imag<strong>in</strong>g<br />
8. Mechanisms of <strong>cardiac</strong> contraction <strong>and</strong> relaxation:<br />
• Microanatomy of contractile cells <strong>and</strong> prote<strong>in</strong>s<br />
• Calcium ion <strong>in</strong>fluxes <strong>in</strong> <strong>cardiac</strong> contraction – relaxation cycle<br />
• Beta adrenergic signal system<br />
• Chol<strong>in</strong>ergic <strong>and</strong> nitric oxide signal<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Contractile performance of <strong>in</strong>tact heart<br />
• Effects of ischemia <strong>and</strong> reperfusion on contraction <strong>and</strong> relaxation<br />
9. Heart failure:<br />
• Assessment of normal <strong>and</strong> abnormal <strong>cardiac</strong> function<br />
• Pathophysiology of heart failure<br />
• Cl<strong>in</strong>ical aspects of heart failure, pulmonary oedema, high output heart failure<br />
• Drugs <strong>in</strong> the treatment of heart failure<br />
• Management of heart failure<br />
• Assisted circulation <strong>in</strong> the treatment of heart failure<br />
• Heart transplantation<br />
10. Cardiac arrhythmias:<br />
• Genesis of <strong>cardiac</strong> arrhythmias: electrophysiological consideration<br />
• Genetics of <strong>cardiac</strong> arrhythmias<br />
• Diagnosis of <strong>cardiac</strong> arrhythmias<br />
• Therapy for <strong>cardiac</strong> arrhythmias<br />
• Cardiac pacemaker <strong>and</strong> cardioverter defibrillators<br />
• Specific arrhythmias: diagnosis <strong>and</strong> treatment<br />
• Cardiac arrest <strong>and</strong> sudden <strong>cardiac</strong> death