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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

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