cardiac curriculum

The cardiac curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core cardiac knowledge.

Definition

Topics pertaining to the heart and pericardium, but excluding the mediastinum (see: chest curriculum) and great vessels (see: vascular curriculum).

Anatomy

An understanding of the anatomy of relevant structures is essential. Core anatomical topics include:

• heart
• coronary arteries
• pericardium

Radiological examinations

The heart is imaged with all modalities.

• chest x-ray (CXR)
  • enlargement of the cardiac silhouette
• ultrasound
  • echocardiography
• CT
  • cardiac CT
• MRI
  • cardiac MRI
• nuclear medicine
  • scintigraphy
  • SPECT
  • PET

Pathology

Heart

• cardiac contusion
• cardiomyopathy
  • cardiomyopathy in hemochromatosis
  • dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Elliott et al. classification system of cardiomyopathies
  • restrictive cardiomyopathy
  • tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy
  • Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
  • peripartum / postpartum cardiomyopathy
• myocardial infarction
• right ventricular dysplasia
• tumors
  • primary cardiac tumors
    • benign
      • cardiac myxoma
      • cardiac rhabdomyoma
      • cardiac papillary fibroelastoma
  • malignant
    • cardiac angiosarcoma
    • malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH)
    • primary cardiac lymphoma
  • secondary cardiac tumors (cardiac metastases)
• valvular heart disease
  • mitral (bicuspid) valve
  • tricuspid valve
  • aortic valve
  • pulmonary valve
• ventricular aneurysm
  • left ventricular aneurysm

Coronary arteries

• coronary artery aneurysm
• coronary artery disease
  • coronary artery calcification
• coronary arteriovenous fistula

Pericardium

• pericardial calcification
• pericardial effusion
  • hemopericardium
  • pneumopericardium
  • pericardial empyema
• pericardial tumors

Miscellaneous

• coronary artery bypass graft
• coronary artery stent
• cardiac defibrillator
• cardiac pacemaker
• prosthetic heart valve

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Curricula

• curriculum
  • anatomy curriculum
  • ​imaging curricula
    • breast curriculum
    • cardiac curriculum
    • central nervous system curriculum
    • chest curriculum
    • gastrointestinal curriculum
    • gynecology curriculum
    • head and neck curriculum
    • hepatobiliary curriculum
    • intervention curriculum
    • musculoskeletal curriculum
    • obstetric curriculum
    • pediatric curriculum
    • post-mortem and forensic curriculum
    • urogenital curriculum
    • vascular curriculum
  • medical student curriculum
  • pathology curriculum
    • general pathology
    • systemic pathology
      • pathology of the vascular system
      • cardiac pathology
      • pathology of the hematological and lymphatic systems
      • pathology of the lung and pleura
      • pathology of the head and neck
      • pathology of the gastrointestinal system
      • pathology of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas
      • pathology of the kidney and urinary tract
      • pathology of the male genital system
      • pathology of the female genital system
      • pathology of the breast
      • pathology of the endocrine system
      • pathology of the skin
      • pathology of the musculoskeletal system and soft tissues
      • pathology of the nervous system
      • pathology of the ocular system
  • physics curriculum
  • radiography curriculum
    • general radiography curriculum
    • CT curriculum
    • MRI
    • ultrasound 
    • nuclear medicine 
    • radiation therapy 

Siehe auch:

• Perikarderguss
• Perikard
• Pleomorphes Undifferenziertes Sarkom
• Röntgen-Thorax
• Vorhofmyxom
• Herz Anatomie
• Rhabdomyom des Herzens
• curriculum
• Thorax Onlinekurs