Cardiac radiology for students (curriculum)
Medical student cardiac pathology represents a core set of common pathology and imaging findings that is commonly seen on the wards, usually during medical, surgical or pediatric care blocks.
They can include:
- cardiomegaly
- coronary artery calcification
- common cardiac hardware
- changes from coronary artery bypass graft
- valvular prostheses
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- mitral valve replacement
- intra-aortic balloon pump
- pacemaker / ICD
- dextrocardia
- enlargement of the main pulmonary artery
- ascending aortic aneurysm
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