Clinical Cardiology
ME 502M.1A
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Description
This course will enable students to acquire the fundamentals of clinical cardiology. Students will be assigned to the clinical consultation service. Students will evaluate patients in whom cardiac consultation is required including patients with arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, heart failure and valvular disease.
Along with the Senior Cardiology attending and fellows,the student will formulate a diagnostic and therapeutic plan. There will be the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of
cardiac physical diagnosis, electrocardiography, echocardiography, exercise testing, cardiac
catheterization and angiography, and nuclear cardiology. The student will participate in daily ECG reading sessions and is also welcome to attend at the various clinical and teaching conferences that occur during the week.
If the student wishes, they can spend some time acquiring a more in-depth knowledge of the elements of cardiac care, which could include time spent in the cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, electrophysiology labs or in the out-patient department.
Not Available for Cross Registration
