Basics of Pediatric Cardiology
Study Course Implementer
Riga, 45 Vienibas gatve, pk@rsu.lv, +371 67621730
About Study Course
Objective
Preliminary Knowledge
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Upon successful completion of the study course, the student will gain in-depth knowledge and be able to navigate children's cardiology.
Skills
1.After completing the study course, the student will understand the etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms of heart diseases in children. Be able to evaluate the results of cardiac functional examinations.
Competences
1.After completing the study course, the student will be able to interpret the hemodynamics of heart pathologies, will be able to create an examination and treatment plan in cases of heart pathologies, will be able to interpret children's electrocardiograms.
Assessment
Individual work
Examination
Study Course Theme Plan
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Development of the heart. Fetal and neonatal circulation
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Acyanotic and cyanotic heart diseases
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Cardiomyopathies
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Electrocardiography in children
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Excercise test
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Cardiac catheterization
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Congestive heart failure
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Arterial hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension.
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Classification of heart disease. Diagnostics.
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Univentricular heart diseases
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Cardiovascular infections
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Arrhythmias
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Chest pain
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Invasive heart procedures
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Treatment of congestive heart failure
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Treatment of arterial hypertension. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
Bibliography
Required Reading
Park, M. K. Park’s Pediatric cardiology for Practitioners. Mosby Elsevier, 2021.
Kliegman, R. M., Behrman, R. E., Jenson, H. B., Stanton, B. F. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 21th ed, Elsevier: Saunders, 2021.
Additional Reading
Nichols, D. G., Ungerleider, R. M., Spevak, P. J., et al. Critical heart disease in infants and children. Mosby Elsevier, 3rd ed., 2019
Anderson, R., Baker, E., Penny, D., Redington, A., Wernovsky, G. Anderson’s pediatric cardiology, 4th ed. Churchill Livingstone, 2020.
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