Approach to Cardiology
A four module Flexi CPD course with Liza Ebeck
Module 1
Introduction to Cardiology
- Overview of cardiac anatomy
- Congenital and acquired defects
- Clinical exam
- Auscultation and murmurs
- Collapse
- Shock
- Congestive heart failure
- Arrhythmias
- Pericardial effusion
- Pleural effusion
Module 2
ECGs
- Cardiac conduction system
- Presenting signs of arrhythmias
- ECGs – when and how to take
- Reading ECGs and understanding artefacts
- Bradyarrhythmias
- Tachyarrhythmias
- Antiarrhythmic classification
- Case examples
Module 3
Cardiac Conditions
- Stages of heart disease
- Mitral valve disease
- Tricuspid valve disease
- Aortic stenosis
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Pulmonic stenosis
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Ventricular and atrial septal defects
- Sedation and anaesthesia
Module 4
Heart Failure
- Pathophysiology of heart failure
- Left sided congestive heart failure
- Right sided congestive heart failure
- Feline aortic thromboembolism
- Cardiogenic shock / low output failure
- Drugs
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