Cardiovascular Systems

Description

Anatomy & Physiology Notes:

• ANATOMY OF THE HEART
• ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE HEART
• ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG) PHYSIOLOGY
• MECHANICAL EVENTS OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE
• CARDIO-DYNAMICS
• HAEMODYNAMICS / HEMODYNAMICS
• BLOOD PRESSURE PHYSIOLOGY
• ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF BLOOD VESSELS
• PHYSIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION
• PHYSIOLOGY OF SHOCK
• PHYSIOLOGY OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA / ISCHEMIA
• THE EFFECTS OF AGEING ON THE HEART

Pathology Notes:

• CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS
• ANEURYSMS & DISSECTIONS
• ARRHYTHMIAS
• DRUG CLASSES FOR TREATING ARRHYTHMIAS
• DYSLIPIDAEMIA
• ATHEROSCLEROSIS
• ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
• ACUTE CARDIOGENIC PULMONARY OEDEMA
• HEART FAILURE
• CARDIOMYOPATHIES (“HEART MUSCLE DISEASES”)
• PATHOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION
• PATHOLOGY OF SHOCK
• DVT & PE
• CARCINOID HEART DISEASE
• INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
• NON-INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS (NBTE – Non Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis)
• LYMPHANGITIS
• MYOCARDITIS – VIRAL & TOXIC
• PERICARDITIS
• PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
• CARDIAC TAMPONADE
• ACUTE ARTERIAL OCCLUSION (“CRITICAL LIMB ISCHAEMIA”)
• PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
• VARICOSE VEINS
• CHRONIC SKIN ULCERS
• TUMOURS OF VESSELS
• IMPORTANT VASCULITIDES
• RHEUMATIC FEVER & RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
• VALVULAR HEART DISEASE & MURMURS
• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE & OBESITY; NUTRITION & PHYSICAL EXERCISE