PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY TECHNIQUES
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Multiple choice test
Oral exam
To reach a complete knowledge on the etiology, pathophysiology and natural history of the main congenital heart diseases
Embryology, anatomy, physiology of the heart (heart embryology, foetal circulation, transition circulation newborn circulation, cardiac anatomy)
Patophysiologcial approach to congenital heart disease (principles of patophysiology; medical history assessment; patophysiology assessment; clinical examination; haemodynamic assessment)
Congenital heart disease with increased pulmonary blood flow (patent forame ovale; atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect; basic principles of persistent atrio-ventricular canal defect)
Congenital heart disease with obstruction to blood outflow (aortic stenosis, sub-aortic stenosis, supra-aortic stenosis, aortic coartation, pulmonary stenosis, hypoplastic left heart syndrome with surgical repair stages
Congenital heart disease with decreased pulmonary blood flow (Fallot Tetralogy)
Congenital heart disease with cyanosis caused by central blood mixing and increased pulmonary blood flow
R. Dionigi: Chirurgia, Ed. Elsevier,2017
Sabiston, Textbook of Surgery, ed. Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2016
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