1. Cardiovascular disorders

­Normal Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Function

• Cardiac and coronary artery anatomy
• Cardiac cycle
• Cardiac output
• Electrocardiogram

Ischemic Heart Disease

• Brief introduction to ischemic heart disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Dyslipidemia
  • Pharmacology – Lipid Lowering Agents
• Angina pectoris
• Unstable angina
• Myocardial infarction
  • Pharmacology – Common Medications Used in Ischemic Disease

Arrhythmias

• Heart block
  • Atrioventricular block
• Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) & nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT)
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
• Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT)
• Bradycardia
• Atrial fibrillation
• Atrial flutter
• Premature ventricular contraction (PVC)
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Pharmacology – Classes of Antiarrhythmic Medications

Heart Failure

• Heart physiology
• Systolic dysfunction
• Diastolic dysfunction
• Congestive heart failure (CHF)

Valvular Disease

• Aortic stenosis & aortic regurgitation
• Mitral regurgitation & mitral stenosis
• Mitral valve prolapse

Cardiomyopathies

• Hypertrophic
• Dilated
• Restrictive

Pericardial Disease

• Acute pericarditis
• Chronic constrictive pericarditis
• Cardiac tamponade

Myocardial Infections

• Myocarditis
• Acute rheumatic fever
• Endocarditis

Hypertension

• Primary (essential) hypertension & secondary hypertension
• Hypertensive urgency
• Pharmacology – Common Antihypertensive Agents

Shock

Vascular Diseases

• Aortic conditions
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
  • Aortic dissection
• Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
• Venous conditions
  • Varicosities
  • Arteriovenous malformations (AVM)
  • Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• Vasculitis
  • Temporal (giant cell) arteritis
  • Takayasu arteritis
  • Kawasaki disease
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
  • Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome)
  • Henoch-Schonlein purpura

Pediatric Cardiology

• Fetal circulation
• Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
• Atrial septal defect (ASD)
• Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
• Persistent truncus arteriosus
• Transposition of the great vessels
• Tricuspid atresia
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
• Endocardial cushion defect

Other

• Lymphedema
• Long QT syndrome
• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
• Cardiac tumors (myxoma, rhabdomyoma)
• Vascular tumors (Kaposi, hemangioma, angiosarcoma)
• Bundle branch block
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Ischemia