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| Titel | Heart failure - from pathophysiology to evidence based treatment |
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| Kursnummer | 2909 |
| Program | Kardiovaskulär forskning |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Antal högskolepoäng | 0.6 |
| Datum | 2018-03-13 -- 2018-03-20 | Kursansvarig institution | Institutionen för medicin, Solna |
| Särskild behörighet | undergraduate study in medicine or biomedicine |
| Kursens syfte | To provide a comprehensive overview of heart failure, a major public health problem and the most common cause of hospitalisation. The course will address all aspects of the disease, from mechanism and pathophysiology, to how these aspects affect diagnosis and therapeutic effects. The course will also introduce the new developments and future directions of heart failure research. |
| Kursens lärandemål | To be able to define and understand heart failure and its different phenotypes; to be able to understand the pathophysiological basis for diagnosis and therapy; to be able to understand and account for concepts for developing and testing novel interventions; and to demonstrate a good understanding of translational approach between basic research and the development of treatment of heart failure, as well as the principles of registry based research on heart failure. |
| Kursens innehåll | The module will cover pathophysiology, clinical diagnosis and treatments, as well as epidemiology of heart failure. A series of lectures will be given to reveal the molecular and cellular mechanisms of heart failure development, the relations of heart failure to other cardiovascular diseases, and new diagnotic and therapeutic approaches of the disease. Registry based research of heart failure will also be addressed. |
| Arbetsformer | The 2-day course module includes course lectures and seminars. |
| Obligatoriska moment | The participants must attend the lectures and seminars. The students who have missed these sessions can book extra session time within 4 weeks to compensate the absence. |
| Examination | Written exam. |
| Kurslitteratur och övriga läromedel | The handouts/teaching materials from all lectures will be provided: Pathology and epidemiology of heart failure Calcium signaling of cardiomyocytes Endothelial dysfunction in heart failure Registry-base clinical research of heart failure and the Swedish Heart Failure Registry Biomarkers and imaging of heart failure Valve disease and valve interventions in heart failure Surgical therapy and device therapy of heart failure |
| Antal studenter | 8 - 20 |
| Urval av studenter | Selection will be based on 1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant's doctoral project (according to written motivation), 2) date for registration as a doctoral student (priority given to earlier registration date) |
| Övrig information | Two full days. Tuesday 13th of March and Tuesday 20th of March 2018. |
| Ytterligare kursledare | Course leaders: 1) Tonje Thorvaldsen (Tonje.thorvaldsen@sll.se) 2) Lars H Lund |
| Senaste kursvärdering | Kursvärderingsrapport |
| Kursansvarig |
Tonje Thorvaldsen Institutionen för medicin, Solna tonje.thorvaldsen@ki.se |
| Kontaktpersoner |
Nailin Li Institutionen för medicin, Solna 08-51773996 Nailin.Li@ki.se Clinical Pharmacology Unit Karolinska University Hospital-Solna 17176 Stockholm Lars Lund Institutionen för medicin, Solna Lars.Lund@ki.se |
