Pediatric Cardiology Lectures
Lecture (3 & 4): Aquired Heart Diseases
Department: Pediatric (Cardiology)
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Learning Objectives:
1) Define aquired heart lesions.
2) Discuss important examples of aquired heart diseases such as Rheumatic
heart diseases, Heart failure, myocarditis, pericarditis, Kawasaki disease,
and simple arrythmias
3) Identify causes of each lesion.
4) Understand the pathophysiology of each aquired heart disease.
5) Recognize the signs and symptoms of aquired heart diseases.
6) Identify the different types of heart murmurs in aquired heart diseases and
differential diagnosis.
7) Identify the special tools for evaluation and investigation.
8) Know the differential diagnosis of aquired heart diseases.
9) Know how to read chest x-ray and ECG for patients with aquired heart
diseases and the differential diagnosis.
10) Recognize the basics of management
11) Identify the possible complications of aquired heart diseases and how to
avoid them.
12) Know the recommendations of Endocarditis prevention in patients with
aquired heart diseases.
13) Know the indications for surgical intervention.
14) Know the prophylactic preventive measures for rheumatic valvular lesions
15) Know the basics of follow up.
16) Recognize the basic required family education for aquired heart diseases.
17) Identify the psychosocial needs of families with children with heart
problems.
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Introduction to the cardiovascular anatomy and function
Discuss the definition of aquired heart diseases
Discuss the possible causes of different aquired heart diseases
Discuss the different aquired heart lesion.
Discuss the possible causes of aquired heart diseases.
Discuss the prevention of aquired heart diseases .
Identify important examples of aquired heart diseases
Associate and link the pathophysiology to the cardiac clinical presentation.
Introduce the basic tools for diagnosing aquired heart lesions.
Discuss the differential diagnosis.
Discuss the complications and the appropriate measures to avoid them
Provide illustration diagrams of the different aquired heart diseases
Provide questions and answers
Reading
Pediatric Cardiology for the practitioners, by Myung K. Park
Nelson: Pediatrics textbook