Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas

Electrocardiography and Cardiac Arrythmology

Code

11194

Academic unit

Nova Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas

Department

TRA - Clinical Medicine

Credits

3

Teacher in charge

Prof. Doutor Eduardo Antunes

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main purpose of the curricular unit is the achievement of a significant knowledge and expertise in the following areas:

1.       Analysis and interpretation of the electrocardiogram;

2.       Electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, ventricular hypertrophy, ventricular pre-excitation, sinus node dysfunction, atrioventricular blocks, intraventricular conduction disturbances, supraventricular and ventricular extrasystoles, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia, atrioventricular node reentrant tachycardia, atrioventricular taquicardia mediated through a retrograde conducting accessory pathway and ventricular tachyarrhythmias;

3.       The differential diagnosis of wide and narrow QRS complex tachycardias;

4.       The differential diagnosis of cardiac bradyarrhythmias.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to read and interpret the ECG and to perform the differential diagnosis of cardiac bradyarrhythmias and cardiac tachyarrhythmias.

 

Prerequisites

 

Subject matter

  1. Fundamentals of electrocardiography;
  2. Electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular pathologies;
  3. Analysis and interpretation of the 12-lead ECG;
  4. Electrocardiographic diagnosis of atrial arrhythmias;
  5. Electrocardiographic diagnosis of regular tachycardias with narrow QRS complex;
  6. Pre-excitation syndromes;
  7. Electrocardiographic diagnosis of ventricular tachyarrhythmias;
  8. Algorithms for the differential diagnosis of narrow and wide QRS complex tachyarrhythmias;
  9. Analysis and interpretation of the 12-lead ECG in cardiac tachyarrhythmias;
  10. Pharmacological treatments of cardiac arrhythmias;
  11. Cardiac bradyarrhythmias;
  12. Basic principles of cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac pacing;
  13. Bundle branch like patterns;
  14. Analysis and interpretation of the 12-lead ECG in cardiac bradyarrhythmias and a review and final evaluation preparation.

Bibliography

Wagner GS, Strauss DG, Marriott’s Practical Electrocardiography. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013

 

Wang K. Atlas of Electrocardiography. 1st ed. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers; 2012

 

Goldberger AL, Goldberger ZD, Shvilkin A. Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders; 2013

 

Teaching method

The curricular unit involves theoretical-practical lessons and is based on an integrated, interactive teaching model. The 32 hour-course (84 hours of working time – 3 ECTS) will be taught in two hour sessions, once a week, in the second semester. These will take place on Thursdays from 15.00 to 17.00 in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. The maximum number of enrollments is 40. The material support will be based on PDF slides, published articles, summaries, electrocardiograms and recommended literature.

Evaluation method

The final evaluation consists of a multiple choice test with 20 questions to answer in 40 minutes. Final classification is in a scale of 0 to 20.

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