Table of Contents by Clinical Topics

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• Arrhythmias
• Cardiac Valve disease (heart murmurs)
• Coronary artery disease
• Edema
• Heart failure
• Hypertension
• Peripheral artery disease (Intermittent claudication)

Arrhythmias

1. Introduction to cardiac arrhythmias
2. Membrane potentials
3. Action potentials
4. Impulse conduction
5. Causes of Arrhythmias
6. Types of arrhythmias
7. Electrocardiogram

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Cardiac Valve Disease (Heart Murmurs)

1. Introduction to valve disease and heart murmurs
2. Cardiac cycle
3. Valve defects
   • Stenosis
   • Insufficiency (regurgitation)
4. Ventricular septal defect
5. Functional murmur

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Coronary Artery Disease

1. Introduction to coronary artery disease
2. Angina
3. Oxygen supply/demand imbalance
4. Oxygen demand
5. Consequences of ischemia and hypoxia
   • Metabolic changes
   • Myocardial infarction
   • Electrophysiological changes
   • Impaired systolic and diastolic function
   • Stunning, Hibernation, Preconditioning

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Edema

1. Introduction to capillary fluid exchange and edema
2. Physical factors regulating capillary fluid exchange

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Heart Failure

1. Introduction to heart failure
2. Normal cardiac function
   • Regulation of heart rate
   • Regulation of stroke volume
3. Pathophysiology of heart failure
4. Systolic dysfunction
5. Diastolic dysfunction
6. Neurohumoral compensatory mechanisms

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Hypertension

1. Introduction to hypertension
2. Vascular anatomy and function
3. Arterial pressure
4. Neurohumoral regulation of arterial pressure

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Peripheral Artery Disease (Intermittent Claudication

1. Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease (Intermittent Claudication)
2. Lower limb hemodynamics
3. Ankle pressure index
4. Single stenotic lesions
5. Multiple stenotic lesions

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