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Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems - Module of Physiology

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems - Module of Physiology

Academic year 2023/2024

• Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems (SCB0212)

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Program

• Myocardial function.
• Spreading of impulse and heart muscle contraction, inotropic agents, ECG and Cardiac Catheterization.
• Vessel elasticity and cardiac work, ventricular energy in relation to preload and afterload, heart failure.
• Heart sounds and murmurs, conditions that can determine a reduction or an increase of cardiac output.
• Arterial pulse.
• Pressure-volume.
• Pressure-flow capillary.
• Blood pressure.
• Genesis of varicose veins.
• Valsalva maneuver.
• Coronary flow and metabolic/endothelial control.
• The coronary reserve and fractional flow reserve.
• Myocardial hypertrophy and coronary risk.
• Myocardial infarction and cardioprotection.
• Blood pressure: methods of measurement and regulation in the short, medium and long term.
• Hypertension, new aspects of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS receptors pro-renin ACE 2, testicular ACE, ouabain).
• The cardiovascular response to extreme conditions: exercise, bleeding and shock.
• Methods of investigation in cardiovascular field.
• Respiratory mechanics.
• Volumes and lung capacity, anatomical and physiological dead space.
• Lung compliance.
• Partial pressures of respiratory gases.
• Gas exchange in the lungs.
• Distribution and transport of respiratory gases.
• Pulmonary flow and ventilation/perfusion.
• Nervous and chemical control of respiration.

Note

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