Clinical Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation

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This course is designed to allow the student to gain a broad experience in the fields of heart failure and cardiac transplantation. The student will participate in both inpatient rounds and outpatient clinics. There will also be an opportunity to participate in the surgical management of heart failure including the use of mechanical circulatory support devices, high-risk palliative cardiac surgical procedures and cardiac transplantation. The learning objectives of the course are supplemented by multidisciplinary rounds, cardiac transplant listing conference and cardiac pathology rounds. For more information, please contact Dr. Rosario Flores at Karen Flores Rosario, [email protected]. Secondary Contact: Mitzi Scarlett, [email protected], or 919-681-1202. Credit: 4. Enrollment: max 2. Karen Flores Rosario, MD and other Heart Failure Faculty