Integrated Clinical Sciences: Cardiovascular Disease I – Foundations.

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This cardiovascular disease focused course is an integration of Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Medicinal Chemistry. The course will enable students to 1) acquire a fundamental understanding of the pathophysiology of the cardiovascular diseases, 2) describe and classify drugs into the major cardiovascular system based pharmacologic classes, and 3) describe select structure-activity relationships of cardiovascular classes of drugs along with their medicinal chemistry bases. Course content, discussion and case based learning will build on student’s pre-requisite knowledge, placing in-depth and focused emphasis on cardiovascular science empowering students to make appropriate decisions regarding the selection and use of drug therapy for the management or prevention of disease. Prerequisites: PHAR 211 , PHAR 212 , PHAR 213 , PHAR 221 , PHAR 231 , PHAR 232 , and PHAR 241 .