ICU Clinical Cardiology and Electrocardiography - VA

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Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. Improvement of skills in obtaining a pertinent cardiovascular history and performing physical examination including identification of cardiac murmurs by auscultation; increasing knowledge of pathophysiology of cardiac illnesses; improvement of knowledge regarding management of cardiac problems, congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, acute coronary syndrome, cardiac arrhythmias and emergencies; improvement of skills in identification of EKG abnormalities and arrhythmias; introduction to non-invasive tests like cardiac stress tests, echocardiograms; introduction to nuclear cardiology; introduction to hemodynamics, cardiac outpatients in ICU; introduction to evidence based approach to medicine practiced in care of cardiac patients.