CVCU (Should be CVICU)

Catalog description

The goal of the Cardiovascular (CV) selective is to give students the opportunity to develop basic skills in evaluation and treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease through exposure to cardiology in the critical care setting with a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the United States and represents a significant proportion of diagnoses in the internal medicine out-patient service. Understanding the principles of diagnosis and management of the most common cardiovascular diseases is essential training for the general internist. The clerkship will include CVICU bedside rounds and case discussion, ECG reading sessions, stress test observation and reading sessions, observation of catheterization lab procedures, and reading and searching the pertinent literature.