Cardiac Curriculum Overview

• History of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• History of valve surgery, Aortic valve surgery (Indications choice of prosthesis), Congenital heart surgery & PDA
• Anesthesia General Adult / Congenital 
• Aortic valve disease replacement
• Postoperative care, fluids, pain control Congenital
• Ventricular septal defect
• Heart Lung Bypass General / Congenital
• Myocardial protection General / Congenital
• Coarctation, IAA
• Atrial septal defect
• Access and reoperation Congenital
• Preoperative evaluation Adults
• Dg. Procedures Congenital
• Pathology of the valves
• Valve disease, Functional aspects
• Anatomy of the Heart - Adult
• Anatomy of coarctation, ASD and VSD
• Shunts
• Vascular rings & AP window
• Mitral valve disease.- Indications and choice of prosthesis, technique of repair, technique of replacement
• Tricuspid valve disease
• Endocarditis
• Combined valve disease
• Postoperative care, fluids, pain control, coagulation
• Future of cardiac surgery
• Access and reoperation Adult
• Pacemaker therapy 

Cardiac Course Level B

• TGA - Blalock Hanlon, Mustard, Senning
• TGA - Arterial Switch
• Aortic stenosis
• Fallot
• Hypoplastic left heart
• Pulmonary atresia & VSD & MAPCAs
• Pulmonary atresia & IVS
• Truncus arteriosus
• DORV and DOLV
• AV-canal
• Datacollection Databases
• Coronary anatomy, physiology, pathology
• Diagnostics Coronary heart disease
• History and Techniques of Coronary revascularisation
• Techniques & complications of coronary revascularisation
• Off pump revascularisation Techniques (OPCAB)
• Reoperations for coronary arteries
• Non-invasive revascularisation techniques (PTCA)
• Minimal invasive revascularisation techniques (MICAB)
• Ischemic complications, LV aneurysm, Mitral regurgitation
• Combined coronary and carotid a. surgery
• Aorta Diagnostics MRI, CT, Angio, TEE
• Distal aorta, aneurysm, dissection
• Proximal aorta aneurysm
• Aortic arch aneurysm
• Cerebral protection
• Aortic trauma
• Aortic Stents
• To be a surgeon: Ethics and professionalism

Cardiac Course Level C

November 2007 - programme available here


• Cor triatriatum TAPVD and Anom. Syst. Venous. return
• A-V discordance
• Hypoplastic left heart
• Univentricular heart - Glen, Fontan, TCPC Ross
• Vascular rings
• Congenital anom. Coronary anomalies
• Miral valve abnormalities, Ebstein
• Tricuspid valve abnormalities
• Advanced investigations incl. CT and MRI
• Foetal echo
• TGA & VSD & PS-Rastelli, Nikaidoh 
• Card. tumours
• Evaluation of Surgeons performance: benefits and drawbacks
• LV outflow tract obstruction Ross
• Assist device/ecmo in adults
• Assist device, total artificial heart + ECMO in children
• HTX, HLTX, LTX
• HTX, HLTX, LTX - children
• Myocarditis, cardio-myopathy, hypertrophic obstructive cardio-myopathy
• Pulmonary embolism
• Outcome of Cardiac surgery
• Surgery for arrythmia's
• Combined Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
• Statistics
• Surgery for heart failure
• Design of Studies