The Second-level short specialisation degree in Transcatheter treatment with multimodal imaging for structural heart diseases trains professional doctors in the field of interventional and structural cardiology, focusing on the understanding of human anatomy, protocols, procedural planning, and the evaluation of patients undergoing interventional and structural procedures (e.g., TAVI, edge-to-edge transcatheter mitral valve repair, LAA closure, PFO, ASD, VSD). Students will be able to perform screenings for said procedures and select appropriate devices and steps for a successful outcome.
With the Second-level short specialisation degree in Transcatheter treatment with multimodal imaging for structural heart diseases, students will learn how to select, perform, and interpret patients’ instrumental tests, as well as manage and conduct the necessary procedures.
The course focuses on the pathophysiology of valve disorders and congenital heart diseases that affect adults, and the preparation of patients undergoing interventional and structural procedures.
The topics of our master are divided into three main areas, listed below.
The Second-level short specialisation degree in Transcatheter treatment with multimodal imaging for structural heart diseases aims at providing cardiologists, heart surgeons, and anesthetists with the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for a therapeutic, innovative, and modern approach when dealing with patients affected by structural heart disease, with the help of multimodal imaging.
Our students will improve their interaction skills with their fellow cardiologists, heart surgeons, and anesthetists who cooperate within the heart team, in the stages of managing patients and communicating the risks and benefits of each procedure. They will also learn how to objectively assess international guidelines, trials, and informed consents.
The Second-level short specialisation degree in Transcatheter treatment with multimodal imaging for structural heart diseases includes three topic areas:
1 – VALVE DISORDERS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES IN ADULTS
- Pathophysiology and treatment of valve disorders and structural cardiac defects
- Cardiovascular pathological anatomy
- Multidisciplinary approach to clinical management
- Heart surgery
- Clinical, diagnostic, and interventional approach for patients with bioprosthetic dysfunction
- Vascular approach in interventional cardiology and management of interprocedural complications
- Congenital heart disease: a clinical, echocardiographic, and interventional approach
- Echocardiography for structural non-valvular heart disease
- Management of anesthesia in the Cath Lab
2 – INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS
- Echocardiographic diagnostics for valve disorders
- Radiological diagnostics for patients undergoing interventional and structural procedures
- Interprocedural echocardiographic monitoring in patients with mitral and tricuspid valve disorder
- Clinical, echocardiographic, and interventional approach for patients with paravalvular leak
3 – TRANSCATHETER TREATMENT TECHNIQUES
- Invasive hemodynamic diagnostics
- Clinical and interventional approach for patients with valvular aortic stenosis
- Interventional techniques
- Clinical and interventional approach for patients with tricuspid valve disorder
- LAA closure: clinical, echocardiographic, and interventional approach
The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2024/25 will be published on the Italian page of this Second-level short specialisation degree according to the timing provided in the Call.
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The educational path includes lectures, exercise sessions, step-by-step tutorials with simulators, live sessions from the haemodynamics laboratory and live-in-a box.
The Short specialisation degree takes place over a year at the UOSD Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology of the University of Padua. Participants, compatibly with national regulations related to the pandemic situation, will have to attend the Padua haemodynamics laboratory as observers.
No, the program only includes observation activities.
Yes, the final exam will be performed orally.