Medicine and Surgery

Cardiovascular Physiopatology. Exercise Physiology. Respiratory, cardiovascular and metabolic adjustments and adaptations to physical exercise. Energy balance. Epidemiology of atherosclerosis. Cardiovascular risk factors: prevalence in Italy. Pathological effects of sedentariness and physical inactivity: the low grade chronic inflammation. Healthy effects of motor activities, physical exercise and aerobic fitness on hypertension, type II diabetes, overweight and obesity, dyslipidemia and in general risk of coronary heart attack and stroke. Lifestyle as a medical therapy. Components of health related physical fitness. Prescription of exercise programs according to scientifically validated models. Practical lectures on ECG reading for small groups of Students.

Physiology of the cardiovascular system. Physiology of the respiratory system. Bioenergetics. Exercise Physiology.

Cardiovascular Physiopatology. Exercise Physiology. Respiratory, cardiovascular and metabolic adjustments and adaptations to physical exercise. Energy balance. Epidemiology of atherosclerosis. Cardiovascular risk factors: prevalence in Italy. Pathological effects of sedentariness and physical inactivity: the low grade chronic inflammation. Healthy effects of motor activities, physical exercise and aerobic fitness on hypertension, type II diabetes, overweight and obesity, dyslipidemia and in general risk of coronary heart attack and stroke. Lifestyle as a medical therapy. Components of health related physical fitness. Prescription of exercise programs according to scientifically validated models. Practical lectures on ECG reading for small groups of Students.

"Ex chatedra" lectures with slides. Theoretical and practical lectures on ECG and cardiopulmonary exercise tests for small groups of Students.

One University formative Credit (about 10 hours of lectures) is provided, divided in 3-4 blocks, within the integrated cardiology course (Integrated Pathology Ia) carried out in the II semester of the III year. About 2,5 hours on ECG reading and interpretation are provided to small groups of students (about 15-20) for a total 25-30 hours of theoretical and practical didactical activities.

Oral exam with the whole teaching committee

- William J. Kraemer, Steven J. Fleck, Michael R. Deschenes. Exercise Physiology - Integrating theory and application. Second Edition. Wolters Kluwer 2016 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - Wolters Kluwer Health) - Garry Egger, Andrew Binns, Stephan Rossner. Lifestyle Medicine: Managing Diseases of Lifestyle in the 21st Century - McGraw Hill medical. Seconda Edizione. ISBN 0070998124, 9780070998124 - European Society of Cardiology. The ESC Textbook of Preventive Cardiology. Oxford University Press, 2015 Designed to move. A Physical Activity Action Agenda. Edited by NIKE, American College of Sports Medicine e International Council of Sport (complete document can be downloaded from: http://www.sportsthinktank.com/uploads/designed-to-move-full-report.pdf).

"Ex chatedra" lectures with slides. Theoretical and practical lectures on ECG and cardiopulmonary exercise tests for small groups of Students.

Cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular risk maps Ischemic heart disease Valvular heart disease Heart failure Gender differences in cardiovascular disease

Knowledge of cardiovascular pathophysiology

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE- clinical and scientific approach Edizioni Minerva Medica

Mandatory attendance

Oral examination

Frontal lesson