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Cardiology

Cardio topics

Fellowship-depth topics across arrhythmia, heart failure, ischaemia, valves, imaging, prevention, and the pulmonary circulation.

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12Chapters

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Chapters · 12

hypertension-aorta-peripheral5
pericardial-myocardial-other2
heart-failure10
arrhythmias12
valvular-heart-disease7
adult-congenital-heart-disease1
imaging-noninvasive5
special-populations1
prevention-risk3
ischaemic-heart-disease9
acute-cardiovascular-care2
pulmonary-circulation3

01

hypertension-aorta-peripheral

5 entries

Acute aortic dissection: type A and type B
Hypertension: diagnosis and staging
Hypertensive emergency and severe hypertension
Resistant hypertension and renal denervation
Secondary hypertension: screening tests and causes

02

pericardial-myocardial-other

2 entries

Acute pericarditis: diagnosis and colchicine
Pericardial effusion and tamponade physiology

03

heart-failure

10 entries

Advanced HF: referral triggers, inotropes, transplant and LVAD
Cardiac amyloidosis: AL vs ATTR, imaging, tafamidis
Cardiogenic shock: staging, MCS selection and outcomes
Decompensated (acute) heart failure: decongestion, cardiogenic shock and early follow-up
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
HF comorbidities: iron deficiency, CKD, gout and cachexia
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
ICD and CRT indications in heart failure
Myocarditis: presentation, biopsy criteria, management

04

arrhythmias

12 entries

AF ablation: indications, technique and anticoagulation
AF rate control: beta-blocker vs digoxin choices
Antiarrhythmic drugs: class actions and proarrhythmia
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter: cavotricuspid isthmus and atypical circuits
Bradycardia and pacing indications
Cardioversion and anticoagulation timing
Long QT, Brugada and inherited channelopathies
Supraventricular tachycardia: AVNRT and AVRT
Syncope: evaluation, risk stratification and management
Ventricular tachycardia
Wolff–Parkinson–White and ventricular pre-excitation: risk stratification and pathways

05

valvular-heart-disease

7 entries

Aortic regurgitation: quantitation and surgery timing
Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: exercise testing and surgery triggers
Infective endocarditis: 2023 ESC diagnosis, antibiotics, surgery and prevention
Mitral regurgitation: primary and secondary
Mitral stenosis: rheumatic and degenerative disease, PMC and surgery
Prosthetic heart valves: choice, anticoagulation and thrombosis
Severe aortic stenosis: TAVI versus surgical valve replacement

06

adult-congenital-heart-disease

1 entry

Atrial septal defect and PFO: closure indications

07

imaging-noninvasive

5 entries

Cardiac MRI: LGE patterns and clinical questions
ECG patterns of ischaemia and infarction
ECG rhythm recognition and conduction blocks
Echo valve quantitation: areas, gradients, regurgitation grades
Echocardiography: EF quantitation and diastology basics

08

special-populations

1 entry

Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy

09

prevention-risk

3 entries

Cardiovascular risk prediction and when to treat: SCORE2, PREVENT and the Australian calculator
Diabetes as cardiovascular disease: SGLT2 inhibitor and GLP-1 RA outcomes
Dyslipidaemia: LDL-C targets, statin intensity, ezetimibe and PCSK9 inhibitors

10

ischaemic-heart-disease

9 entries

Chest pain evaluation
Chronic coronary syndrome: antianginal therapy, event prevention and where revascularisation fits
Chronic coronary syndromes: pre-test likelihood, the CCTA pathway and treatment
Complications of acute myocardial infarction
DAPT complications: bleeding, switching and surgery
NSTE-ACS: NSTEMI and unstable angina — diagnosis, risk and invasive timing
Secondary prevention after acute coronary syndrome
STEMI: reperfusion strategy, timing and transfer decisions
Type 2 myocardial infarction and spontaneous coronary artery dissection

11

acute-cardiovascular-care

2 entries

Infarct-related cardiogenic shock: revascularisation timing, culprit-only PCI and device selection
Preoperative cardiac assessment for non-cardiac surgery

12

pulmonary-circulation

3 entries

Massive PE: thrombolysis versus surgical or catheter embolectomy
Pulmonary embolism: risk-stratified management
Pulmonary hypertension: five groups and PAH-specific therapy