Semester: 2nd
Type: Compulsory
ECTS: 4
Distance learning: 75%
Learning objectives:
After successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- understand the basic circulatory physiology behind extracorporeal circulation
- recognize the various parts of the heart-lung machine
- be able to watch the function of the heart-lung machine during open heart surgery
- understand the principles and techniques of myocardial protection
- familiarize with the basic mechanical circulatory support techniques (intraaortic balloon pump, ECMO, VAD, etc).
Syllabus:
The course syllabus is the following:
1. Use of vents in cardiopulmonary bypass
2. Complications of cardiopulmonary bypass
3. Technical complications in extracorporeal circulation
4. Blood conservation strategies
5. End-organ protection
6. Circulatory arrest - cerebral protection
7. Intraaortic balloon pump
8. Mechanical circulatory support
9. Principles of ECMO
10. Minimal Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation (MiECC)
11. Principles of pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass
12. Clinical scenarios in cardiopulmonary bypass
Lecturers:
Anastasiadis Kyriakos, Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Foroulis, Christophoros Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Tagarakis Georgios, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Antonitsis Polychronis, Assoc. Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Karapanagiotidis Georgios, Assoc. Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Voucharas Christos, Ass. Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Grosomanidis Vassileios, Professor of Anesthesiology
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