The cardiac curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core cardiac knowledge.
On this page:
Definition
Topics pertaining to the heart and pericardium, but excluding the mediastinum (see: chest curriculum) and great vessels (see: vascular curriculum).
Anatomy
An understanding of the anatomy of relevant structures is essential. Core anatomical topics include:
Radiological examinations
The heart is imaged with all modalities.
- chest x-ray (CXR)
- ultrasound
- CT
- MRI
- nuclear medicine
- scintigraphy
- SPECT
- PET
Pathology
Heart
- cardiac contusion
- cardiomyopathy
- myocardial infarction
- right ventricular dysplasia
- tumors
- primary cardiac tumors
- malignant
- secondary cardiac tumors (cardiac metastases)
- valvular heart disease
- ventricular aneurysm