2009 Course Handbook
AMED862: Surgery for Cardiac Failure
The aim of this unit is to enable the student to achieve demonstrable subspecialist expertise in the evaluation, preoperative workup, operative and perioperative care of patients requiring surgical treatment for cardiac failure, including coronary artery surgery, valve surgery, left ventricular reconstruction, cardiac resynchronization therapy, anti-arrhythmic surgery.
Note: Students enrolled in an external offering of this unit will be required to attend some on campus sessions.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: |
D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Sharon Cleland |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Pass/Fail |
| Offered By: |
Australian School of Advanced Medicine |