Cerebrovascular disease, Stroke - CCOC5845

• Title: Cerebrovascular disease, Stroke
• Guaranteed by: Department of Neurology 3FM CU and UHKV (12-NEUR)
• Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2016
• Semester: summer
• Points: 1
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/15, C [HS]
• Extent per academic year: 15 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (15)
• Min. number of students: 10
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Pavel Kalvach, CSc.
• Attributes: Modul IID

Annotation

Last update: Ing. Magdalena Dohnalová (03.03.2010)

Review of principles, risk factors, clinical and therapeutic aspects of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Cerebrovascular disease in its chronic course will be also presented as well as imaging and investigational methods.

Aim of the course

Last update: Ing. Magdalena Dohnalová (03.03.2010)

The aim is to enhance knowledge in cerebrovascular disease beyond normal general curriculum. More details of principals in auxiliary methods will be explained.

Literature

Last update: Ing. Magdalena Dohnalová (03.03.2010)

Wiebers DO, Feigin VL, Brown RD: Handbook of Stroke, Williams and Lippincote

Toole J. Cerebrovascula Disease

Teaching methods

Last update: Ing. Magdalena Dohnalová (03.03.2010)

Presentation using dataprojection, demonstration of patients, demonstration of ultrasound examination, examples of CT and MRI in particular cases.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Ing. Magdalena Dohnalová (03.03.2010)

Presence in minimally 12 hours out of the full extent of 15 hours.

Active participation in discussions.

Syllabus

Last update: Ing. Magdalena Dohnalová (03.03.2010)

Deepening of the general knowledge about the impact of atherosclerosis on cerebral circulation. Topics of the ischaemic cerebral damage will include diagnostic aspects (imaging by CT, MRI, ultrasound), principles of stroke and vascular dementia, principles of aphasia and its diagnostics, as well as risk factors and epide-miology - in a total extent of 4 sessions/examinations/semi-nars. Topics of hemorrhagic cerebral events will include intracerebral as well as extracerebral spontannous bleeding - in a total of 2 sessions.

Entry requirements

Last update: Ing. Magdalena Dohnalová (03.03.2010)

Students of the 3rd and 4th year of the Magister study.

Both foreign and Czech students are acceptable.