Course detail

Cardiac diagnostics

FEKT-MPA-DVKAcad. year: 2023/2024

The course will guide students through the methods and techniques used in cardiac diagnostics. Students will gain insight into the anatomy and physiology of the heart and learn to record, filter and then interpret the manifestations of cardiac activity. The course is designed with emphasis on the interconnectedness of the topics described above.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Evaluation:

- Laboratory exercises – 20 points

- Credit test – 10 points 

- Final exam – 70 points 

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MARSCHALL S. R., Netter's cardiology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, 2010. ISBN 14-377-0637-1. (CS)
WEBSTER, John G a John W CLARK. Medical instrumentation: application and design. 4th ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, c2010. ISBN 978-0471676003. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPC-BIO Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme MPAD-BIO Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

anatomy and physiology of the heart

lead systems and vectorcardiography

ecg acquisition - hardware

ecg acquisition - software

ecg filtration

r detectors

heart rate variability

arrhythmology

optical mapping of the heart 

 

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

anatomy and physiology of the heart

lead systems and vectorcardiography

ecg acquisition - hardware

ecg acquisition - software

ecg filtration

r detectors

heart rate variability

arrhythmology

optical mapping of the heart 

Elearning