MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Cardiovascular
medicine
Professor C L Gibbs (Physiology) and Associate Professor B McGrath
(Medicine)
Objectives At the completion of this unit, students should have a good
working knowledge of the cardiovascular system and be able to describe: the
normal development of the heart and vascular system; pump function and the
electrical activity of the heart; the peripheral circulation and its role in
venous return; arterial blood pressure and its regulation; cardiovascular
reflex responses to physiological stimuli; the properties of commonly
prescribed cardiovascular pharmacological agents; and have an understanding of
the importance of working from basic principles.
Synopsis Students will develop an understanding of the embryology,
anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and biochemistry of the cardiovascular
system. Topics to be covered include the development of the heart and its
conducting system and the development of the arterial, venous and lymphatic
systems. The haemodynamics of the circulation and the electrical properties of
the heart and the electrical basis of the ECG will be explained. The
performance of the heart as a pump and the regulation of cardiac output by
intrinsic and extrinsic factors will be covered. Important topics that will be
dealt with include arterial blood pressure and its control, the role of the
microcirculation, the physiology of venous return and special circulations such
as the coronary, fetal and cutaneous circulations. The rationale for the
treatment of angina pectoris, congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias
will be explained. Basic clinical examples and case presentations will be used
to highlight the relevance of the medical sciences to the practice of
medicine.
Assessment Examinations (held in conjunction with respiratory medicine)
3 hours: 80% + Viva voce in anatomy: 20%
Prescribed texts
- Berne R M and Levy M N Physiology 3rd edn, Mosby, 1993
- or
- West J B Physiological basis of medical practice 12th edn, Williams
and Wilkins, 1990
- Cormack D H Essential histology 2nd edn, Lippincott, 1992
- or
- Ross M H and Romnel R J Histology: A text and atlas 3rd edn,
Williams and Wilkins, 1989
- Moore K L Clinically orientated anatomy 3rd edn, Williams and
Wilkins, 1992
- or
- Snell R S Clinical anatomy for medical students 2nd edn, Little
Brown, 1981
- Moore K L and Persaud T U NThe developing human 5th edn, Saunders,
1993
- or
- Sadler T W Langman's `Medical embryology' 6th edn, Williams and
Wilkins, 1990
- or
- Larsen W J Human embryology Churchill Livingstone, 1993
- Sauerland E K Grant's `Dissector' 10th edn, Williams and Wilkins,
1991
- Katzung B G Basic and clinical pharmacology 4th edn, Appleton and
Lange
- Gillman A G and others Goodman and Gillman's `The pharmacological basis
of therapeutics' 8th edn, Pergamon, 1990
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