Internal Diseases (Cardiology) (ISK_217)

• Be able to communicate with patients, their relatives, colleagues, other people or organizations involved in health care. • Obtain information about the patient's complaints and anamnesis; • Perform physical examination of the patient with palpation, percussion and auscultation methods and methods derived from those. • Take the peripheral pulse, heart rate, respiratory rate and arterial pressure indicators, relate them to a particular clinical situation and link it with the overall examination process. • Be competent in ECG results. • Be competent in the results of instrumental examination and their indications (load tests, imaging methods, invasive diagnostic techniques, contrast tests) used in cardiology practice. • Be competent in the diagnosis of heart disease, modern heart disease treatments (pharmacotherapy, surgery, mini-invasive methods); be able to interpret auscultation findings and imaging data. • Have a grasp of the diagnosis of coronary heart disease and early recognition and treatment tactics of various acute situations. • Able to evaluate electrocardiographic findings in a variety of heart rhythm disorders. Be competent in assessment of different risk degrees of arrhythmia. • Be competent in the diagnosis of different cardiomyopathies, able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data, be competent in modern diagnostic options of cardiomyopathy (nuclear magnetic resonance, genetic examinations, implantable rhythm recorders). • Be competent in the diagnosis of acute and chronic heart insufficiency, able to interpret auscultation findings, imaging data, and be competent in modern diagnostic options and pathophysiological comprehension. • Able to summarize the acquired symptoms and present the diagnosis and medical history.