A VARGATES Medical certificate confirms completion of the theory and passing the exam on the platform. It is NOT a state-issued clearance certificate.
Course curriculum
6 modules, 26 lessons
Introduction
1 lessonAetiology and risk factors
6 lessons- Why LDL-C is a cause and not an "accompanying test"
- Risk factors: what is modifiable and what is only taken into account
- Risk categories and the SCORE2 / SCORE2-OP scales
- Familial hypercholesterolaemia and primary dyslipidaemias
- Residual risk: triglycerides, Lp(a), inflammation, diabetes, kidneys
- Checkpoint 1
Pathogenesis and morphology of the stages
6 lessonsClinical picture by vascular territory
6 lessons- The coronary territory: from a silent plaque to chronic coronary syndrome and cardiosclerosis
- The cerebral territory: from a carotid bruit to cerebral infarction
- Lower limb arteries: intermittent claudication and critical ischaemia
- The aorta: from plaque to saccular aneurysm and rupture
- The renal territory: renal artery stenosis and atherosclerotic nephrosclerosis
- Checkpoint 3
Diagnosis, treatment, prevention
6 lessons- How to read a lipid profile and what in it changes management
- The work-up plan when atherosclerotic disease is suspected
- Lowering LDL-C: targets, steps, what to add
- Treatment of chronic coronary syndrome: symptoms, events, revascularisation
- Primary and secondary prevention: what to do and what the course does not promise
- Checkpoint 4
Final assessment
1 lessonTraining your employees?
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