Elective Years 3 and 4: Clinical Cardiology (Critical Care Unit-CCU) - RAH

Clinical Cardiology - Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) - RAH

Diversification = Subspecialty Internal Medicine

University of Alberta Students Placement Contact: Melissa Peters  medrhcrd@ualberta.ca

Visiting Medical Students: visitingelectives@ualberta.ca

Introduces you to the evaluation and treatment of heart disease, with special emphasis on ischemic heart disease. Gives you the opportunity to participate in the care of patients with acute cardiac conditions, including acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, acute and chronic heart failure, unstable angina, etc. Gives you extensive exposure to echocardiography, interventional techniques including hemodynamic monitoring, cardiac catheterization and angiography, PTCA and intra-aortic balloon pump and pacemakers.

Completing this elective should enable you to develop, primarily, both your clinical knowledge in cardiovascular medicine with some limited hands-on opportunity for technical skills.

Successful completion of the Internal Medicine rotation prior to this elective.

Connect Care, Netcare and a Dictation Code are all required for this elective.