心血管流行病学

Part 1:Introduction, Pathophysiilogy,Surveillance,Trends.

Overview of CVD pathophysiology/atherosclerosis, detection of preclinical disease;

Other major cardiovascular conditions (peripheral artery disease, congestive heart failure, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism);

CVD surveillance, case definitions and classifications;

Disease trends (time, person and geography);

Trends in special populations/health disparities;Global disease burden (trends, developed versus developing countries)

Part 2:Risk factors

CVD risk factors (hypertension and diabetes)

CVD risk factors continued (hypertension, lipids, diabetes, smoking, coronary artery disease)

CVD risk factors continued (diet, body composition, physical activity, alcohol)

CVD risk factors continued (metabolic syndrome)

CVD risk factors continued (social and economic determinants, life course hypothesis)

Environmental risk factors (air pollution, temperature/seasonality)

Infection and cardiovascular disease

Part 3:Treatment and prevention

Prevention of CVD (Individual versus population strategies, risk scores/stratification)

Primary prevention trials (multifactor prevention trials, community-based participatory research)

Prevention continued (statins)

CVD Treatment - CHD (guest lecture by Dr. Philip Scott)

CVD Treatment - stroke (guest lecture by Dr. Lewis Morgenstern)

Part 4:Special topics– CVD studies, CVD in children and women , public awareness

Population-based CVD studies (Framingham, ARIC, MESA, REGARDS, BASIC, NOMAS, KUOPIO)

CVD in children (cardiovascular risk factors, diabetes, stroke)

CVD genetics (guest lecture by Dr. Pat Peyser)

Hormones and CVD

Public awareness of cardiovascular disease