Internal Medicine - Lectures
course 3, General Medicine, summer semester

Introduction to cardiology. Diseases of the heart valves. Diseases of the myocardium (myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, tumours). Diseases of the pericardium. (Rokyta)
Coronary heart disease. Etiopathogenesis. Acute and chronic forms, diagnosis and treatment. (Bernat)
Acute and chronic heart failure. (Rokyta)
Disorders of heart rate, rhythm and conduction. Diagnosis, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment. (Vančura)
Pulmonary hypertension primary and secondary. Pulmonary embolism, thromboembolic disease. Cor pulmonale (Rokyta)
Arterial hypertension, definition, grades. Primary and secondary hypertension. Ethiology, target organ damage. Management of hypertension, thresholds for intervention, non-drug and drug therapy. (Bernat)
Chronic lower limb arterial disease. Buerger´s disease. Raynaud´s disease and Raynaud´s syndrome. Acute limb ischemia. Aortic anuerysm, aortic dissection. Phlebitis and deep vein thrombosis. Lymphangoitis, lymph edema (Rokyta)
Respiratory disease. Key features on examination of common respiratory conditions. Investigation of respiratory disease. Inherited diseases of the lungs. Community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonias. (Pešek/Havel)
Intersticial and infiltrative pulmonary diseases. Lung diseases due to organic and inorganic dusts, systemic inflammatory disease, vasculitides, granulomatous diseases. Diseases of pleura. (Pešek/Havel)
Obstructive pulmonary diseases. Asthma. Acute and chronic bronchitis. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bronchiectasis. Cystic fibrosis. (Pešek/Havel)
Tumors of the bronchus and lung. Bronchial carcinoma, differential diagnostic procedures, treatment, epidemiology. Mediastinal disorders - mediastinitis, tumours and pseudotumours of mediastinum (Pešek/Havel)
Acute and chronic respiratory failure. Emergency situations in pneumology, differential diagnosis of causes in acute and chronic respiratory failure, therapeutic procedures. Sleep apnea syndrome - diagnosis and therapy (Pešek/Havel)
Tuberculosis. Epidemiology. Diagnosis. Therapy. (Pešek/Havel)

Head of the department: Prof. MUDr. M. Matějovič, Ph.D.
Deputy head: Doc. MUDr. J. Eiselt, Ph.D.