Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) offers entrance / admission to students for DM program in Cardiology Subject .

Subject
DM in Cardiology

Number of Seats :
1

D.M. Cardiology Eligibility
Candidates must have M.D./D.N.B. General Medicine/M.D./D.N.B. Pediatrics/M.D./D.N.B. Respiratory Medicine degree can get admission in this course.

D.M. Cardiology Syllabus

Subjects of Study:

A)Clinical Cardiology:
1
Coronary artery disease

2
Rheumatic heart disease

3
Congenital heart disease and other paediatric cardiac disorders

4
Pericardial diseases

5
Cardiac arrhythmias

6
Heart failure

7
Peripheral vascular disorders

8
Pulmonary thrombo-embolism and pulmonary hypertension

9
Systemic hypertension

10
Systemic diseases involving heart

11
Heart muscle diseases

12
Traumatic heart disease

13
Tumours of heart

14
Genetics, molecular biology and immunology related to cardiology

15
Geriatric heart disease

16
General anaesthesia and non cardiac surgery in patients with heart disease

17
Pregnancy and heart disease

18
Epidemiology and preventive cardiology

(B)
Non-invasive Technique: To perform and interpret various non invasive techniques including:

1
Electrocardiography

2
Radiography-routine and specialized areas like CT and MRI

3
Stress testing-tread mill test, stress related and other nuclear techniques

4
Holter monitoring for arrhythmias and ischemic disorders

5
Echocardiography-M-mode,
Two dimensional,
Doppler, colour flow imaging,
transesophageal echocardiography and echo directed hemodynamic studies.

(C)Invasive Cardiology

1
Experience in cardiac catheterization to calculate and interpret various hemodynamic parameters

2
Right and left heart cath and coronary angiography procedures in adults and children

3
To perform temporary pacemaker insertion

4
To assist in various interventions including valvuloplasty, coronary and congenital interventions

5
Electrophysiology:

(D)
Biomedical Aspect.
Research Projects:

Address:
Armed Forces Medical College
Pune Cantonment, Wanowrie
Pune, Maharashtra 411040