Cardiomyopathy – Top USMLE Diseases

Cardiomyopathy – Top USMLE Diseases

by Joseph Alpert, MD, Carlo Raj, MD, Brian Alverson, MD u.a.

Cardiomyopathy refers to anatomical and functional changes affecting the cardiac muscle. Cardiomyopathy results from many genetic causes or secondary diseases and leads to hypertrophy or dilatation of the heart. Heart failure and dysrhthmias will eventually develop due to abnormal contractility or electrical activity.

This lecture reviews cardiomyopathy and related pathology.

Course Details

  • Videos 10
  • Duration 1:04 h
  • Quiz questions 25
  • Concept Pages 7

Content

Your Educators of course Cardiomyopathy – Top USMLE Diseases

 Joseph Alpert, MD

Joseph Alpert, MD

Dr. Joseph Alpert is the Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Director of Coronary Care and Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at the University of Arizona (UA) College of Medicine, USA.
He obtained his Medical Degree cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1969. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Professors of Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Medicine.
Due to his achievements, he earned the Gifted Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2004.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Alpert teaches courses on Cardiology and the Cardiac System.

 Carlo Raj, MD

Carlo Raj, MD

Dr. Carlo Raj is a Physician and Lecturer at Becker’s Healthcare, in Illinois, USA, and the CEO and founder of Indus Intellect Virtual MedEd, a medical education consulting company.
He obtained his MD from Medical University of the Americas (MUA) and is an international lecturer and public speaker.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Raj teaches courses on Pathology.

 Brian Alverson, MD

Brian Alverson, MD

Dr. Brian Alverson is the Residency Director at Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware and a Professor of Pediatrics at Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Until 2022, he has been a Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medical Science at Brown University, as well as the Director for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Hasbro Children's Hospital, Rhode Island, USA.

He obtained his MD at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1999 and is currently also the Director of Undergraduate Pediatric Education at the Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University.

Due to his achievements in pediatric education, he has won over 25 teaching awards at two Ivy League Medical Schools.

Within Lecturio, Dr. Alverson teaches courses on Pediatrics.

 Stephen Holt, MD, MS

Stephen Holt, MD, MS

Dr. Stephen Holt is the Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Education in the Primary Care Program at the Yale School of Medicine in Connecticut, USA.
He obtained his PhD from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2004. Currently, he is Director of the Addiction Recovery Clinic and Codirector of Clinician Educator Distinctions Pathway at Yale School of Medicine.
Because of his achievements, he earned the Faculty Teacher of the Year award from the Yale Primary Care Residency Program in 2009 and 2017.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Holt teaches courses on Physical Examination, Dermatology, and Rheumatology.


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Concise yet to the point.
By PRITHVI RAJ ROHIT N. on 26. July 2023 for Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Cardiomyopathy

Covered the most important parts of DCM in a very short time period. The teaching is top-notch!

 
lets use the time for pathology, treatments, medications, and maybe questions to assist in board.
By jaime a. on 27. February 2023 for Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Cardiomyopathy

class has very low value. no practice, poor application to boards. may be if i was going to write a book could be valuable but not for pt. treatment nor use useful for boards.

 
Excellent for basic understanding
By Mohit C. on 09. August 2022 for Secondary Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Cardiomyopathy

Very good concepts are explained in these lectures. Classification is explained well in the first lecture with a flow diagram.

 
HOCUM explained with Ease
By Katherine D. on 06. June 2022 for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy – Systolic Murmurs

The use of tips for practicing, diagrams alongside the lecture and having a patient present made this interesting and easy to remember.