Master Program in Coronary and Structural Interventional Cardiology

The Postgraduate Master Program in Coronary and Structural Interventional Cardiology is a two-year advanced training course, with a modular structure that allows enrollment both for the entire two-year period (Coronary and Structural Interventional Cardiology), and for a single year (Structural Interventional Cardiology ).

The path in Coronary and Structural Interventional Cardiology will take place over two years, allowing the acquisition of 120 ECTS. The training activities, with a strongly applicative slant, will allow the acquisition of hyper-specialist skills in the field of both coronary and structural interventional cardiology.

The path in Structural Interventional Cardiology will take place over one year, allowing the acquisition of 60 ECTS. The training activities will allow the acquisition of hyper-specialist skills focusing on structural interventional cardiology. At the end of the course, it will be possible to consider continuing with a second year that completes the advanced skills in the coronary field.

In its two curricula, the Master aims to provide participants with adequate and up-to-date theoretical and practical preparation in the field of interventional cardiology, making them capable of setting correct treatment indications in light of the progress of percutaneous and surgical revascularization techniques and of perform simple and complex angioplasties as first operator.

Candidates will also be exposed to structural interventional procedures such as transcatheter aortic prosthesis implantation (TAVI), percutaneous correction of mitral regurgitation with Mitraclip, percutaneous closure of left appendage, percutaneous closure of left appendage, percutaneous closure of patency foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defects (ASD).

The didactic result will be verified through attendance and daily practice in the hemodynamics room and the preparation of an experimental thesis.

Master Program Director

Prof. Matteo Montorfano