Duration of the online course: 8 hours and 18 minutes
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Strengthen your understanding of cardiovascular care with this free online cardiology training designed for anyone who wants clearer, more confident insight into common heart and vascular conditions. Whether you work in healthcare, are studying health sciences, or simply want to make sense of medical terms you hear in clinics and news reports, this course helps you connect the dots between symptoms, risk factors, diagnostics, and today’s treatment options.
You’ll explore how high blood pressure affects the body and why different forms of hypertension matter in real-world care. The course also demystifies heart failure, replacing myths with practical clarity around how it presents, what people often misunderstand, and why certain risk factors become especially important with age. Shortness of breath in older adults is addressed in a way that helps you think through possible cardiovascular causes and the questions clinicians consider when evaluating symptoms.
To give you a modern view of cardiac interventions, you’ll learn the purpose of coronary angiography and how stents and catheter-based procedures can restore blood flow. Valve disease is covered with an emphasis on evolving therapies, including approaches for mitral regurgitation and aortic stenosis, as well as transcatheter valve replacement as a less invasive option for appropriate patients. You’ll also gain perspective on advanced care pathways, such as how heart transplant listing frameworks aim to prioritize patients fairly and effectively.
The training takes a whole-person view by highlighting differences in how heart disease can appear across genders and why awareness and risk profiles are not identical. Prevention is treated as a core skill, with everyday actions that meaningfully reduce risk and support long-term cardiovascular health. Finally, you’ll be introduced to cardio-oncology, an increasingly important field focused on protecting heart health before, during, and after cancer treatment.
Throughout the course, short knowledge checks reinforce learning and help you verify what you’ve understood, making it easier to retain key concepts and apply them in professional discussions or personal health decisions.
Video class: High Blood Pressure: What You Should Know | Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD
45m
Exercise: What are the two types of hypertension discussed in the presentation?
Video class: Heart Failure: What You Need to Know | Megan Kamath, MD | UCLAMDChat
27m
Exercise: What is a common misconception about heart failure?
Video class: Changes to the UNOS Heart Transplant Listing: What you need to know | UCLAMDChat
33m
Exercise: What is one purpose of the new status system for heart transplantation as discussed in the webinar?
Video class: Treatment Options for Peripheral Artery Disease | Gopi Manthripragada, MD | UCLAMDChat
19m
Exercise: What are the two main risk factors for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)?
Video class: Shortness of Breath in the Elderly | Boris Arbit, MD | UCLAMDChat
35m
Exercise: What is a major risk factor for developing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?
Video class: Coronary Angiography and Stent Interventions | Ravi Dave, MD | UCLAMDChat
23m
Exercise: What is the primary purpose of a coronary angiography procedure?
Video class: Treating Mitral Regurgitation with MitraClip Therapy | Marcie Calfon Press, MD | UCLAMDChat
34m
Exercise: What procedure is the Mitral Clip based on?
Video class: Women and Heart Disease: What you need to know | UCLAMDChat
1h00m
Exercise: When did heart disease awareness for women begin to shift significantly?
Video class: Aortic Stenosis: Future is Now | Olcay Aksoy, MD, FACC | UCLAMDChat
46m
Exercise: What is a common cause of aortic stenosis?
Video class: Latest Treatments
33m
Exercise: What significant advancement in congenital heart defect treatment occurred in the 1950s?
Video class: Gender Matters: Heart Disease in Women | Marcella Calfon Press, MD | UCLAMDChat
20m
Exercise: What is a significant risk factor for heart disease in women that differs from men?
Video class: What Is Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement? | William Suh | UCLAMDChat
39m
Exercise: What is Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) primarily used to treat?
Video class: Love Your Heart. Everyday Tips to Keep Your Heart Healthy and Strong | Karol Watson, MD | UCLAMDChat
25m
Exercise: What is a simple activity that can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease?
Video class: Cardiovascular health after cancer treatment
53m
Exercise: What is the primary focus of cardio-oncology?
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it is very good
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I love how you guys go into a brief detail of everything, it makes it a lot easier to be able to take down notes