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University of Florence (Florence, Italy)

Affiliate Center Director: Sergio Castellani, MD

The clinical and experimental angiology unit - Dipartimento dell'Area Critica Medico Chirurgica, University of Florence - is chaired by Prof. Sergio Castellani, Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases (Angiology). The medical staff also includes three residents attending the post-graduate course in Internal Medicine.

Congress Activity:

4° CORSO DI ECOGRAFIA VASCOLARE IN EMERGENZA
Ultrasound Techniques in Vascular Emergencies
Florence June 12-15, 2007
Official language:Italian.
Registration fee: 500,00 €.  
See also the complete program at: www.sinv.it/eventi_2007/ECOGRAFIA%20VASCOLARE%20IN%20EMERGENZA.doc. or download
PDF file at: http://www.strokeforum.org/images/Firenze_June07.pdf

For information and registrations contact:
     Ufficio Corsi di Perfezionamento
     Settore post-laurea
     Plesso Didattico v.le Morgagni n.40
     50134 Firenze
     Mon Wed Fri  9.00am-1.00pm
     Tue  Thur 3:00-4:30 pm
     Tel. +39/055 4598776-772 Fax 055 4598928
     E-MAIL: segr-perfez@polobiotec.unifi.it

Educational Programming Opportunities:

The Angiology Unit is actively involved in the organization, coordination and promotion of "Vast Area" specialized activities in angiology and in the field of vascular imaging diagnostic techniques, in adherence with the Tuscany regional health care program.

The laboratory for vascular ultrasound investigations is situated within the area of the Institute of Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia and is part of a multidisciplinary unit that includes angiology as well as cardiology (transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, exercise stress echo procedures, and echo dobutamine tests) and internal medicine (abdominal echo procedures, thyroids etc.). This multidisciplinary unit has performed some 40,000 ultrasound investigations in the last 5 years using sophisticated ultrasound technology (ATL 300 HDI and ATL 5000 HDI; Acuson Sequoia 512, Multidop x 4 DWL, Sonos 5500).

The angiology laboratory carries on the whole set of non-invasive diagnostic investigations of different vascular beds for both in- and outpatients requirements: the Duplex examination of supraaortic vessels; the evaluation of intracranial hemodynamics and the search of embolic signals in the middle cerebral arteries through transcranial doppler; the screening of nephrovascular disease in hypertensive patients; diagnosis and follow-up evaluation of patients with aneurisms of abdominal aorta; the screening of carotid artery disease and obstructive peripheral vascular disease in patients affected by coronary heart disease; diagnosis and follow-up evaluations of patients with PAVD. The scanning of lower limbs for deep vein thrombosis.

The formation activity in clinical angiology and in the field of vascular Doppler ultrasound examination is carried on within the integrated course of cardiovascular diseases for the students of the University of Medicine and through a three year post-graduate course in angiology chaired by Professor Sergio Castellani. The formation activity consists also in organizing national training courses for the permanent formation of physicians, specialists in angiology, internal medicine, cardiology and neurology.

Courses:

Corso Interdipartimentale di Perfezionamento Teorico Pratico di e Ecografia Vascolare e Diagnostica per Immagini in Emergenza
FIRENZE 16-18/6/2004
Aula Magna Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
Policlinico di Careggi, Viale Morgagni 85, Firenze
Dipartimento Assistenziale Integrato Emergenza Accettazione e Accoglienza
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Careggi
Dipartimento Assistenziale Integrato Cardiologico e dei Vasi
Azienda Ospedaliero -Universitaria di Careggi
Dipartimento di Area Critica Medico Chirurgica Universita' di Firenze
Coordinatori del Corso:
Gian Franco Gensini
Gian Carlo Berni
Sergio Castellani
Organizzazione didattica:
Sergio Castellani
Alessandro Pieri
Daniele Righi
Per informazioni ed iscrizioni rivolgersi a
Sig.ra Alessandra Rimbotti
UO Qualita' e Formazione Continua
Tel 055 4279535; 4274385, 4277445; fax 4277393
e-Mail: formazperm@ao-careggi.toscana.it

Contact Information:

Sergio Castellani, MD
Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases (Angiology)
Unita' funzionale di Angiologia Clinica e Sperimentale
Dipartimento dell'Area Critica Medico Chirurgica
Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia
Universita' di Firenze
Viale Morgagni 85
50134 Florence
Phone (39) 554277679 or (39)55 4277814
Fax (39) 55 4277608
E-Mail: sergio.castellani@unifi.it