Case study 1

This semester, I am taking a course on Systems Pathophysiology. Major evaluation components for this course are a set of 6 case study and final project presentation.

I was one of the presenters for the first case study. The major theme of this case study was Cardio Vascular Diseases (CVD) , tissue Engineering. The students can choose any specific area in the major theme and have to write down the case study. Being a guy with the electrical engineering background, I chose to present on Atherosclerosis (blockage of the coronary artery by deposits of Cholestrol) and the imaging techniques available to analyse the extent of the artery blockage.

The structure of presentation was as follows
- gave a brief overview of the heart and the coronary arteries
- talked about the causes of atherosclerosis and the progression of the same in the vessels
- treatements available for atherosclerosis
- functioning of CT scan
- image processing techniques for obtaining the calcium score (amount of calcium deposit in the heart)
- future of cardiac imaging - like the analysis of the plaque content

Lessons learned:
- High level of adrenaline when making a public presentation. Should learn to reduce it.
- bad time management. Tried to give a lot of detail in the specified time (10 mins)
- Good bottom to top approach (Started from the basics)
- Wasn't bothered by the people who were yawning during the lecture. Good and bad . :)
- Didn't mind the cute girl (with the indian subcontinental features) laughing at me, at certain points during the presentation.