Cardiology III Advanced, Luxembourg, 27 - 31 July 2009 held

Acquired heart disease: From diagnosis to treatment

Workshops: Workshops will include: Practical training with the instructors on dogs and cats, discussion with the course masters and instructors, studying cases presented on videotape and learning tests.

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PROGRAM

Monday, 27 July 2009

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and registration
09:00 – 09:45 Problem oriented chocardiography using a flow chart – left heart problems
09:45 – 10:30 Problem oriented chocardiography using a flow chart – right heart problems
11:00 – 11:45 Pressure measurements using CW-Doppler measurements and clinical applications
11:45 – 12:30 Reference values, reference ranges, clinical cut offs and effects of age, gender, body weight, heart rate, load, and breed on echocardiographic variables
12:30 – 13:00 Echocardiographic pitfalls and caveats: Why is the echocardiographer not always right?
14:00 – 17:00 Hands on echocardiography and Echo lab
17:00 – 17:30 Clinical case studies (dog, cat)

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

09:00 – 09:45 Diastolic function: Principles and echocardiographic correlates of relaxation, compliance, volume, and filling pressure
09:45 – 10:30 Tissue Doppler Imaging basics. Tissue velocity, Strain, Strain Rate: technical aspects, different methods, pitfalls
11:00 – 11:45 Tissue Doppler imaging to assess diastolic function
11:45 – 12:30 Assessment of left atrial and left atrial appendage size and function
12:30 – 13:00 Cardiac Biomarkers
14:00 – 17:00 Hands on echocardiography and Echo lab
17:00 – 17:30 Clinical case studies (cat, alpaca)

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

09:00 – 09:45 Invasive assessment of ventricular systolic function and cardiac output
09:45 – 10:30 M-Mode, Simpson, and 3D echocardiography to assess systolic function
11:00 – 11:45 Tissue Doppler imaging to assess systolic function – clinical applications
11:45 – 12:30 Pulmonary hypertension, heartworm disease, and cor pulmonale
12:30 – 13:00 Inotropes vs vasodilators: What to use when? The role of Pimobendan
14:00 – 17:00 Hands on echocardiography and Echo lab
17:00 – 17:30 Clinical case studies

Thursday, 30 July 2009

09:00 – 10:00 PDA, PS and SAS – Echo diagnosis and hemodynamic assessment, shunt quantification
10:00 – 10:30 Contrast echo – clinical applications and case examples
11:00 – 11:45 Principles of interventional cardiology
11:45 – 12:30 Complex congenital malformations
13:30 – 16:30 Hands on echocardiography and Echo lab
16:30 – 17:30 Cardiac Jeopardy – Congenital heart disease

Friday, 31 July 2009

09:00 – 09:30 Endocarditis: anything new?
09:30 – 10:30 Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Current concepts in diagnosis and treatment
11:00 – 11:45 Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Current concepts in diagnosis and treatment
11:45 – 12:30 Ventricular tachyarrhythmias and antiarrhythmic TX
13:30 – 15:30 Hands on echocardiography and Echo lab
15:30 – 16:00 Wrap up of the course

Cardiology III 2009 - subject to change


ATF credit hours (Akademie fόr Tierδrtzliche Fortbildung, Germany): 34
(for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg)

CPD points (Continuing Professional Developement): 40
Please also see ESAVS Certficate Program (ECSAVP)

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ONLINE MATERIAL

Course Notes

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COURSE LOCATION

Hotel and Travel Information

Hotels starting from 46,00 Euros per night (Please enter Luxembourg and Luxembourg and select hostels in the city centre for easiest public transport to the course location) City: Country: - Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegowina Botswana Bouvet island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Republic Congo, Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d`Ivoire Croatia (Hrvatska) Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France France Metrop French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-bissau Guyana Haiti Heard and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (North-) Korea (South-) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People`s Dem. Rep. Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Birma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Sri Lanka St. helena St. Pierre and Miquelon Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United states Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (US) Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Arrival: (M/D/YYYY) Departure: (M/D/YYYY)

Hostels from 41,00 Euros per night (Please enter Luxembourg City/ Luxembourg as location and select hostels in the city centre for easiest public transport to the course location)

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REGISTRATION

Tuition fee: EURO 2.300,--
Early registration: EURO 2.200,-- (deadline for early registration: 31st January 2009)