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Cardiology I, Estoril / Portugal, 16 - 20 July 2011 registration open

Workshop: Canine and feline cases (potpourri)

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PROGRAM (preliminary)

Saturday, 16 July 2011 – Physical examination and ECG of the cardiac patient
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome and registration
9:00 – 10:00 Clinical auscultation I: Physical examination and heart murmur
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Clinical auscultation II: Lung pathology
11:15 – 12:00 ECG – interpretation made easy I
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:00 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances
14:00 – 14:45 Antiarrhythmic Drugs
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:00 Treatment Strategies of Specific Arrhythmias
16:00 – 16:45 ECG practicals based case examples (small groups)

Sunday, 17 July 2011 – Diagnostics: Radiology and Biomarkers
9:00 – 10:00 Reading chest radiographs – cardiac diseases
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 The basics of Rx-morphology: vascular/interstitial/bronchial/alveolar pattern
11:15 – 12:00 Lung diseases: typical morphology/case examples and mediastinal diseases
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:00 Biomarker-troponins
14:00 – 14:45 Biomarker - NTproBNP
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:00 ECG case studies
16:00 – 16:45 Radiograph interpretation - cases

Monday, 18 July 2011 – Pathophysiology and Therapeutic principles
9:00 – 10:00 Pathophysiology of the failing heart
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 ACE- Inhibitors – from physiology to clinical use
11:15 – 12:00 Diuretics
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:00 Positive inotrope and inodilator
14:00 – 15:00 Neurohumoral regulation and treatment options: Beta-adrenergic blocking drugs / Spironolactone
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:45 Clinical case studies ECG cases

Tuesday, 19 July 2011 – The basics of echocardiography and acquired diseases
9:00 – 10:00 Echocardiography: basic techniques and standard views
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Problem based echocardiographic approach
11:15 – 12:00 Chronic valvular diseases – diagnosis and staging Häggström
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:00 Chronic valvular diseases – therapy
14:00 – 14:45 Dirofilariosis – Heartworm disease
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:00 Feline Cardiomyopathies – Diagnosis
16:00 – 16:45 Feline Cardiomyopathies – Therapy

Wednesday, 20 July 2011 – Acquired and congenital diseases
9:00 – 10:00 Pulmonic stenosis and Aortic/Subaortic Stenosis
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 Endocarditis
11:15 – 12:00 PDA
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:00 Pericardial diseases
14:00 – 14:45 DCM, ARVC, Doberman cardiomyopathy - diagnosis
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:00 DCM, ARVC, Doberman cardiomyopathy - therapy
16:00 – 16:45 ECG practicals
16:45 – 17:00 Wrap-up of course

Program: Cardiology I 2011 - subject to change

ATF credit hours (Akademie für Tierärtzliche Fortbildung, Germany): 28
(for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg)

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REGISTRATION

Tuition fee: EURO 2.100,--
Early registration: EURO 2.000,-- (deadline for early registration: 31st December 2010)