Internal Medicine: Respiratory & Cardiac Diseases

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and registration
09:00 – 10:00 Physical examination – What is the cardiologist looking for?
10:00 – 11:00 ECGs – Why do I need them? Basics
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15 ECG – examples
12:15 – 13:00 Which blood tests are useful?
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Common cardiac diseases in dogs – congenital
15:00 – 16:00 Common cardiac diseases in dogs – acquired
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00 Echocardiography – what is important in the dog

09:00 – 10:00 Thoracic radiographs – what is important in the dog
10:00 – 11:00 Approach to coughing and dyspnoeic dog
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15 Feline cardiomyopathies – part one
12:15 – 13:00 Feline cardiomyopathies – part two
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Thoracic radiographs – what is important in the cat
14:45 – 15:30 Echocardiography – what is important in the cat
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00 Dyspnoea in cats

09:00 – 10:00 Endocarditis, myocarditis
10:00 – 11:00 Pulmonary hypertension
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15 Heartworm disease – part one
12:15 – 13:00 Heartworm disease – part two
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15 Feline upper respiratory tract disease
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Chronic nasal disease

09:00 – 10:30 Nasal fungal disease
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Rhinoscopy and sampling
12:00 – 13:00 Pleural effusion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Nasal neoplasia
14:45 – 15:45 Laryngeal diseases and BOAS
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Canine inflammatory bronchial disease

09:00 – 09:45 Bronchoscopy and sampling
09:45 – 10:45 Tracheal collapse
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 Pulmonary neoplasia
12:00 – 13:00 Feline inflammatory bronchial disease
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Pneumonia
15:00 – 15:45 Interstitial lung disease
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30 Lung worm infections
16:30 – 17:00 Questions and certificates