Cardiology II
02/10/2026 - 06/10/2026 Warsaw / Poland
Cardiology II
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Course Overview
The Veterinary Cardiology Course II of the ESAVS requires experience and knowledge in veterinary cardiology.
Topics include advanced treatment options, syncope and ECG, basic echocardiography, feline cardiomyopathies and advanced diseases.
General Program:
In the mornings: lectures with one general topic.
In the afternoons: practical training on patients, group case discussion on pre-recorded case material.
Topics
- Syncope: practical work-up and differentials
- ECG-repetition: assessment of arrhythmia`s and treatment strategies
- Holter Monitoring: when to use, how to do, and how to Analyse
- Assessment of the diuretic function, the challenge between volume overload and hypo Perfusion
- Advanced treatment options of acute heart failure
- Advanced treatment options of chronic heart failure
- Interactive cases management of challenging cases
- Clinical case studies, heart failure treatment
- Dyspnea in felines
- Feline Cardiomyopathies: physical examination, SAM, DR VOTO, genetic tests
- Feline Cardiomyopathies-ECG, radiography and biomarker changes
- Update: treatment of feline cardiomyopathy
- Aortic thrombosis diagnosis and therapy
- ECG cases – practicals in small Groups
- Atrial septal defect: diagnosis and treatment options
- Ventricular septal defect: diagnosis and treatment options
- Differentiation of MMVD and DCM in large breed dogs
- Cyanotic heart diseases
- Mitral and Tricuspid valve dysplasia
- Systemic hypertension: diagnosis and treatment
- Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and Treatment
- Echocardiography basics: standard views
- M-Mode – reference values and results Interpretation
- Spectral Doppler-Echocardiography (PW and CW)
- Colour Doppler-Echocardiography – tips and tricks
- Hands-on: practical training of acquiring Echo-images from the right side
- Hands-on: practical training of Echo-measurement; ECG cases; ECHO cases
- Hands-on: right and left sided ECHO views; ECG cases; ECHO cases
- Problem oriented echocardiography – volume overload
- Problem oriented echocardiography – pressure overload
- ECHO cases – interactive cases Management
Course Program (Subject to change)
Friday, 02 October 2026 – Advanced treatment options, Syncope and ECG
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome and registration
09:00 – 10:00 Syncope: practical work-up and differentials Wess
10:00 – 10:45 Holter monitoring: when to use, how to do and how to analyse Wess
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Challenging cases with arrhythmia`s and treatment strategies (interactive) Wess
12:15 – 13:00 Heart failure interactive case examples Häggström
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Advanced treatment options of acute and chronic heart failure Häggström
14:45 – 15:30 Interactive cases management of challenging cases with heart failure Häggström
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Interactive cases management – Clinical case studies Häggström
17:00 – 18:00 Welcome Reception
Saturday, 03 October 2026 – Feline cardiomyopathies
09:00 – 10:00 Feline Cardiomyopathies – Murmurs and biomarker Wess
10:00 – 10:45 Feline Cardiomyopathies – echo diagnosis of HCM, DCM, RCM, ARVC Wess
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Update: treatment of feline cardiomyopathy Wess
12:15 – 13:00 ECG and Echo cases – interactive practicals Wess
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Aortic thrombosis: diagnosis and therapy Häggström
14:45 – 15:30 Dyspnea in felines Häggström
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Feline Cardiomyopathies: interactive case examples Häggström
Sunday, 04 October 2026 – Advanced diseases
09:00 – 09:45 Ventricular septal defect: diagnosis and treatment options Wess
09:45 – 10:30 Atrial septal defect: diagnosis and treatment options Wess
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Cyanotic heart diseases Wess
11:45 – 12:30 Mitral and Tricuspid valve dysplasia Wess
12:30 – 13:15 ECG and Echo cases – practicals in small groups Wess
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Systemic hypertension: diagnosis and treatment Häggström
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:15 Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and treatment Häggström
16:15 – 17:00 Cardiac manifestations of non-cardiac diseases Häggström
Monday, 05 October 2026 – Basic Echocardiography
09:00 – 10:00 Echocardiography basics: standard views Wess
10:00 – 10:45 Spectral Doppler-Echocardiography (PW and CW) Wess
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Color Doppler-Echocardiography – tips and tricks Häggström
12:15 – 13:00 M-Mode – reference values and results interpretation Häggström
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15 Hands-on: practical training of acquiring Echo-images from the right side All instructors
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00 Hands-on: practical training of acquiring Echo-images from the right side All instructors
17:00 – 18:15 Hands-on: practical training of acquiring Echo-images from the right side All instructors
Tuesday, 06 October 2026 – Basic Echocardiography
09:00 – 10:15 Hands-on: practical training of Echo-measurements All instructors
10:15 – 11:30 Hands-on: practical training of Echo-measurements All instructors
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00 Hands-on: practical training of Echo-measurements All instructors
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:00 Hands-on: left sided ECHO views All instructors
15:00 – 15:45 Echo pattern recognition: interactive case management Wess
15:45 – 16:00 Wrap-up of the course Wess
Cardiology II
Date:
02/10/2026 - 06/10/2026Location:
Warsaw / Poland
02/10/2026 - 06/10/2026Location:
Warsaw / Poland
Tuition fee*:
EUR 2.790.-
Early registration fee*:
EUR 2.690.-
Early registration deadline:
01/06/2026
Total hours:
40
ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):
TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):
5
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
