Cardiology IV
30/04/2027 - 04/05/2027 Luxembourg
Cardiology IV
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Course Overview
This module focuses on advanced echocardiographic techniques. As in module III there are advanced lectures about more exotic cardiovascular diseases, diastolic function, case presentations and much more. In the afternoon sessions there is time to practice echocardiography.
Topics
Echocardiography – general topics and case examples of this veterinary course in cardiology:
Update on recent clinical studies concerning diagnostic tests
Interactive (difficult) ECG Cases
Interactive (difficult) case examples to apply pressure calculations using CW-Doppler
PISA (proximal isovelocity surface area) to assess severity of valvular insufficiencies, regurgitation-volume and –fraction
Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) and Echo lab
Echocardiography – Doppler
Update on recent clinical studies concerning treatment options
Diastolic function: Principles and echocardiographic correlates of relaxation, compliance, volume, and filling pressure
Tissue Doppler Imaging basics. Tissue velocity, Strain, Strain Rate: technical aspects, different methods, pitfalls
Doppler Echocardiography: value of Doppler to predict congestive heart failure and to assess HCM stag
Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) and Echo lab
Echocardiography – Systolic function
Quantitative echocardiography: calculation of stroke volume and cardiac output
Utilizing echocardiography to guide therapy – case examples
Tissue Doppler imaging to assess systolic function – clinical applications
Advanced echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis treatment
Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) and Echo lab
Congenital heart disease: Echo diagnosis, hemodynamics, and treatment
Complex congenital malformations…
Cardiac Jeopardy – Congenital heart disease
Interactive solving of cool Echo cases – where a diagnosis is not so easy
Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) and Echo lab
Acquired heart disease: From diagnosis to treatment
Cool ECG cases – where a diagnosis is not so easy…
Myocarditis and Endocarditis: Echo diagnosis
Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular and Mitral Valve Geometry in Cats with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) and Echo lab
Course Program (Subject to change)
Friday, 30 April 2027
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and Registration Wess
09:00 – 10:00 New ECHO views and measurement normalization “how to session” Wess
10:00 – 10:30 Practical session: Difficult case examples to apply pressure calculations Wess
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Updates: ACVIM Guidelines for feline cardiomyopathies Schober
11:45 – 13:00 Assessment of diastolic function: principles & pattern recognition Schober
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
17:15 – 18:30 Practicals – case examples diastolic dysfunction Schober
Saturday, 1 May 2027
09:00 – 09:45 Critical appraisal of echocardiographic methods to diagnose MMVD Wess
09:45 – 10:30 Evidence based updates to the treatment of MMVD Wess
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
12:30 – 13:00 Practicals: Measurement session with your instructors (no dogs) All instructors
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45 Conventional and Doppler echocardiography for diagnosing CHF in dogs Schober
16:45 – 17:30 Conventional and Doppler echocardiography for diagnosing CHF in cats Schobe
Sunday, 2 May 2027
09:00 – 09:45 Myocardial tissue imaging basics: methods, pitfalls, clinical applications Wess
09:45 – 10:30 Speckle tracking – Strain and strain rate, GLS Wess
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
12:30 – 13:00 Practicals: Measurement session with your instructors (no dogs) All instructors
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Utilizing echocardiography to guide therapy: case examples Schober
17:00 – 18:00 Evaluation of left atrial function in cats with cardiomyopathy Schober
Monday, 3 May 2027
09:00 – 09:45 Practicals: ECG session Wess
09:45 – 10:30 Practicals – interactive solving of cool ECHO cases Wess
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
12:30 – 13:00 Practicals: Measurement session with your instructors (no dogs) All instructors
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Complex and rare congenital cardiac abnormalities Schober
17:00 – 18:00 Practicals – Cardiac Jeopardy – Congenital heart disease Schober
Tuesday, 4 May 2027
09:00 – 10:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Practicals: Hands on echocardiography (individual coaching) All instructors
12:30 – 13:15 Practicals: Cool cases Schober
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Practicals: Cool ECG / ECHO cases – where a diagnosis is not easy… Wess
15:30 – 16:00 Wrap up of the course Wess
Cardiology IV
Date:
30/04/2027 - 04/05/2027Location:
LuxembourgVenue:
NH Hotel Luxembourg, 1 route de Trèves, 2633, Niederanven, Luxembourg
30/04/2027 - 04/05/2027Location:
LuxembourgVenue:
NH Hotel Luxembourg, 1 route de Trèves, 2633, Niederanven, Luxembourg
Tuition fee*:
TBA
Early registration fee*:
TBA
Early registration deadline:
Total hours:
40
ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):
TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):
5
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
