Cardiology V

Name: Cardiology V
Start: 2025-04-06T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-10T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Luxembourg

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Program Director:

Univ. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wess DACVIM, DECVIM-CA (DE)

Principal Course Master:

Univ. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wess DACVIM, DECVIM-CA (DE)

Course Overview

As being the last level of the ESAVS cardiology program, this advanced module presents updates of all diseases and new diagnostic and therapeutic options. It is a mixture of practicals and theoretical sessions including interactive presentations of unique ECG and Echo cases.

The first two days we will focus on echocardiography: which techniques have evolved over the last few years, what’s new concerning diagnosis of diastolic function, feline cardiomyopathies, transesophageal echo, lung ultrasound to diagnose pulmonary edema, better measurements for better diagnoses. The course masters will also present some of their coolest echo cases.

There will be also practicals on 5 echo machines in the afternoons during the first two days, where we will have a cat station, probably a 3D station, and most importantly individual coaching to help to improve your daily workflow.
Starting on day three we will give you updates on various diseases, diagnostic tests and therapeutic news, which were published the last few years. Additionally, we will continue with the ECG sessions as practicals as well as more interactive case presentations. We will also cover some non-primary cardiac topics, such as non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, angiostrongylus, pulmonary hypertension and differentials of SAM, just to name a few topics.

We are very excited to have a module V in Cardiology (which only can be booked after participation of courses 1-4) and have recruited excellent lecturers and instructors; there will be 6 ACVIM or ECVIM Diplomates in Cardiology!

Course Program (Subject to change)

Sunday, 6 April 2025 – Updates on Echocardiography I and Echo practicals

08:45 – 09:00 Welcome and registration Wess
09:00 – 09:45 Update on ECHO views: How to get perfect left 4CH, 2CH, 3CH, LA and RV views
and what to measure FAC, TAPSE and more Wess
09:45 – 10:45 The right ventricle assessed by 2D ECHO Wess
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 Echocardiographic training session: individual coaching, diastolic station, cat station,
speckle tracking, volume measurements, RV views All instructors
12:30 – 13:45 Echocardiographic training session: individual coaching, diastolic station, cat station,
speckle tracking, volume measurements, RV views All instructors
13:45 – 14:45 Lunch Break
14:45 – 16:00 Echocardiographic training session: individual coaching, diastolic station, cat station,
speckle tracking, volume measurements, RV views All instructors
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Diastolic echo pattern recognition – case examples Schober

Monday, 7 April 2025 – Updates on Echocardiography II

09:00 – 10:15 Echocardiographic training session: individual coaching, diastolic station, cat station,
speckle tracking, volume measurements, RV views All instructors
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Echocardiographic training session: individual coaching, diastolic station, cat station,
speckle tracking, volume measurements, RV views All instructors
12:00 – 13:15 Echocardiographic training session: individual coaching, diastolic station, cat station,
speckle tracking, volume measurements, RV views All instructors
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 15:00 Dietary cardiomyopathy Schober
15:00 – 15:45 Pitfalls in the functional echocardiographic and hemodynamic assessment Schober
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30 Jeopardy ‘Advanced complex congenital heart disease’ Schober

Tuesday, 8 April 2025 – Update Sessions on various diagnostic and therapeutic options

09:00 – 10:00 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in dogs Schober
10:00 – 11:00 Clinical use of Pimobendan in cats Schober
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:15 Doppler prediction of pulmonary hypertension in cats Schober
12:15 – 13:00 Update on ECHO myocardial imaging: Speckle tracking versus tissue Doppler: how and
why to do it Wess
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 3D Echocardiography: Ready for practice? Practical tips and tricks and case examples Wess
14:45 – 15:30 Measurement academy – there is more than just FS Wess
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Update session: Treatment of mitral valve endocardiosis in different stages – new studies,
ACVIM guidelines and more Wess
17:00 – 17:30 ECHO case examples – my coolest cases Wess

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 – Various diseases, treatments and cases

09:00 – 10:00 Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema Glaus
10:00 – 11:00 Pulmonary hypertension – the Swiss approach to diagnosis and treatment Glaus
10:30 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 There is something about systemic hypertension Glaus
12:30 – 13:00 ECG training session Wess
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Updates on Screening for DCM – controversials Wess
14:45 – 15:15 Cool Echo cases Wess
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 When DCM is not DCM – case discussions and differentials Glaus
16:30 – 17:30 Angiostrongylus – Updates and case examples Glaus

Thursday, 10 April 2025 – Various diseases, treatments and cases

09:00 – 10:00 When HCM is not HCM Glaus
10:00 – 10:45 Diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis Glaus
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 My coolest Echo cases Glaus
12:00 – 12:45 Predictors of sudden cardiac death – humans and animals Wess
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 14:30 Updates on feline cardiac diseases Wess
14:30 – 15:15 ECG and ECHO cases training session Wess
15:15 – 15:30 Questions and answers: wrap up of course Wess