General Overview
General Overview
This veterinary course is designed to give the practitioner a basic understanding of small animal echocardiography. Major topics include ultrasound principles, normal cardiac anatomy and physiology, techniques for achieving quality results, case presentations of important diseases and hands-on scanning of normal dogs.
Skills taught in this course include further-on pulse wave Doppler, continuous wave Doppler, color flow Doppler, special measurements and calculations and applying the Bernoulli equation to clinical cases.
The participants will rotate in the afternoon in hands-on sessions through different stations with experienced instructors, with individual coaching on obtaining echocardiographic views and measurements taught in the morning lectures as the main focus.
The ECHO-Lab station focuses on pattern recognition and will present computer-based Echo case presentations of clinical cases that will be solved interactively by the participants guided by an instructor. Therefore many important cardiac diseases will be seen by the participants.
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Discuss, identify and perform a complete diagnostic study from the right and left hemithorax.
2. Measure 2D, M-mode and Doppler echocardiograms to quantify cardiac size and function.
3. Compare and contrast the usefulness of 2D and M-mode Echocardiography, and of PW, CW and color Doppler.
4. Recognize clinical uses of Doppler for estimation of intravascular pressures.
5. Describe a complete Doppler examination and obtain Doppler-derived flow signals from the heart and great vessels.
6. Discuss the use of echo and Doppler in the recognition, staging and management of congenital and acquired heart disease.
7. Describe the typical imaging and Doppler echocardiographic findings of common acquired and congenital heart diseases.
Prerequisite: ESAVS course modules I and II provide essential knowledge of cardiac diseases in small animals. These courses provide the necessary knowledge to understand and treat the most common cardiac diseases, whereas this course in veterinary cardiology focuses on performing good ultrasound exams.
Language
All modules will be held in English.
Wednesday, 24 July 2024 – Advanced treatment options, Syncope and ECG
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome and registration
09:00 – 10:00 Transient loss of consciousness (TLOC): practical work-up and differentials (Prof. Wess)
10:00 – 10:45 Holter monitoring, Event recorder and implantable loop recorder: when to use, how to do and how to analyse (Prof. Wess)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Challenging cases with arrhythmia`s and treatment strategies (interactive) (Prof. Wess)
12:15 – 13:00 ECG and Echo cases (Prof. Wess)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15 Advanced treatment options of acute and chronic heart failure (Prof. Häggström)
15:15 – 16:00 Interactive cases management of challenging cases with heart failure (Prof. Häggström)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 Interactive cases management - Clinical case studies (Prof. Häggström)
18:00 – 19:00 Welcome Reception
Thursday, 25 July 2024 – Feline cardiomyopathies
09:00 – 10:00 ECG and Echo cases – interactive practicals (Prof. Wess)
10:00 – 10:45 Feline Cardiomyopathies – echo diagnosis of HCM, DCM, RCM, ARVC (Prof. Wess)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Update: treatment of feline cardiomyopathy (Prof. Wess)
12:15 – 13:00 Feline Cardiomyopathies-Murmurs, ECG, radiography and biomarker (Prof. Häggström)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Aortic thrombosis: diagnosis and therapy (Prof. Häggström)
14:45 – 15:30 Dyspnea in felines (Prof. Häggström)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Feline Cardiomyopathies: interactive case examples (Prof. Häggström)
Friday, 26 July 2024 – Advanced diseases
09:00 – 09:45 Ventricular septal defect: diagnosis and treatment options (Prof. Wess)
09:45 – 10:30 Atrial septal defect: diagnosis and treatment options (Prof. Wess)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Cyanotic heart diseases (Prof. Wess)
11:45 – 12:30 Mitral and Tricuspid valve dysplasia (Prof. Wess)
12:30 – 13:15 ECG and Echo cases – practicals in small groups (Prof. Wess)
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Systemic hypertension: diagnosis and treatment (Prof. Häggström)
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:15 Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and treatment (Prof. Häggström)
16:15 – 17:00 Cardiac manifestations of non-cardiac diseases (Prof. Häggström)
Saturday, 27 July 2024 – Echocardiography
09:00 – 10:00 Echocardiography basics: standard views (Prof. Wess)
10:00 – 10:45 Spectral Doppler-Echocardiography (PW and CW) (Prof. Wess)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 ECG and Echo cases various diseases (interactive session) (Prof. Wess)
12:15 – 13:00 M-Mode – reference values and results interpretation (Prof. Häggström)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Color Doppler-Echocardiography – tips and tricks (Prof. Häggström)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 ECG, Radiography and Echo cases of various diseases (interactive session) (Prof. Häggström)
Sunday, 28 July 2024 – Basic Echocardiography
09:00 – 09:30 Echo pattern recognition: right ventricle (Prof. Wess)
09:30 – 10:30 Echo pattern recognition: left ventricle (Prof. Wess)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Practicals: ECG cases interactive (Prof. Wess)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Practicals: Diagnosis and therapy of various cases interactive session (Prof. Häggström)
15:00 – 16:00 Wrap-up of the course (Prof. Wess, Prof. Häggström)
Course Masters
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wess
DACVIM, DECVIM-CA (DE)
University of Munich, Germany
Course Location
Mandarin Hotel Bangkok - Managed by Centre Point, 662 Rama IV Road, Bang Rak, Bangkok, 10500 Thailand.
Registration and Fees
Discount tuition fee for Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, China, Pakistan, Lebanon and Vietnam: EURO 1.550,–
Early registration: Euro 1.450,-
(Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 18th April 2024)
Discount tuition fee for Macao, South Korea and Taiwan: EURO 1.950,–
Early registration: Euro 1.850,-
(Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 18th April 2024)
Tuition fee for Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Canada, USA and Japan: EURO 2.550,–
Early registration: Euro 2.450,-
(Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 18th April 2024)
Related Courses
| Cardiology 1, Hangzhou/China, Dr. Pelosi & Dr. Sleeper | 10. - 14. Mar 2025 | |
| Cardiology 2, Hangzhou/China, Dr. Pelosi & Dr. Sleeper | 17. - 21. Mar 2025 | |
| Cardiology 1, TBA/Thailand, Prof. Wess | 24. - 28. Nov 2025 | |
| Cardiology 3, Bangkok/Thailand, Prof. Wess | 03. - 07. Dec 2025 |
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