Monday, 16th March 2025 – Heart Basics & Physical Examination

8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and registration
9:00 – 10:00 Embryology
10:00 – 10:45 Cardio is Easy and Logic: Anatomy
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Cardio is Easy and Logic: Physiology & Pathology
12:15 – 13:00 Pathophysiology of the Failing Heart - Part I
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15 Physical Examination & Auscultation of the Heart & Lungs - Part I
15:15 – 16:00 Physical Examination & Auscultation - Part II
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:15 Practice: Hemodynamic & Auscultation Lab

Tuesday, 17th March 2025 – Diagnostics: Radiology, ECG, Echo, and Biomarkers

9:00 – 10:00 Basics of Thoracic Radiographs - Part I
10:00 – 10:45 Basics of Thoracic Radiographs - Part II
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Practice: Radiographic Interpretation - Interactive
12:15 – 13:00 ECG Interpretation Made Easy
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Practice: ECG Practice - Small Groups
15:00 – 16:00 Basic Echocardiography
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:15 Echo Pattern Recognition
17:15 – 18:15 Biomarker: NTproBNP & Troponin

Wednesday, 18th March 2025 – Diagnostics: Pharmacology

9:00 – 10:00 Pathophysiology of the Failing Heart - Part II
10:00 – 10:45 Diuretics
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 ACE-Inhibitors: From Physiology to Clinical Use
12:15 – 13:00 Neurohumoral Regulation & Treatment Options
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Positive Inotropes & Inodilators
15:00 – 16:00 Practice: Drug Games - Interactive
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:15 Antiarrhythmic Drugs
17:15 – 18:00 Practice: Arrhythmias - Interactive

- Social Dinner -

Thursday, 19th March 2025 – Diagnosis & Treatment of Congenital Conditions

9:00 – 10:00 PDA
10:00 – 10:45 Aortic & Pulmonic Stenosis
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Congenital Conditions: Shunting, Tetralogy of Fallot & Intro to Complex Cases
12:15 – 13:00 Practice: Cases - Interactive
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Other Congenital Conditions
15:00 – 16:00 Practice: Clinical Case Studies - Small Groups
16:00 – 17:30 Chronic valvular diseases – diagnosis and staging Diuretics - case examples
17:30 – 18:00 Coffee Break
18:00 – 18:45 Cardiac Arrhythmias & Conduction Disturbances
18:45 – 19:30 Practice: Clinical Case Studies - Small Groups

Friday, 20th March 2025 – Diagnosis & Treatment of Acquired Conditions

9:00 – 10:00 Canine Cardiomyopathies - Diagnosis & Treatment
10:00 – 10:45 Feline Cardiomyopathies - Diagnosis & Treatment
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Chronic Valvular Diseases - Diagnosis & Treatment
12:15 – 13:00 Practice: Clinical Case Studies - Interactive
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Pericardial Diseases
15:00 – 16:00 Pulmonary Hypertension & Heartworm Disease
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:15 Practice: Clinical Case Studies - Interactive
17:15 – 18:00 Course Wrap-Up, Certificates, Q&A