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Cardiology III

7 - 11 December 2026 | Guangzhou, China

Registration Open

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 with consecutive translations in Chinese.

Requirement: Open for Newcomers!

CPD Hours: 40

Tuition Fee: 2.080 - 2.750 Euro

Course Language: English with consecutive translations in chinese

This course is not a part of the ESAVS MAS/CAS program.

Preliminary Full Program (Click to Open)
Monday, 7 December 2026 – The Basics of Echocardiography

8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and registration
9:00 – 9:30 Technical basics of Ultrasound: machine requirements, transducers, digital storage
9:30 – 10:30 Probe Placement, Movement and Knobology
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Echocardiography 101: overview
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Echocardiographic training session: optimization and beginning with standard views
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Echocardiographic training session: optimization and beginning with standard views

Tuesday, 8 December 2026 – M-MODE and 2D IMAGES

9:00 – 9:30 Echocardiography: the normal heart – imaging planes and standard views - RIght parasternal
9:30 – 10:30 M-mode and basic measurements
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Echocardiography: the normal heart – imaging planes and standard views - Left parasternal
12:00 – 13:00 Details: left atrium and right ventricle
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Echocardiographic training session: perfecting the 2D and m-mode
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Echocardiographic training session: individual coaching

Wednesday, 9 December 2026 – PRACTICAL USE OF DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS

9:00 – 9:30 Color Doppler basics: machine settings, practical use, image recognition and artifacts
9:30 – 10:30 How, Where and What to measure using PW- and CW-Doppler
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Technical Aspects and Influence Factors affecting PW and CW Doppler
12:00 – 13:00 Basic assessment of diastolic function using Doppler
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Echocardiographic training session: use of spectral Doppler, Measurements
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Interactive Echo Cases

Thursday, 10 December 2026 – MEASUREMENTS, CALCULATIONS & SYSTOLIC and DIASTOLIC ASSESSMENT

9:00 – 9:30 Systolic and diastolic function assessment
9:30 – 10:30 Measurement of cardiac dimensions and function of the right ventricle
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment by Echocardiography
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Echocardiographic training session: Color Doppler, PW and CW Doppler
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Echocardiographic training session: Color Doppler, PW and CW Doppler with also calculations

Friday, 11 December 2026 – DISEASE SPECIFICS

9:00 – 9:30 Congenital conditions and Echocardiographic Features of Congenital Shunts with cases
9:30 – 10:30 Acquired conditions: mitral, DCM, HCM and pericardial disease
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Echocardiographic training session – hands on – performing complete examinations
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Echocardiographic training session – hands on – performing complete examinations
15:00 – 16:00 Wrap-up and diploma

Course Masters

Registration and Fees

Tuition fees correspond to the country where you are currently employed.

Discount tuition fee for Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, China, Pakistan, Lebanon and Vietnam: EURO 2.180,–

    Early registration: Euro 2.080,-

    (Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 15th November 2026)

Discount tuition fee for Macao, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan: EURO 2.450,–

    Early registration: Euro 2.350,-

    (Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 15th November 2026)

Tuition fee for Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Canada, and USA: EURO 2.750,–

    Early registration: Euro 2.650,-

    (Deadline for FULL early registration payment: 15th November 2026)

Enroll now.

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