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)