Advanced stabilization of patients with cardiovascular emergencies
Participants are expected to understand and learn specific advanced strategies for the critical management of cardiovascular emergencies.

Speaker
Alessio Vigani

Diuretic resistance and aquapheresis in dogs
Participants are expected to learn the definition and pathogenesis of diuretic resistance in dogs and the basic principles of aquaphoresis.

Speaker
Alessio Vigani

Basics of ECG reading
Principles of rhythm formation, the electrocardiographic machine, lead systems, sinus rhythm in small animals

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Conduction of the electrical impulse
Principles of impulse conduction in normal and abnormal conditions

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Arrhythmogenesis – Part I
Mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis and examples of ectopic rhythms

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Arrhythmogenesis – Part II
Mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis and examples of ectopic rhythms

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

ECG Round 1
ECG round 1: interactive practical examples of ECGs

Speaker
Pedro Oliveira

ECG Round 2
ECG round 2: interactive practical examples of ECGs

Speaker
Pedro Oliveira

Coronary arteries in the dog
Normal anatomy, echocardiographic features and abnormal findings

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

The ladder diagram
The basic principles of the ladder diagram. How to draw a normal and an abnormal ladder diagram. Examples of ECG and related ladder diagram.

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Within a heartbeat – thoracic cardiovascular computed tomography in veterinary practice*
*Based on the speaker's request this video is no longer available.

Speaker
TBC

Mitral valve repair: what is the ideal candidate?
Mitral valve anatomy and function in health and disease. Surgical modification of the mitral valve apparatus and anticipated outcome of treatment.

Speaker
Daniel J BrockmanPoppy BristowVirginia Luis Fuentes

Mitral valve repair: short term and long term outcome and monitoring
Post operative care and monitoring

Speaker
Daniel J BrockmanPoppy BristowVirginia Luis Fuentes

Estimating Parasitic Burden in Dogs Naturally Infected With Heartworms: An Exploratory Study
Understanding the benefits of the MRI in patients with heartworm disease.

Speaker
Assaf Lerer

Dirofilaria immitis infection in the dog: a focus from the cardiologist’s point of view
Pathophysiology, Diagnositc Imaging, Case Management

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

ECG round: middle level
arrhythmias, ECG measurements, cardiac diseases, basic electrophysiology

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Pulmonary hypertension seen by the cardiologist.
Echocardiography, Doppler, cardiac catheterization, clinical pathology

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Vascular pathology of the lung and pulmonary hypertension
lung, vessels, pulmonary hypertension, histology

Speaker
Massimiliano Tursi

Diagnostic imaging (echocardiography excluded) of the thorax in patients with pulmonary hypertension
diagnostic imaging, CT, ultrasound, radiographs, lung

Speaker
Pascaline Pey

Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs Caused by Angiostrongylus vasorum
Pathophysiology of A. vasorum infection, Diagnostic tests for A. vasoum & Echocardiographic diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension; How to treat A. vasorum in the simple and in the nasty cases?

Speaker
Jose Nova Matos

Treatment of pulmonary hypertension of different etiologies in small animals
pharmacology, interventional treatment, drugs, supportive care of dyspneic patients

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Ventricular speckle tracking echocardiography: general principles and limitations
TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND STRAIN ANALYSIS

Speaker
Giorgia Santarelli

Ventricular speckle tracking echocardiography: applications in the dog

Speaker
Giorgia Santarelli

Standard echocardiography in the cat: minimal data sets
M-mode, B-mode and Doppler echocardiography; LA size and function, LV size/LV wall size and function

Speaker
Ilaria Spalla

Advanced echocardiography in the cat : deformation imaging
Three-dimensional cardiac contraction, Speckle tracking echocardiography, Longitudinal, Radial, Circumferential strain and strain rate, twist and torsion

Speaker
Ilaria Spalla

Echocardiographic evaluation of the left atrium in small animals
Echocardiography, M-mode, 2Dimensional, measurements, volumes

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Left atrial strain: general principles and specific application.
Speckle tracking echocardiography, strain, strain rate, deformation

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

Feline electrocardiography – from general aspects to arrhythmia interpretation
ECG Principles, arrhythmia interpretation

Speaker
Marco Baron Toaldo

HCM and its phenocopies
diseases leading to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotypes in cats

Speaker
Ilaria Spalla

Congenital heart disease in cats
cardiac malformations in cats

Speaker
Ilaria Spalla

Insights into the pathological investigation of the heart – typical macroscopic and histological findings in canine and feline heart diseases
Normal heart, Cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, cardiac neoplasms, histology, macroscopic preparation

Speaker
Heike Aupperle-Lellbach