The Veterinary Cardiovascular Society

VCS Autumn/Winter Meeting 2002

6-7 December 2002, Burleigh Court Conference Centre, Loughborough



DRAFT PROGRAMME
Friday 6th December
09:00-09:30  Registration
09:30-10:15How I diagnose and manage dilated cardiomyopathy
Mike Martin
10:15-11:00 The epidemiology of Doberman dilated cardiomyopathy
Mike O'Grady
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:15 Cat heart disease, the influence of diagnosis on therapy
Anne French
12:15-12:45The assessment of Troponin I in the feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
David Connolly
12:45-14:00Lunch
14:00-14:45 Pimobendan in mitral valve disease: results of a UK multicentre trial
Paul Smith
14:45-15:45 Is surgery the way forward for mitral valve disease
Rob White & Paul Wotton
15:45-16:15Tea break
16:15-16:30Introduction to the Veterinary Blood Pressure Society
Beate Egner
16:30-17:10The many faces of angiostrongylus
Jon Wray
17:15-18:00 AGM of the Veterinary Cardiovascular Society
   
Saturday 7th December
09:00-09:45  Telemetry and normal variants on the canine ECG
Freda Scott-Park
09:45-10:00Case Report: management of ventricular tachycardia following splenectomy
Jorg Niehoegen
10:00-10:20 Case Report: pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in an Irish Water Spaniel
Craig Devine
10:20-10:40 Case Report: restrictive cardiomyopathy in a cat
Tom Schulz
10:40-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:45 Doppler echocardiography: when is a difference in measurements significant?
Jo Dukes McEwan
11:45-12:00Assessment of the influence of breed, heart disease and heart failure on VVTI
TBC
12:00-12:15Assessment of VVTI in patients in a veterinary intensive care unit
Richard Woolley
12:15-12:25Confidential enquiry into perioperative small animal fatalities: a request for participation
Dave Brodbelt
12:25-13:00An update on the boxer aortic stenosis scheme
Bruce Cattenach
13:00-14:15Lunch
14:15-15:00 Exercise physiology of the horse and the assessment of athletic potential
Lesley Young
15:00-15:30 Atrial fibrillation-induced electrical, contractile and structural remodeling in healthy ponies
Gunther Van Loon
15:30-16:00 Studies on the function of the equine aortic valve
Mark Bowen
16:00-16:30Tea break
16:30-17:15The use of Pimobendan in dilated cardiomyopathy and mitral valve disease
Mike O'Grady

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