The Veterinary Cardiovascular Society

Autumn 2005 meeting: Final programme
 11-12 November 2005, Burleigh Court Conference Centre, Loughborough


FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER
08.30 - 9.00REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:45Highlights from the cardiology programme at 2005 ACVIM Forum
Simon Swift, Lecturer in Cardiology, University of Liverpool
9:45 - 10:45 Heart Failure: New cardiovascular drug therapies
Marc Kraus DipACVIM(Cardiology and Internal Medicine) University of Cornell, USA
10:45 - 11:15 COFFEE
11:15 - 11:45     Unusual causes of portal hypertension in two cats
Fraser McConnel, Clinical Radiologist, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket
11:45 - 12:30Sedation and anaesthesia in the cardiovascularly compromised patient
Briony Alderson, Resident in Veterinary Anaesthesia, University of Liverpool
12:30 - 2:00LUNCH
2:00 - 2:15Update on Feline Advisory Bureau HCM screening programme
Ruth Willis, Stirling
2:15 - 2:45Update on Dobermann DCM study
Nuala Summerfield, Hove
2:45 - 3:00Unusual presentation of intracardiac tumours causing congestive heart failure in two dogs
Sheena Warman, Clinical Assistant in Small Animal Internal Medicine, University of Bristol
3:00 - 3:15Ventricular arrhythmia associated with carcinoid syndrome in a dog
Simon Tappin, Senior Clinical Scholar in Small Animal Internal Medicine and Critical Care, University of Bristol
3:15 - 3:30Pericardial mesothelioma as a cause of pericardial effusion \
Jörg Niehoegen, Telford
3:30 - 4:00 COFFEE
4:00 - 4:45 Arterial blood gas analysis - its use in clinical practice
Amanda Boag, Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care, Royal Veterinary College, Herts
5:00 - 6:00 AGM

SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER
9:00 - 9:45CHIEF meeting consensus report
Nicole Van Israel, Belgium
9:45 - 10:30 Update on new cardiac surgery program at RVC
Dan Brockman, Royal Veterinary College, Herts
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE
11:00 - 11:45     Mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of complex arrhythmias with a focus on supraventricular arrhythmias
Marc Kraus DipACVIM(Cardiology and Internal Medicine) University of Cornell, USA
11:45 - 12:45Human Syncope
Professor Richard Sutton, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
12:45 - 2:00LUNCH
2:00 - 2:35The role of implantable loop recorders in the investigation of collapse: a case series
Rachel James, Resident in Cardiology, University of Liverpool
2:35 - 3.10Resting cardiac arrhythmias in the horse: what do they mean?
Lesley Young, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket
3:10 - 3:45Exercise-induced cardiac arrhythmias in the horse: what do they mean?
Eduard Jose-Cunilleras, Senior Cardiorespiratory Clinician, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket
3:45 - 4:15 COFFEE
4:15 - 4:40 Cough drops: a case of tussive syncope
Geoff Culshaw, Lecturer in Cardiology, University of Edinburgh
4.45 CLOSE
 


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