The Veterinary Cardiovascular Society

Autumn meeting 2009
Friday 13th - Saturday 14th November, Burleigh Court, Loughborough


  
FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER
9.00 - 9.30   Registration and coffee
9.30 - 10.15ACVIM Update
Stephen Collins
Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists, Hants
10.15 - 11.00 Use of beta blockers in canine congestive heart failure
Dr Bruce Keene North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
11.00 - 11.30COFFEE
11.30 - 12.15Bacterial endocarditis in humans
Prof W. Littler Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston
12.15 - 12.35Reverse PDA
Mike Martin Martin Referrals, Kenilworth
12.35 - 12.55Case report
Jordi Lopez-Alvarez SAH, Liverpool
12.55 - 14.00LUNCH
14.00 - 14.45FORTEKOR STATE OF THE ART LECTURE
Bacterial endocarditis in dogs
Dr Bruce Keene North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
14.45 - 15.10 Case Report
Gemma Fraga R(D)SVS, Edinburgh
15.15 - 15.45COFFEE
15.45 - 16.30Murmurs in apparently healthy cats
Dr Virginia Luis-Fuentes RVC, London
16.30 - 17.00RCVS CertVC exam update
Rob Thomas Barton Veterinary Hospital and Surgery, Canterbury
Update on BVA/KC/VCS scheme for heart testing
Simon Swift Rutland House Referrals, S. Helens
17.00 - 18.00 AGM
18.00 - 18.30 Breed-related conditions sub committee meeting
 
SATURDAY 14th NOVEMBER
9.30 - 10.15ECVIM update
Kieran Borgeat Zetland Veterinary Hospital, Bristol
10.15 - 11.00 Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac dimensions and mechanical function in horses: recent developments and current investigations
Dr C. Schwarzwald Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
11.00 - 11.25COFFEE
11.25 - 11.45Angiostrongylosis in a dog
Emily Dutton Cranmore Veterinary Referral Services, Chester
11.45 - 12.30Update on pathophysiology and treatment of atrial fibrillation in horses
Dr C. Schwarzwald Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
12.30 - 12.503rd degree AV block in a cat
Sonja Fonfara SAH, Liverpool
12.50 - 13.50LUNCH
13.50 - 14.35An overview of biomarkers
Sarah Smith Ashbourne, Derbyshire
14.35 - 15.20 Exercise induced collapse in Labrador retrievers: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management
D. Luca Ferasin Specialist Veterinary Cardiology Consultancy, Newbury
15.20 - 15.50COFFEE
15.50 - 16.10HCM in Persian cats
Jo Arthur Downland Veterinary Group, Bognor Regis
16.10 - 16.55Cardiac stem cells
Hannah Geere R(D)SVS, Edinburgh
16.55 - 17.00Chairman's final remarks
Simon Swift Rutland House Referrals, St. Helens
17.00 CLOSE
 


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