The Veterinary Cardiovascular Society

Autumn meeting 2010
Friday 12th - Saturday 13th November


  
FRIDAY 12th NOVEMBER
9.00 - 9.30   Registration and coffee
9.30 - 10.15Overview of pulmonary arterial hypertension
Tony Glauss, University of Zurich
10.15 - 11.00 Pulmonary arterial hypertension: human and animal perspective
Dr Clift, Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oaks Hospitals, Birmingham
11.00 - 11.30COFFEE
11.30 - 12.15Pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to Angiostrongilosis
Tony Glauss, University of Zurich
12.15 - 13.00Pulmonary hypertension secondary to systemic diseases
Alison Ridyard, University of Edinburgh
13.00 - 14.00LUNCH
14.00 - 14.45THE FORTEKOR STATE OF THE ART LECTURE
The collapsing dog: the cardiologist point of view
Mike Martin, Martin Referrals, Kenilworth
  
14.45 - 15.30 The collapsing dog: the neurologist point of view
Laurent Garosi, Davis Veterinary Specialist, Bedfordshire
15.30 - 16.00COFFEE
16.00 - 16.20ECVIM update
Christine Deprest, Belgium
16.20 - 16.40 Case report: HCM in two dogs
Craig Devine Borders Veterinary Cardiology Ltd, Scotland
16.40 - 17.00 RCVS Examination update
Karen Blissitt University of Edinburgh
17.00 - 18.00 AGM
18.00 - 18.30 Breed-related conditions sub committee meeting
 
SATURDAY 13th NOVEMBER
9.30 - 10.15Sudden death in horses
Catriona Lyle University of Edinburgh
10.15 - 11.00 Sudden death in humans
Dr Mary N Sheppard Royal Brompton Hospital
11.00 - 11.30COFFEE
11.30 - 12.15Equine exercise cardiorespiratory physiology
Dr Colin Roberts Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
12.15 - 13.00Ventricular arrhythmia horses
Karen Blissitt & Lesley Young
13.00 - 14.00LUNCH
14.00 - 14.30AACVIM update
Jordi Lopez Alvarez & Gemma Fraga Veloso
14.30 - 14.50 Cytokines in CHF
Sonja Fonfara, University of Liverpool
14.50 - 15.10 Update on NT-proBNP (Idexx)
Graham Bilbrough Idexx
15.10 - 15.30 Measuring NT-proBNP - effects of sample handling
Steven Collins Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists, Hants
15.30 - 16.00COFFEE
16.00 - 16.15Acute phase proteins in endocarditis
Rory Bell, University of Glasgow
16.15 - 16.35Fatty Acids (Boehringer)
Chris Little Barton Veterinary Hospital, Canterbury
16.35 - 17.00Summary of ACVIM New Orleans meeting 2010
Nuala Summerfield North Downs Specialist Referrals, Surrey
17.00 CLOSE
 
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