The Veterinary Cardiovascular Society

Pre-BSAVA meeting
Wednesday, 1st April 2009
Hall 10, International Convention Centre, Birmingham


  
PROGRAMME
8.30 - 9.00   Registration and coffee
9.00 - 9.50Owner's perceptions and priorities of quality and quantity of life in cats with heart disease
Mark Oyama, University of Pennsylvania
9.50 - 10.40 Determinants of outcome in dogs with mitral valve regurgitation
Adrian Boswood, RVC
10.40 - 11.10 Coffee
11.10 - 12.003D Echo
Anne French, R(D)SVS
12.00 - 12.40THE FORTEKOR STATE OF THE ART LECTURE
Beyond furosemide: Use of torasemide in dogs with heart failure
Mark Oyama, University of Pennsylvania
12.40 - 13.00Levosimendan: a new therapy for congestive heart failure
Piero Pollesello, Orion Pharmaceuticals
13.00 - 14.00Lunch
14.00 - 15.00Results of the CLEVET study: Levosimendan in canine CHF
Mike Martin, Martin Referrals
15.10 - 15.25 Doppler-derived pulmonary hypertension on survival in a longitudinal study of MVD in dogs
Melanie Hezzell, RVC
15.25 - 15.55Coffee
15.55 - 16.40Neutraceuticals in heart disease
Dan Chan, RVC
16.40 - 17.00Pulmonic stenosis in English bulldogs
Speaker to be announced
17.00 Close



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