Intermediate to Advanced Echocardiography

Workshop

Date: 09th, 10th &11th of march 2017 Place: Hospital Veterinario Valencia Sur AV. Picassent 28, CP 46460, Silla, Valencia, Spain

Teacher: June Boon Instructors: June Boon, Luigi Venco, Altin Cala, Roberto Ghinelli, Alice Radulescu In colaboration with:

The Veterinary Hospital Valencia Sur offers the opportunity to deepen the knowledge and skills in the field of echocardiography, through an intensive course of 3 days supervised by experts recognized worldwide. At least 50% of the course will cover practical exercitations.

About the teacher:

Teacher:

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June Boon preforms echoes and is a clinical instructor at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She is pioneer in veterinary echocardiography (having developed echocardiographic

reference values). Author of many papers and the book "Veterinary Echocardiography" (used by both generalists and specialists). She is passionate about her work and does an excellent teaching job.

About the instrutors:

Instructors:Luigi Venco is a European boarded and president of the E u r o p e a n S o c i e t y o f Heartworm. Author and co-author of 51 international publications, 3 books. Speaker

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in more than 100 courses and conferences in different countries.

Altin Cala works for the Veterinary Clinic Orobica in Bergamo and as a cardiologist at other facilities in Lombardy. He was faculty speaker and instructor in numerous courses of echocardiography. He

attends the lab of hemodynamics at Pope John XXIII Hospital in Bergamo for the pediatric interventional cardiology and congenital heart disease activities.

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Roberto Ghinelli works as a freelance who deals exclusively with ultrasound and cardiology. member of of the Italian observatory HCM and member of the Italian observatory of heart disease.

Dr. Alice Radulescu, finished a master's degree in in 2003. In 2011 she obtained his PhD. Since 1999 she is one of the founding members of A & A

Medical Vet Clinics in Bucharest. Currently she is part and coordinates A & A Medical Vet team and also collaborates with several clinics in Romania for echocardiographic diagnosis. She held both as speaker and as an instructor, along with renowned lecturers, a series of courses and workshops of cardiology and echocardiography.

General Information

Goals: Provide advanced knowledge and practical applications to veterinarians who already use echocardiography in small animals clinical practice. Duration: 3 days (09th, 10th & 11th mach 2017) Metodology: Small groups. High practical hands-on time. Cutting edge equipment. Teacher: June Boon Instructors: June Boon, Luigi Venco, Altin Cala, Roberto Ghinelli, Alice Radulescu Place: Hospital Valencia Sur teaching room. Inscriptions: Course fee: 650 € plus 15% VAT. Number maximun of alumni 20. For the inscr ip t ion contact Inma Cerrada (inmacerrada@hotmail.com), in order to fill a form and get payment method details. The inscription includes notes, coffe-breaks and lunch.

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Thursday 09th march

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9:00 – 10:45 Principles of Doppler Imaging Planes Important for Doppler Normal Color and Spectral Doppler 10:45 – 11:15 Break 11:15 – 1:00 Hemodynamic Information Obtained from Spectral Doppler (pressure gradients, half times, volumes) 1:00 – 2:30 Lunch 2:30 - 3:00 Demonstration of Doppler Imaging – adjusting color and spectral controls 3:00 – 4:30 Scanning Laboratory 4:30 – 5:00 Break 5:00 – 6:30 Scanning Laboratory

Friday 10th march

9:00 – 10:45 Assessment of Function: Overview of LV and RV function Doppler Features of Common Acquired and Congenital Canine and Feline Heart Disease 10:45 – 11:15 Break 11:15 – 1:00 Doppler Features of Common Acquired and Congenital Canine and Feline Heart Disease cont’d 1:00 – 2:30 Lunch 2:30 - 3:00 Demonstration of left cranial left auricular view, imaging of the coronary arteries, and demonstration of pulmonary artery distensibility indices 3:00 – 4:30 Scanning Laboratory 4:30 – 5:00 Break 5:00 – 6:30 Scanning Laboratory

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Saturday 11th march

9:00 – 10:45 Doppler Features of Common Acquired and Congenital Canine and Feline Heart Disease cont’d 10:45 – 11:15 Break 11:15 – 12:45 Doppler Features of Common Acquired and Congenital Canine and Feline Heart Disease cont’d 12:45– 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 3:30 Scanning Laboratory including a demonstration of obtaining echoes with the dogs standing 3:30 – 4:00 Break 4:00 – 5:30 Scanning Laboratory 5:30 – 6:00 Questions / Adjourn

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