Advanced Equine Cardiology

This 2.5-day intensive lecture and lab course will cover diagnostics and their interpretation, review of specific diseases, pharmacology of cardiac drugs, and treatment of arrhythmias.

Interactive case-based discussions will also occur.  Lab sessions will include echo stations, resting ECG interpretation stations, an exercising ECG interpretation station, a 2D and M-mode measurement station, a Doppler interpretation station (including TDI) and a case-based station.  

Topics covered:

• Review of degenerative valve disease, congenital heart disease, and myocardial disease
• Echocardiographic Techniques including measurements (2D, M-mode and Doppler), Tissue Doppler Imaging and Speckle Tracking
• Techniques for Evaluation of the Right Heart and the Critically Ill Patient
• Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Treatment (Tachyarrhythmias and Bradyarrhythmias) at Rest and During Exercise
• Approach to Solving the Puzzle of Congenital Cardiac Disease
• Cardiac Pharmacology

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

1. Perform and interpret abnormal echocardiographic studies
2. Make M-Mode, 2D and Doppler measurements
3. Interpret resting and exercising arrhythmias and know when and what treatment is indicated
4. Understand the significance of abnormal echocardiographic findings (how performance, prospective purchase and insurance is impacted)

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