This is a two-day seminar on veterinary echocardiography, with a practice session.

Dr. Georgiev’s lectures will be in English. Dr. Koutinas’ lectures will be in Greek, unless there are participants from other countries, in which case they will be in English as well.
The participants will be introduced to the basic Echocardiography in a clinical environment and after the completion of the workshop they will be able to acquire the most important US views of the heart, to recognise the normal US heart anatomy and to diagnose and assess the most common congenital and acquired heart diseases. No prior knowledge of echocardiography or acquisition of specialized equipment is required.

Caution! The price of the seminar will increase on 1 December!

Schedule:

Saturday
08.30 - 09.00: Registration
09.00 – 10.00: Physics of ultrasonography and equipment analysis; Normal study, common artifacts and some practical tips – Ranko Georgiev
10.00 – 11.00: Echocardiographic anatomy of the heart; 2D B-mode standard views acquisition, pitfalls and mistakes – Ranko Georgiev
11.00 - 11.30: Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30: Standard views assessment – view by view; hypertrophy and dilation – where and how to look – Christos Koutinas
12.30 – 13.30: Recognizing chamber enlargement and valve abnormalities in 2D echocardiography – Christos Koutinas
13.30 - 14.30: Light Lunch
14.30 - 15.30: Practice Group 1 - two sub-groups of 4 people with the guidance of the speakers.
15.30 - 16.30: Practice 2nd team - two sub-groups of 4 people with the guidance of the speakers.
16.30 - 17.30: Practice Group 1 - Switch speakers
17.30 - 18.30: Practice 2nd Team - Switching speakers

Sunday
09.30 – 10.30: M-mode echocardiography in the veterinary patient – Ranko Georgiev
10.30 – 11.30: Is it really important to measure? Case discussion – Ranko Georgiev
11.30 - 12.00: Coffee Break
12.00 - 12.45: Recognition systolic / diastolic dysfunction - Chris Koutinas
12.45 – 13.30: Common congenital and acquired heart disease; 2D, B-mode assessment – Christos Koutinas
13.30 - 14.30: Light Lunch
14.30 - 15.30: Practice 2nd team
15.30 - 16.30: Practice Group 1
16.30 - 17.30: Practice 2nd Team - Switching speakers
17.30 - 18.30: Practice Group 1 - Switch speakers

During the time that one of the groups is participating in the practice session, the other group will have the opportunity to browse a wide selection of standard echocardiographic views and cases on a computer.