Target audience
Respiratory clinicians, cardiology clinicians and trainees
Educational aims
Through a mix of lectures, workshops and case presentations, participants will learn to:
- Understand the diagnostic processes leading to a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension/embolism
- Initiate appropriate investigations, understand the pathogenesis of the condition
- Understand the basis behind modern treatment of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary thromboembolism
Programme
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Introduction to the course A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Clinical features of pulmonary hypertension S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
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Pathology of pulmonary hypertension R. Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
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Pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension R. Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
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Imaging right heart failure in pulmonary hypertension A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Cardiac catheterisation lecture and video demonstration M. D'Alto (Napoli, Italy)
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Radiology of pulmonary hypertension M. Sproule (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension M. K. Johnson (Clydebank, United Kingdom)
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Echocardiographic imaging in pulmonary hypertension P. Yerly (Lausanne, Switzerland)
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Making the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism S. Konstantinides (Mainz, Germany)
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Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism M. K. Johnson (Clydebank, United Kingdom)
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Pulmonary Embolism J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Current medical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
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Who to treat/who not to treat: Left heart disease I. Lang (Wien, Austria)
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Who to treat/who not to treat: Hypoxic lung disease R. Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
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Pulmonary hypertension in theÿintensive care unit B. Lamia (Rouen, France)
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Clinical trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension: what do they tell us R. Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
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The future of treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension I. Lang (Wien, Austria)
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