Courses

Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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

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Programme
Clinical features of pulmonary hypertension S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Pathology of pulmonary hypertension P. Dorfmuller (Le Plessis Robinson, France)
Pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension R. Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
Right heart imaging and failure in pulmonary hypertension A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Cardiac catheterisation lecture and video demonstration M. D'Alto (Naples, Italy)
Radiology of pulmonary hypertension M. Sproule (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension M. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Making the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism S. Konstantinides (Mainz, Germany)
Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism M. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Diagnosis and treatment of chronic pulmonary embolism J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension (cardiology for pulmonologists) M. D'Alto (Naples, Italy)
Exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension – live demonstration M. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Current medical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Who to treat/who not to treat: Left heart disease R. Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
Who to treat/who not to treat: Hypoxic lung disease A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Pulmonary hypertension in the intensive care unit B. Lamia (Rouen, France)
Clinical trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension: what do they tell us R. Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
The future of treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)