Courses

Understanding pulmonary embolism: from pathophysiology to management

Target audience

  • Cardiologists
  • Clinicians
  • Pulmonologists
  • Respiratory physicians
  • Trainees

Educational aims

Following this course, participants will be able to:
  • Understand the important issues surrounding communication between healthcare professionals and patients.
  • Improve their communication skills when dealing with patients.
  • Implement locally the specific measures to improve staff communication skills.
  • Better understand the epidemiology of end-of-life issues and related communication challenges.
  • Deal with difficult ethical situations regarding communication.

Pathophysiology
A. Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland)

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Case presentation
M. Wieteska (Warsaw, Poland)

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Diagnostic algorithm in suspected PE
M. Kurzyna (Warsaw, Poland)

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Case presentation
L. Jara-Palomares (Seville, Spain)

Thursday, 16 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Comprehensive risk stratification in PE
D. Jiménez (Madrid, Spain)

Thursday, 16 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Case presentation
M. Lankeit (Mainz, Germany)

Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
To thrombolyse or not to thrombolyse?
S. Konstantinides (Mainz, Germany)

Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
From acute PE to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
A. Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland)

Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Case report
M. Kurzyna (Warsaw, Poland)

Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Anticoagulation of PE: which drugs, for how long?
G. Agnelli (Perugia, Italy)

Thursday, 30 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation
Concomitant deep vein thrombosis: should we care?
C. Becattini (Perugia, Italy)

Thursday, 30 November 2017
Slide presentation
Slide presentation