Congenital Heart Disease

COURSE INFORMATION

Date/Duration
13-16 November 2018 (4 day course)

Location
Windsor, UK

Course Director
E Belli, Le Plessis Robinson

Course Overview
A course on surgical anatomy, physiology and principles of surgical and non-surgical treatment of congenital heart diseases for advanced residents and junior congenital heart surgeons.

Course Format
16 modules will cover the majority of congenital heart diseases:

1. Transposition of the great arteries and complex transposition
2. Congenitally corrected transposition
3. Vascular rings, coarctation of the aorta and interruption of the aortic arch
4. Pulmonary atresia with or without VSD
5. Atrioventricular septal defect both partial and complete and complex
6. Left ventricular outflow tract and aortic disease, surgery of the left ventricular outflow tract
7. Mitral and tricuspid valve disease
8. Double outlet right ventricle
9. Fallots tetralogy
10. Truncus arterious
11. Total anomalous pulmonary venous return and anomalous venous drainage
12. Univentricular heart – neonatal palliation, including hybrid approach
13. Univentricular heart – staged palliations, Bi-directional Glenn, Fontan
14. Heart Failure in CHD: HTX & MCS
15. Surgery coronary artery anomalies
16. Surgery for grown-up congenital heart

Course Fee
Members: €465 inclusive of 20% UK VAT
Non-Members: €565 inclusive of 20% UK VAT

Fee includes lunches, refreshments and dinners on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 November 2018.

*Scholarships for this course are now closed – for further information please click here

Target Audience
Surgeons specifically in training for congenital surgery.

Learning Objectives
Introduction – elaborating anatomy, nomenclature, principles of perfusions and diagnostic tools

Modules – to provide interactive teaching of specific congenital heart disease

Competency to be acquired
Knowledge and comprehension, decision-making, recognition of key technical considerations of different operations for congenital heart diseases, practice-based learning and improvement, medical professionalism, evidence and guidelines.