The Fundamentals in Cardiac Surgery: Coronary Artery Disease Course will run ONLINE from 2-3 March 2022.
Kindly note all times shown are local UK times.
WEDNESDAY 2 March
08:45 | Welcome and introduction | A Ranasinghe, Birmingham |
09:00 | Investigating a patient with chest pain | S George, Birmingham |
09:15 | How to interpret a coronary angiogram | S George, Birmingham |
09:40 | Most influential studies in the third millennium for coronary surgery | M Cikirikcioglu, Geneva |
10:20 | Break | |
10:50 | CPB and myocardial protection | M Jasinski, Wroclaw |
11:20 | OPCAB | M Cikirikcioglu, Geneva |
11:45 | Conduit selection | S Fremes, Toronto |
12:10 | Secondary prevention | S George, Birmingham |
12:30 | Lunch | |
13:30 | Guidelines for revascularisation | S George, Birmingham |
14:00 | MDT Session | |
16:00 | Close |
THURSDAY 3 MARCH
09:00 | Measuring outcomes in cardiac surgery | S Nashef, Cambridge |
09:30 | Surgery for ischaemic cardiomyopathy | M Jasinski, Wroclaw |
10:00 | Treatment of mechanical complications of MI | G Faerber, Jena |
10:30 | Break | |
11:00 | Technical considerations | T Kieser, Calgary |
12:30 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Case studies (small group sessions) | |
Group 1 | S Nashef, Cambridge; G Faerber, Jena | |
Group 2 | S George, Birmingham; T Kieser, Calgary | |
Group 3 | S Fremes, Toronto; S Sandner, Vienna | |
16:00 | Close |
Programme subject to change.
COURSE INFORMATION
Date/Duration
2-3 March 2022 (2 day course)
Course Director
A Ranasinghe, Birmingham
Course Format
Virtual meeting
Interactive lectures
Case studies (small group session)
MDT session
Course Fee
Members: €60 inclusive of VAT
Non-Members: €100 inclusive of VAT
Course Overview
The “Fundamentals in Cardiac Surgery” – series focusing particularly on coronary artery disease.
The lectures of the course are covering clinical aspects from the diagnosis of coronary artery disease to advanced investigations and medical therapy necessary for the decision-making and treatment of the patients. In the case studies session the participants are invited to join the discussions of selected cases, exchange experience and discuss questions.
The updated “Fundamentals”-EACTS 2022 courses are in alignment with the current EBCTS syllabus
Target Audience
Skills Level 1 – Residents in training with the course content closely allied to the EBCTS syllabus.
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