Pulmonary vascular diseases
PG10 Postgraduate course
Clinical assessment of the pulmonary circulation
Clinical
Aims : To describe methods of measuring and interpreting hemodynamic data correctly; to determine methods of correctly interpreting radiologic analysis of the pulmonary vessels; to describe the essentials of exercise haemodynamics and physiology in patients with pulmonary hypertension; and to present methods used in the differential diagnosis of rare diseases.
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, General practitioner, Medical Student, Patient
Methods :
Imaging, Physiology, Pulmonary function testing
09:30
Getting the haemodynamics correct
G. Kovacs(Graz, Austria)
COI
-
Description
1
10:00
The radiology of pulmonary hypertension
A. Swift(Sheffield (South Yorkshire), United Kingdom)
COI
-
Description
2
10:30
Methods of distinguishing pre- from postcapillairy pulmonary hypertension
J. Vachiery(Bruxelles, Belgium)
COI
-
Description
3
11:30
Difficult cases in pulmonary hypertension
E. Nossent(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
COI
-
Description
5
12:00
Group assignment
G. Kovacs(Graz, Austria)
COI
A. Swift(Sheffield (South Yorkshire), United Kingdom)
COI
J. Vachiery(Bruxelles, Belgium)
COI
E. Nossent(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
COI
6
. . .