Pulmonary vascular diseases
PG11 Postgraduate course
Pulmonary hypertension in a nutshell
Clinical
Aims : This session will provide participants with an understanding of the physiology of the right ventricle and pulmonary hemodynamics and health and disease, explore how to make a correct diagnosis in pulmonary hypertension including pitfalls, discuss how to interpret a right heart catheterisation, explain the principles of treatment in PAH and CTEPH, and describe how to organise PAH/CTEPH care in your region/country.
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, Clinical researcher, Medical Student, Nurse, Physician in Pulmonary Training, Physiologist, Respiratory physiotherapist, Journalist
14:00
Physiology of the right heart and pulmonary circulation in health and disease
A. Vonk Noordegraaf(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
COI
1
14:20
Discussion and Q&A
A. Vonk Noordegraaf(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
COI
2
14:30
The diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension
L. Howard(London, United Kingdom)
COI
3
15:05
Discussion and Q&A
L. Howard(London, United Kingdom)
COI
4
15:45
Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges (case presentations)
S. Ramjug(Altrincham, United Kingdom)
COI
J. Aman(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
COI
6
17:00
Shared care between expert centers and referring centers
M. Delcroix(Leuven, Belgium)
COI
8
17:35
Discussion and Q&A
M. Delcroix(Leuven, Belgium)
COI
9
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