Congenital Heart Disease Conference 27 - 30 Oct 2015
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
Congenital Heart Disease Conference
27-30 October 2015 (4 day course) Windsor, UK
Course Director/s
V Hraska, Sankt Augustin
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
12 modules will cover the majority of congenital heart diseases:
- Fallots tetralogy
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Truncus arterious
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return and anomalous venous drainage
- Atrioventricular septal defect both partial and complete and complex
- Mitral and tricuspid valve disease
- Left ventricular outflow tract and aortic valve disease; surgery of the left ventricular outflow tract
- Vascular rings, coarctation of the aorta and interruption of the aortic arch
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Complex transposition and congenitally corrected transposition
- Univentricular heart – neonatal palliation, including hybrid approach
- Univentricular heart – staged palliations, Bidirectional Glenn, Fontan
A wetlab will be held on the final dayCourse Fee
Members: €465 inclusive of 20% UK VAT
Non-Members: €565 inclusive of 20% UK VAT
Fee includes lunches, refreshments and dinners on Tuesday 27 and Thursday 29 October 2015
*Scholarships are available for this course – 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
Wetlab – to provide hands on training of different surgical techniques
Competency to be acquiredKnowledge 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.
