INTERNATIONALSYMPOSIUM

ITALIAN COMPANIONANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION

SICARVITALIAN SOCIETY

OF VETERINARY CARDIOLOGY

ADVANCES IN CANINE MITRALVALVE DISEASE

September 23rd-24th, 2011 • Palazzo Trecchi, Cremona (I)

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EUROPEAN SOCIETYOF VETERINARY CARDIOLOGY

ESVC

OBJECTIVESChronic degenerative mitral valve disease represents themost common acquired cardiovascular diseases in thedog. The disease share many common aspects with mi-tral valve prolapse due to myxomatous degeneration inhuman beings and therefore it is of particular importan-ce for comparative medicine.This seminar is aimed to present and discuss the most up-dated knowledge on physiopathology, natural history,echocardiographic evaluation and current treatment op-tions for chronic degenerative mitral valve disease in thedog. An interactive section at the end of the seminar willinclude clinical cases illustrative of sections discussed.This seminar is aimed to veterinarians with cardiologytraining.

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORMICHELE BORGARELLIDVM, PhD, Dipl ECVIM-Cardiology,Kansas State University (USA)

SPEAKERSMICHELE BORGARELLIDVM, PhD, Dipl ECVIM-Cardiology,Kansas State University (USA)Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, graduateof the Veterinary School of Torino in 1989.Since 1990 cardiology, abdominal ultra-

sound and internal medicine training developed in diffe-rent places in Italy, Europe and USA. Since 1990 he isinvolved in continuing education programs teaching car-diology and echography 1995, 1996 and 2000 Tempo-rary Professor (echocardiography) at the VeterinarySchool of Torino.

From 2001 to 2007 Assistant Professor at Dipartimentodi Patologia Animale, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, To-rino, Italy. Since August 2007 he was Associate Profes-sor of Cardiology at Kansas State University, USA. In1999 diplomate of the European College Veterinary In-ternal Medicine (Cardiology). In 2005 he achieved a ti-tle of PhD in clinical sciences defending a thesis on “Mi-tral valve disease in dogs”.In the period of 1991-2004 he was Secretary and trea-surer of European Society of Veterinary cardiology(ESVC), since 2004 member of the board. From 2004 to2007 he was President of Italian Society of VeterinaryCardiology (2007-2010 Past President). Since 2009President of European College of Veterinary Internal Me-dicine (ECVIM-CA), and member of the ECVIM boardsince 2006.He is author of 43 peer reviewed papers and 9 publi-shed scientific abstracts. Actually he is involved in rese-arch programs on pathophysiology and therapy of chro-nic mitral valve disease in dogs.

MARK A. OYAMADVM, DACVIM-Cardiology,Pennsylvania University (USA)Dr. Oyama received his DVM degree fromthe University of Illinois in 1994, perfor-med an internship at The Animal Medical

Center in New York City and residency at the Universityof California at Davis. He is board-certified in cardiolo-gy and is currently an Associate Professor at the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Oyama has also served as thepresident of the ACVIM-Specialty of Cardiology. His in-terests lie in the pathophysiology of mitral valve diseaseand cardiomyopathy and in new blood-based tests fordetection of heart disease.

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMINTRODUCTION AND SPEAKERS’ PRESENTATION

ITALIAN COMPANIONANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION

SICARVITALIAN SOCIETY

OF VETERINARY CARDIOLOGY

EUROPEAN SOCIETYOF VETERINARY CARDIOLOGY

ESVC

ADVANCES IN CANINE MITRAL VALVE DISEASESeptember 23rd-24th, 2011 • Palazzo Trecchi, Cremona (I)

FIRST DAY - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2011

15.00 Registration

15.30 Welcome from SICARV President

15.45 Anatomy of mitral valve and normal functionMichele Borgarelli (USA)

16.30 New advances on pathophysiology of canine mitral valve diseaseMark A. Oyama (USA)

17.15 Discussion

18.00 Adjourn

SECOND DAY - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 2011

9.00 Standard echocardiography for evaluating dogs with mitral valve disease:what we need to look for?Michele Borgarelli (USA)

9.45 Role of advanced echocardiography for evaluating dogs with mitral valvedisease - Mark A. Oyama (USA)

10.30 Natural history of mitral valve disease: is this a benign disease?Michele Borgarelli (USA)

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 The role of biomarkers in staging mitral valve diseaseMark A. Oyama (USA)

12.30 Lunch break

14.00 Treatment for uncomplicated mitral valve disease: double triple or quadruple therapy? - Mark A. Oyama (USA)

14.45 Pulmonary hypertension in dogs with chronic mitral valve disease: diagnosis and treatment - Michele Borgarelli (USA)

15.30 Coffee break

16.00 Mitral valve a simple disease? Interactive cases with questions

16.45 Discussion

17.00 End of the meeting

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMSCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Duration2 days

LanguageEnglish as first language,Italian with simultaneous translation

Registration fee• SICARV/ESVC Members € 150,00• SCIVAC Members € 210,00• Non Members € 350,00

Registration fee includes• Paper handouts• Attendance certificate• ECM certificate for Italian Delegates• 2 coffee and 1 lunch breaks

LocationPalazzo TrecchiVia Trecchi, 20 - Cremona, Italy

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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMINFORMATION

Social dinnerFriday, September 23 rd, 2011

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