Cardiac disease and anaesthesia symposium
Join us in person and online in April for two days of discussion about anaesthesia for patients with cardiac disease.
Patients with heart disease can present on any elective list, and also as emergencies. The aim of the symposium is to explore areas of clinical importance for all practising anaesthetists. The event brings together expert cardiologists, anaesthetists, and intensivists, bringing a truly multidisciplinary approach to complex problems making it easier for all of us to better understand the pathophysiology of heart disease and how to manage patients with often complex problems.
The programme will explore a wide range of topics with plenty of opportunities to question the experts, take stock and translate the most recent evidence into our clinical practice for the benefit of our patients.
Where permitted, talks will be recorded and made available to delegates post event. Once registered you will have access to the recorded material for up to six months after the live event. Viewing of the recording will carry the same number of CPD points.
Topics include:
- Preoperative assessment of cardiac patients
- Cancer drugs and heart failure
- Post-covid patients and risk of surgery
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Patients with transplanted hearts
- Heart devices
- ECMO
- Heart disease in pregnancy
- Congenital heart disease
- Coronary disease
- Valvular heart disease
A PDF version of the programme can be downloaded here. Please note that this programme is subject to change.
| 09:00-09:50 | Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:50-10:00 | Welcome and introduction | Professor Pierre Foex, Oxford |
| Preoperative assessment of the cardiac patient | ||
| 10:00-10:25 | Human factors and the cardiac patient | Professor Helen Higham, Oxford |
| 10:25-10:50 | Cardiac biomarkers and the surgical patient | Professor Pierre Foex, Oxford |
| 10:50-11:15 | Non-invasive cardiac evaluation | Dr Andrew Kelion, Oxford |
| 11:15-11:35 | Q&A discussion | |
| 11:35-12:00 | Break | |
| Problems with the lungs and heart | ||
| 12:00-12:25 | Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension | Professor Sean Gaine, Dublin |
| 12:25-12:50 | Perioperative management of the patient with pulmonary hypertension | Dr Ruth Newton, Sheffield |
| 12:50-13:05 | Q&A discussion | |
| 13:05-14:00 | Lunch | |
| The adult with congenital heart disease | ||
| 14:00-14:25 | Overview of grown-up congenital disease | Dr Bejal Pandya, London |
| 14:25-14:50 | Anaesthesia for GUCH patients | Dr Matthew Barnard, London |
| 14:50-15:05 | Q&A discussion | |
| 15:05-15:30 | Break | |
| The surgical patient with coronary disease | ||
| 15:30-15:55 | Physiology of coronary heart disease | Professor Raj Kharbanda, Oxford |
| 15:55-16:20 | Management of patients with known coronary disease | Dr Georgina Flood, Dublin |
| 16:20-16:35 | Q&A discussion | |
| 16:35-17:00 | Closing comments | Professor Pierre Foex, Oxford |
| 17:00 | Close of day 1 |
A PDF version of the programme can be downloaded here. Please note that this programme is subject to change.
| 08:00-08:55 | Registration | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:55-09:00 | Welcome and introduction | Professor Helen Higham, Oxford |
| The supported heart | ||
| 09:00-09:25 | Patients with a left ventricular assist device | Dr Claire Scanlon, Birmingham |
| 09:25-09:50 | Anaesthesia for the patient with a transplanted heart | Dr Shane George, Cambridge |
| 09:50-10:15 | The Place of ECMO in 2023 | Dr Miguel Garcia, Manchester |
| 10:15-10:35 | Q&A discussion | |
| 10:35-11:00 | Break | |
| Problems and Solutions | ||
| 11:00-11:25 | Heart disease in pregnancy | Dr Katherine von Klemperer, London |
| 11:25-11:50 | Heart devices and anaesthesia | Dr Adrian Morley Davies, Stoke on Trent |
| 11:50-12:15 | Concerns about arrhythmias | Dr Adrian Morley Davies, Stoke on Trent |
| 12:15-12:35 | Q&A discussion | |
| 12:35-13:30 | Lunch | |
| Valvular heart disease | ||
| 13:30-13:55 | Pathophysiology of valvular heart disease | Professor Saul Myerson, Oxford |
| 13:55-14:20 | Anaesthesia for patients with valvular heart disease | Dr Charles Chan, Oxford |
| 14:20-14:35 | Q&A discussion | |
| 14:35-15:10 | Break | |
| Drugs and the Heart | ||
| 15:10-15:35 | Cancer treatment related cardiac issues | Dr Arjun Ghosh |
| 15:35-16:00 | Do anaesthetics protect the heart? | Prof Gudrun Kunst, London |
| 16:00-16:25 | Post-Covid patients: risks of surgery | Professor Pierre Foex, Oxford |
| 16:25-17:05 | Q&A Discussion | |
| 17:05 | Close of event |
