Cardiac Arrhythmias in Practice: From Diagnosis to Management (Swindon)

Abnormal heart rhythms are common, resulting from both cardiac and non-cardiac disease. Some require emergency treatment, whilst others can be safely disregarded. But how confident are you in making that assessment? Do you consider the likelihood of a congenital accessory pathway, or look at the ECG machine with trepidation for fear of what you might find? Either way, we can help! 

This one-day, interactive course will focus on the diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias, from the basics of ECG reading, to decision-making around when and how to treat dogs affected by clinically significant arrhythmias. 

Throughout the day, we will use lecture-based and small-group interactive formats to review various cardiac conduction system abnormalities and their relevance to affected dogs and cats. We will discuss when and how to treat, providing examples of contextualised care for patients with minimal or no access to diagnostic tests—since arrhythmias do not occur only in referral hospitals.

Topics to be covered include:

• Abnormal heart rhythms - emergency or insignificant?
• ECGs - how to read them with confidence
• Treating clinically significant arrhythmias
• Treating arrhythmias with minimal diagnostics