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Cardiology Step by Step – Modular Course

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Our modular course in small animal cardiology is designed to guide you step by step from the very basics to confident clinical decision-making. Whether you are just starting with cardiac diagnostics or looking to strengthen your existing skills, this program offers a structured and practical learning experience focused on dogs and cats.

Weekend 1 – Foundations of Cardiac Ultrasound
This first weekend is designed to give you a confident start in echocardiography. You will become familiar with the ultrasound machine, understand its core functions and settings, and begin developing the hands-on technique needed to acquire good quality images. By the end of the weekend, you will have a solid grounding in the fundamental principles of echocardiography and a clear framework for using diagnostic ultrasound as part of your clinical toolkit.

Weekend 2 – Building Confidence and Diagnostic Depth
In this second weekend, we consolidate what you have already learned before pushing further. We revisit core scanning techniques to reinforce good habits, then progressively introduce more advanced echocardiographic methods. You will begin to develop the skills needed to critically interpret your images, recognise normal variation, and identify the early signs of cardiac pathology.

Weekend 3 – Bringing It All Together: Echo, ECG, and Clinical Reasoning
The third weekend marks an important step: integrating everything into real clinical thinking. We introduce the very fundamentals of ECG interpretation, refresh key clinical examination findings, and then bring it all together through interactive case-based sessions. Working through cases that combine echocardiographic data, ECG findings, and clinical signs, you will practise the kind of structured reasoning that underpins confident cardiology in everyday practice.

Date:

05-06.09.2026 – Echo Basic Ultrasound

07-08.11.2026 – Advanced Ultrasound and Clinical cases

30-31.01.2027 – Basic ECG and Practical cases: Connect it with your ultrasound

Price: 2950 eur

Your instructors:

Frane Ivasovic Frane Ivasovic Dipl. ECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVS
Frane Ivasovic
Frane Ivasovic Dipl. ECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVS Head of cardiology service, University of Glasgow

Frane graduated in veterinary medicine from the Vetsuisse faculty of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, in 2015. After initially working in the private sector and as a Swiss army vet, he started his doctoral thesis in small animal cardiology at the University of Zurich in the area of cardiovascular effects of physical activity in sporting dogs. In 2017, he started a rotational internship with specialty focus in cardiology, which led him in 2018 to the ECVIM-CA specialisation programme (cardiology), which was successfully completed in 2022.Frane then started working as a freelance cardiologist in several centres in Switzerland, offering on-site consultations in the French- and German-speaking regions and in the canton of Ticino, through his company 'VetMeister'. In April 2022, he served for six months at the University of Zurich in the Department of Endocrinology, acquiring further advanced knowledge in the field of endocrinology, while continuing to develop his Freelancer activity.From January 2023 Frane restarted the cardiology service at the University of Glasgow, taking the reins as head of service and participating in various areas of comparative research with the aim of further developing the range of services offered. Frane continues, despite its location in the united kingdom, to offer its services in the various Swiss regions.

Matúš Pagáč Matúš Pagáč MVDr.
Matúš Pagáč
Matúš Pagáč MVDr.

He graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice in 2007. Following graduation, he undertook a clinical internship at a small animal referral hospital in Italy.After returning to Slovakia, he worked for four years at a private veterinary clinic in Bratislava, where he focused primarily on diagnostic imaging and orthopaedics.Since 2009, he has served as an official evaluator and committee member of the Slovak Association of Hip and Elbow Dysplasia Evaluators (SPDD).Since 2013, he has been working at Tierklinik Parndorf, where he now heads the Small Animal Cardiology Department and specializes in diagnostic ultrasonography.He performs feline HCM breeding screening examinations for PawPeds.He is currently in the final stage of the ESAVS Master of Advanced Studies in Veterinary Medicine (MASVM) in Cardiology.Alongside his clinical work, he has been actively involved in ultrasound education for more than ten years as an instructor for several continuing education organizations. Since 2021, he has been teaching at Ultraschall Akademie, including ÖGUM-certified courses in abdominal ultrasonography, point-of-care ultrasound, and echocardiography. He also provides one-to-one training for veterinarians and application support in veterinary ultrasonography.

2950,00 € ex. tax

Cardiology Step by Step – Modular Course

2950,00 € ex. tax
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