Wednesday, 6 April 2005, Hall 10, ICC Birmingham

PROGRAMME
8:30 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:50	A review of the neurohumoral axis in congestive heart failure Adrian Boswood, RVC
9:50 - 10:40	The underlying causes and origins of heart failure; from man to mammals Professor Philip A Poole-Wilson MD FRCP FACC FESC FMedSci Professor of Cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute
10:40 - 11:10	Coffee Break
11:10 - 12.00	Adverse consequences of hyperaldosteronism and aldosterone antagonism Dave Sisson, University of Oregon, USA
12:00-12:25	Spironolactone Research Abstract Joao Lourerio, Liverpool
12:25-12:50	CertVC Examining Board Report Lesley Young, AHT and Nuala Summerfield, Liverpool
12:50 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 2:30	Concommitant use of amlodipine and benazepril in the management of feline hypertension Jonathan Elliot, RVC
2:30 - 2:50	Congenital Heart Disease Case Report Christine Deprest, Belgium
2:50 - 3:20	Coffee
3:20 - 4: 10	Review of embryological development of the cardiovascular system: normal and defective Dr Jennifer Wakely, retired Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leicester
4:10 - 5:00	Echocardiographic diagnosis of congenital heart disease Virginia Luis-Fuentes, RVC
To assist the organisers please register early and before the 25th of March