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Are you fully equipped to manage your next high-risk cardiopulmonary case?


For many veterinarians, these patients remain some of the most daunting... the dog with severe mitral valve disease needing surgery, the cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy requiring anesthesia for diagnostics, or the respiratory-compromised patient that doesn’t respond as expected to treatment. Too often, practitioners feel isolated in these moments, without access to the multidisciplinary support that specialists take for granted. This 2.5-day CPD course is designed to close that gap. Delivered by a team of specialists in small animal internal medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, diagnostic imaging, and clinical pathology, the course offers practical, evidence-based strategies that you can take straight back into your practice. Through interactive lectures, real case discussions, and collaborative sessions, you will learn how to: Improve diagnostic accuracy in complex cardiopulmonary patients Make confident anesthetic and treatment decisions in high-risk cases Integrate multidisciplinary insights to optimise outcomes By the end, you’ll walk away with a sharper clinical edge, renewed confidence, and tools to transform the way you approach cardiopulmonary compromise in your patients.


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Utilise and interpret appropriate laboratory diagnostics, including cardiovascular markers in blood work and cytological assessment of pulmonary samples, to support accurate diagnosis and monitoring.

Requirements
This course is most suitable for veterinary practitioners.

Short Description
The course offers practical, evidence-based strategies that you can take straight back into your practice.

Venue Name
Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital

Course Dates
22 - 24 October 2025


Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

Enhance clinical decision-making by demonstrating improved understanding of anaesthesia management in cardiopulmonary-compromised patients, including risk assessment and perioperative strategies to improve safety and outcomes.

Apply updated, evidence-based approaches in the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases—integrating emerging therapies relevant to general practice.

Interpret core diagnostic imaging (radiography and ultrasound) with greater confidence, and develop a structured approach to work-ups in patients with suspected cardiopulmonary disorders.

Explain key physiological and pathophysiological principles underpinning cardiovascular and respiratory diseases to strengthen clinical reasoning and therapeutic planning.

Recognise potential surgical interventions applicable to cardiopulmonary patients and understand their role within a broader, integrated treatment plan in general practice.

Course Presenters & Specialisations

Meet the expert team of presenters who will guide you through this intensive CPD course. Each brings specialised knowledge and years of experience from clinical and academic practice. Dr Chris Blignaut and Dr Abdur Kadwa

Prof Amelia Goddard

Specialist in Veterinary Clinical Pathology
 
 

Amelia Goddard is a Professor in Veterinary Clinical Pathology. Read more

Dr Abdur Kadwa

Abdur Rahmaan Kadwa BSc (Vet. Biol.), BVSc, MMedVet (Anaes), Dipl. ECVAA
Specialist Veterinary Anaesthesiologist

Dr Nicolene Hoepner

Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
 

Dr Liana Coetzee

Clinical Assistant (Veterinarian) in Small Animal
Internal Medicine

Dr Elge Bester

Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Email:

info@enterprises.up.ac.za

Phone:

+27 (0) 12 434 2500

Fax

+27 (0) 12 434 2505

Address

Enterprises University of Pretoria 140 Lunnon Rd, Hillcrest, Pretoria, 0083


Approach to the Cardiopulmonary Compromised Patient


We are delighted to introduce digital certificates as part of our ongoing commitment to innovation and sustainability. From now on, all successful course completers will receive their certificates in a digital format.