March 13-15, 2008 (Pisa, Italy)

Course venue: Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana Pulmonary Section Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department Via Paradisa 2 Cisanello 56124 Pisa - Italy Pisa Information and Tourism - World Guide  Programme

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Organising Committee

Antonio Palla (Pisa, Italy)
Massimo Pistolesi (Florence, Italy)
Nicolino Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy)

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Invited Faculty

Harry R. Büller (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Carlo Marini (Pisa, Italy)
Massimo Miniati (Florence, Italy)
Alessandro Celi (Pisa, Italy)
Arnaud Perrier (Geneva, Switzerland)
Gérald Simmoneau (Clamart, France)
Adam Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland)

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Educational Aims

• To provide students with knowledge of the current state of the art in the epidemiology and natural history of PE
• To demonstrate, with practical examples, how clinical presentations should raise suspicions of PE
• To demonstrate the practical application of structured methods for noninvasive diagnosis of PE
• To review the available results of pharmacological studies for the treatment of PE and the current status of ongoing studies
• To define rules with which to manage patients with PE in the medium and long term

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Target Audience

Trainees and clinicians involved in both emergency and non-emergency medicine

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Course Goals

By the end of the course participants will have a detailed knowledge of:

• The state-of-the-art literature concerning pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy of PE
• The background to managing patients with a suspicion of PE
• The background to managing patients with confirmed diagnosis of PE

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