Clinical Cardio-Vascular Genetics Course – Centre For Human Genetics – Bangalore

Centre For Human Genetics – Bangalore Programme

Institute Name:
Centre For Human Genetics
Bangalore

Short Course on Clinical Cardio-vascular Genetics  30 – 31 January 2010

Ruth Newbury-Ecob (Bristol, UK), Dhavendra Kumar (Cardiff, Wales), Perry Elliott (London, UK), Krishna Kumar (AIMS, Kochi), G R Chandak and K Thangaraj (CCMB, Hyderabad), Jayarama Kadandale and Meenakshi Bhat (CHG, Bangalore) and others

Provisional Programme

Day 1 Saturday, January 30, 2010
Epidemiology of congenital heart disease: magnitude & clinical spectrum; Development  of the human heart & blood vessels; Cardiac management in CHD syndromes; Genetic counselling in CHD syndromes; Pregnancy and CHD: maternal infections & teratogens; Fetal cardiology and prenatal diagnosis; Challenges in management of the adult with CHD; Inherited cardiomyopathies; Molecular diagnosis of inherited cardiomyopathies; Metabolic workup of inherited cardiomyopathies.

Day 2 Sunday, January 31, 2010
Cardiac phenotypes in RAS/MAPK/PTPN-related multiple malformation syndromes; Marfan syndrome and TGFBR-related malformation syndromes; Challenges of sudden cardiac death; Molecular heterogeneity in inherited arrhythmias; Management of familial arrhythmias; Genetic diagnostic services in cardio-vascular genetics in India; Cardiac manifestations in TBX gene- related disorders; Cardiac involvement in lysosomal disorders: Indian experience; Familial hyper-cholesterolaemia: genetics and management; Micro-nutrients and cardiovascular disease in India

Note: This course is mainly meant for students pursuing Medical graduation/ post graduation, medical consultants & M.Sc (human biology related fields).

Applications will be received until January 20, 2010

Contact:
Meenakshi Bhat, MD, MRCP
Centre for Human Genetics
Email: bhat.meena@gmail.com

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