Join this virtual meeting that will educate attendees on some specific aspects of managing patients with Fontan circulation. It will assist clinicians in the appropriate assessment, management and specialist liaison.
The event will take the format of four virtual talks covering different aspects of the clinical issues that arise in Fontan patients, followed by a Q&A after each one. The purpose is to update attendees on the specialist treatments and management and when and why to refer patients.
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This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered delegates up to 60 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.
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Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Katherine von Klemperer is a Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Health NHS Trust Heart Centre. She has specialist interests in congenital heart disease, aortopathy, echocardiography and maternal cardiology. She is part of the maternal cardiology team at the Royal London Hospital.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiologist, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Lead and Health Education North West Sub-speciality Training Lead Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust
I am a Consultant Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Cardiologist in the North West England, specialising in Pulmonary Hypertension and Imaging in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Fontan.
My current roles include:
Outside of work I love skiing, exercising, travelling and being with friends, family and my husband and two puppies.
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital and Professor of Practice in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension, Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Imperial College London
Professor Konstantinos Dimopoulos is a consultant cardiologist and professor of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) and Pulmonary Hypertension (PH). He has a PhD in ACHD, and an MSc in modern epidemiology obtained from Imperial College London. He has been working at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London since 2003. He is a busy clinician leading ACHD and PH clinics and caring for inpatients. He has produced over 300 papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, as well as authoring numerous book chapters in ACHD, PH and exercise physiology. He has also edited a book on Pulmonary Hypertension in ACHD.
He is a reviewer for major cardiovascular journals and regularly lectures at national and international centres. His main areas of interest are exercise physiology, epidemiology, and prognostication in ACHD and PH, as well as promoting education and research in areas such as Eisenmenger syndrome. He has been a nucleus member of the ESC working group for Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function (2014-18). He is in the steering committee for CHAMPION, a UK-wide initiative promoting research and education in pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease.
Dr Bejal Pandya, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Kate von Klemperer, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Petra Jenkins, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiologist, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Lead and Health Education North West Sub-speciality Training Lead, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Sabine Ernst, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital
Professor Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital and Professor of Practice in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension, Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Imperial College London
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Registration for this webinar will close 1 hour prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 1 hour before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.
