Caught in the Sac: A Comprehensive Look at Pericardial Effusion
- By the end of the presentation, learners will describe the different clinical manifestations in patients affected by an acute or chronic pericardial effusion.
- The students will be able to name three potential physical findings of a patient affected by cardiac tamponade.
- By the end of the presentation, the students can recognize the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic changes secondary to a pericardial effusion.
Frane received his diploma in veterinary medicine from the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Zuerich, Switzerland, in 2015. After initially working in the private sector and as veterinarian of the swiss army, he started his doctoral thesis in small animal cardiology at the university of Zuerich. In 2017 he started a rotational internship focusing in cardiology, which led him to the ECVIM-CA (cardiology) residency program which was completed in 2022. Since then Frane started working as a freelance cardiologist in different centres in Switzerland, while restarting the cardiology service in the small animal hospital of the university of Glasgow (Scotland).