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Paediatricians with Expertise in Cardiology Special Interest Group

Time slot
Tuesday 12 May 2026 - 13:45-16:00
Room
Hall 10A
Session type
Specialty group session

Programme

Current trends in Paediatric Cardiology – from ears to Stethoscopes to Ultrasound including POCUS and Echocardiography. Dr Vikranth Venugopalan

When to do Holter and when to refer to Paediatric Cardiology? Dr Vinay Bhole

Haemodynamic Phenotypes: A Practical Framework for Paediatric Decision-Making. Dr Bikash Bhojnagarwala

Abstracts

  • A quality improvement project to improve clinician confidence in interpreting paediatric electrocardiograms (ecgs).
  • Distribution of pre-operative risk factors by ethnicity and neighbourhood deprivation in children undergoing cardiac surgery in England.
  • Heart Murmur Referrals to the Local Paediatric Cardiology Clinic at a Children’s Hospital: a comparison between 2018 and 2024.
  • Usefulness of point of care ultrasound in acute paediatric care

Speakers

  • Dr Bikash Bhojnagarwala - Consultant, Medway
  • Dr Vikranth Venugopalan - Consultant, City Hospital Birmingham    
  • Dr Vinay Bhole - Consultant, Birmingham Children's Hospital    
  • Dr Prakash Dey - Consultant, Stoke Mandeville Hospital
  • Dr Catharine Brindley - Paediatric Registrar, Bath
Clinical: Sub-specialty