SCOTTISH RIGHT HEART SYMPOSIUM & RIGHT HEART ECHO MASTERCLASS

PLEASE NOTE: The echo Masterclass will run on Tuesday 17th November and Scottish Right Heart Symposium on Wednesday 18th November.

Tickets can be bought for each individual day, or a combined two day ticket. 

SCOTTISH RIGHT HEART SYMPOSIUM 2026

Now in it's 5th year, the Scottish Right Heart Symposium is a specialised meeting covering everything Right Heart and pulmonary circulation. Bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of experts covering; clinical challenges, novel therapeutic techniques, clinical management, emerging assessment methods and cutting-edge basic science.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Prof. Mike Grocott; University of Southampton - The right ventricle and pulmonary circulation at altitude - insights from Xtreme Everest.
• Dr Russell Everett; Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife - Multimodal assessment of the tricuspid valve.
• Prof. Joerg Ender; University of Leipzig / Heart Centre, Leipzig  - First experiments with Swan IQ to monitor right heart function in high- risk cardiac surgery patients
• Prof. David Oxborough; Liverpool John Moores University -  The RV and physiological athletic remodelling
• Dr Mel Brewis; Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit - A new era in pulmonary hypertension treatment: The mechanism and clinical impact of activin inhibitors
• Dr Antje-Christin Deppe; University Hospital, Cologne - Right heart unloading and the IMPELLA RP
• Dr Colin Chue; Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham / University of Birmingham - Percutaneous right ventricular support – indications and current practice
• Dr Tom Keast; Glasgow Royal Infirmary - Pulse wave analysis in the pulmonary circulation: potential and practice
• Dr Mary Slingo; University of Oxford - The evolution of oxygen-sensing and its impact on the pulmonary circulation

ABSTRACTS ARE OPEN

We are accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentation. Abstracts will be judged with prizes awarded and all orally presented abstracts published in the prestigious British Journal of Anaesthesia. Details can be found here; dropbox.com/scl/fi/9s5c0vhnco3ja30d4ghix/Scottish-Right-Heart-Symposium-abstract-structure-and-format.pdf?rlkey=nf79t79u6v27xeib7x4cn7b36&st=of6433n6&dl=0

Abstracts opened on Monday 3rd August and will close on Friday 25th September.

Successful authors will be notified by Friday 9th October.

RIGHT HEART ECHO MASTERCLASS - SOLD OUT

Join us for the fourth right heart echo masterclass. Supported by GE, the masterclass provides the opportunity to gain advanced skills, with cutting-edge insights and hands-on learning from our expert faculty. Topics include 3D RV assessment and RV strain.

Approved for three BSE reaccreditation points