Program 2026
15 January 2026
Official Opening and Welcome
Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC,  Leiden, NL
 
Session 1: CT & CMR Basics
| Guidelines on CT and MRI application | 
Coffee Break
Session 2: Medical Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease
| Medical Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease | 
Session 3: Multi-Energy CT
| Photon Counting CT Prof. R.P.J. Budde, MD, PhD, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, NL Spectral CT: Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiomyopathy Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL Spectral CT: Extra-Cardiac Vascular Applications Prof. B.K. Velthuis, MD, PhD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL | 
Lunch Break
Session 4: Ischemic Heart Disease
| Nuclear Imaging M.E. Hol, MD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL MRI Prof. T. Leiner, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA Ultrasound C. Guerreo, MD, PhD, Fundación Cardioinfantil/La Cardio, Bogota, CO Cases J.C.J. van Leeuwen, MD, CMC, Willemstad, CW | 
Session 5: Imaging for Nurses and General Practitioners (GPs)
| Heart Failure in the First Line | 
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Session 6: Basic Principels of Cardiac Ultrasound & Nuclear Medicine
| When to perform Cardiovascular Ultrasound T. Martha, MD, CMC, Willemstad, CW How to perform Cardiovascular Ultrasound J. Molina Monsalve, MD, CMC, Willemstad, CW Clinical Indications for Nuclear Imaging M.E. Hol, MD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL | 
Coffee Break
Session 7: Sports Medicine
| Pre-Participation Screening of Athletes - to do or not to do A. Mosterd, MD, PhD, Meander MC, Amersfoort, NL CT and MRI Imaging of the Athletes Heart Prof. B.K. Velthuis, MD, PhD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL Cardiovascular Challenges of Scuba Diving J.C.J. van Leeuwen, MD, CMC, WIllemstad, CW | 
Session 8:  Inflammation
Chair: 
| Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Other Inflammatory Disease M.E. Hol, MD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL Role of Ultrasound in Myocarditis J. F. Vasquez, MD, Fundación Cardioinfantil/La Cardio, Bogota, CO Cases Prof. B.K. Velthuis, MD, PhD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL | 
Lunch Break
Session 9: Non-Ischemic Heart Diseases
| Genetic and Acquired Dilating Cardiomyopathies | 
 
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Session 10: Artificial Intelligence
| Basic Principles of AI | 
Coffee Break
Session 11: Inflammation, Behavior and Environmental Effects
| The Inflammatory Nature of Obesity Prof. A.J. Duits, MD, PhD, CMC, Willemstad, CW | 
| Metabolic Programming of Obesity S. van Heijningen, PhD, Scientific Consulting Curaçao, Willemstad, CW | 
| What does Climate Change have to do with us? I.Gerstenbluth, MD, Curaçao Biomedical & Health Research Institute, Willemstad, CW | 
Session 12: Intervention
| FARAPULSE ablations | 
Lunch Break
Session 13: Future of Cardiovascular Imaging
| Free-breathing CMR Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL Midfield CMR Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL 3D ultrasound C. Guerreo, MD, PhD, Fundación Cardioinfantil/La Cardio, Bogota, CO Cases F.N. Fernandes, MD, PhD, CMC, Willemstad, CW | 
Closure of the meeting
Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL
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