Program 2026
15 January 2026
Official Opening and Welcome
Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL
Session 1: CT & CMR Basics
Chair: Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL
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Guidelines on CT and MRI application |
Coffee Break
Session 2: Medical Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease
Chair: Prof. B.K. Velthuis, MD, PhD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL
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Medical Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease |
Session 3: Multi-Energy CT
Chair: J.C.J. van Leeuwen, MD, CMC, Willemstad, CW
| 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
Chair: Prof. R.P.J. Budde, MD, PhD, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, NL
| Nuclear Imaging M.E. Hol, MD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL (Dutch Heart Foundation Lecture) MRI Prof. T. Leiner, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA Ultrasound J.F. Vasquez, MD, PhD, Fundación Cardioinfantil/La Cardio, Bogota, CO Cases (Immersion of Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema) J.C.J. van Leeuwen, MD, CMC, Willemstad, CW |
Session 5: Imaging for Nurses and General Practitioners (GPs)
Chairs: C. de Sousa de Ponte, MD and J.C.J. van Leeuwen, MD, CMC, Willemstad, CW
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Heart Failure in the First Line |
16 January 2026
Session 6: Basic Principles of Cardiac Ultrasound & Nuclear Medicine
Chair: Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL
| 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 (Dutch Heart Foundation Lecture) |
Coffee Break
Session 7: Sports Medicine
Chair: A. Mosterd, MD, PhD, Meander MC, Amersfoort, NL
| 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: M.E. Hol, MD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL
| Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Other Inflammatory Disease M.E. Hol, MD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL Role of the CMR in Myocarditis C.E. Guerrero, 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
Chair: R.P.J. Budde, MD, PhD, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, NL
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Echo Primers in Congenital Heart Disease - what you must know! |
17 January 2026
Session 10: Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Prof. B.K. Velthuis, MD, PhD, UMCU, Utrecht, NL
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Basic Principles of AI |
Coffee Break
Session 11: Inflammation, Behavior and Environmental Effects
Chair: Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, LUMC, Leiden, NL
| 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
Chair: Prof. R.P.J. Budde, MD, PhD, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, NL
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FARAPULSE ablations |
Lunch Break
Session 13: Future of Cardiovascular Imaging
Chair: J.C.J. van Leeuwen, MD, CMC, Willemstad, CW
| 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 J.F. Vasquez, MD, PhD, Fundación Cardioinfantil/La Cardio, Bogota, CO Cases (HFrEF) 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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