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The Dutch-Caribbean Heart Days

From April 11, 2024 08:00 until April 13, 2024 17:00
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We are very pleased to present the definite program of the Dutch Caribbean Heart Days 2024, which will be held April 11 – 13, 2024 at the Renaissance Wind Creek Curaçao Resort in Willemstad, Curaçao.
The program coordinators composed an attractive program in which basic and advanced clinical practice will be addressed, but also scientific and local perspectives on radiological and cardiological innovations.
A special session for general practitioners is scheduled on Thursday night.
Early fee registration is open now, until March 25th.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in April!

Thursday April 11th, 2024 - DAY 1

 

From  Subject Speaker
8:15 - 8:30 Welcome Hildo Lamb / Jan Willem Gratama
  CHAIRS - Hildo Lamb / Jan Willem Gratama  
  SESSION 1
Cardiovascular Imaging (CVI) in the Emergency Department (ED)
Basic educational
8:30 - 8:50 Cardiac CT in acute chest pain Ricardo Budde
8:50 - 9:10 CMR in acute chest pain and MINOCA Tim Leiner 
9:10 - 9:30 RS Myocarditis Vanessa Brown
9:30 - 10:00 COFFEE  
  CHAIR - Arthur Liqui Lung  
  SESSION 2
CT & CMR Basics
Basic educational
10.00 - 10.20 Clinical indications for cardiovascular imaging Tim Leiner 
10.20 - 10.40 Basic principles of cardiovascular CT Ricardo Budde
10.40 - 11.00 Basic principles of cardiovascular MRI Hildo Lamb 
  CHAIR - Jesse Habets  
  SESSION 3
What's new in Cardiac CT and Hybrid Imaging
Advanced clinical 
11.00 - 11.20 Dual-energy and photon counting CT Ricardo Budde
11.20 - 11.40 SPECT, PET, and Hybrid Imaging Hein Verberne
11.40 - 12.00 What do I need - local perspective Peter Haarbrink 
12:00 - 13:00 LUNCH BREAK  
  CHAIR - Arthur Liqui Lung  
  SESSION 4
Heart-Lung interaction
Local
13.00 - 13.20 Heart failure  Juan Molina 
13.20 - 13.40 Pulmonary Embolectomy  Albert Guerrero
13.40 - 14.00 Cor pulmonale & Pulmonary embolism Karin de Boer 
  CHAIR - Ricardo Budde  
  SESSION 5
Machine learning in Cardiovascular (CV) imaging
Scientific
14.00 - 14.20 Basic principles of machine learning Hildo Lamb
14.20 - 14.40 Cardiovascular applications of ML Tim Leiner
14.40 - 15.00 AI for cardiac ultrasound Yoran Hummel 
14.40 - 15.00 AI for cardiac ultrasound Yoran Hummel 
15:00 - 15:15 Meet the experts All / Cases
  CHAIR - Jan Eize Lindeboom  
  SESSION 6
Imaging & General Practitioners (GPs)
GP
18:00 - 18:30 Registration  
18:30 - 18:50 Complex PCI Robert Dennert 
18:50 - 19:10 Indications for thoracic imaging by GPs Stephany Luna (la cardio)
19:10 - 19:30 Atrial Fibrilation Progression  Stephany Luna (la cardio)
19:30 - 19:50 ECG for GP's Jan-Eize Lindeboom
19:50 - 20:10 TAVI Jose Navarro
20:10 - 20:30 Ethnic differences within cardiovascular diseases Arthur Liqui Lung
     

 

Friday April 12th, 2024 - DAY 2

 

From - To Subject Speaker
8:15 - 8:30 Walk in  
  CHAIR - Hildo Lamb  
  SESSION 7
Imaging of myocardial ischemia
General
8:30 - 8:50 Stress PET/SPECT Hein Verberne
8:50 - 9:10 Stress CT Ricardo Budde
9:10 - 9:30 Stress CMR Jesse Habets 
9:30 - 10:00 COFFEE  
  CHAIR - Oscar Perez  
  SESSION 8
Nuclear & Ultrasound Basics
Basic educational
10.00 - 10.20 Clinical indications for nuclear imaging & ultrasound Oscar Pérez
10.20 - 10.40 Basic principles of cardiovascular nuclear imaging Hein Verberne 
10.40 - 11.00 Basic principles of cardiovascular ultrasound Stephany Luna (la cardio)
10.20 - 10.40 Basic principles of cardiovascular nuclear imaging Hein Verberne
10.40 - 11.00 Basic principles of cardiovascular ultrasound Stephany Luna (la cardio)
  CHAIR - Diego Garnica  
  SESSION 9
Inflammation
Advanced Clinical
11.00 - 11.20 CMR in inflammatory diseases Jesse Habets
11.20 - 11.40 Ultrasound in endocarditis Diego Garnica (la cardio)
11.40 - 12.00 PET/CT infection inflammation Hein Verberne
12:00 - 13:00 LUNCH BREAK  
  CHAIR - Arthur Liqui Lung  
  SESSION 10
Non-ischemic cardiomyopathies
Local
13.00 - 13.20 Athletes' heart versus hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Oscar Perez (la Cardio)
13.20 - 13.40 Amyloidosis Emiko Bird
13.40 - 14.00 Dilated and non-compaction cardiomyopathies Diego Garnica (la cardio)
  CHAIR - Ricardo Budde  
  SESSION 11
Advanced CMR
Scientific
14.00 - 14.20 Parametric CMR mapping Jesse Habets
14.20 - 14.40 Ultra-Fast CMR: High-density coil, AI reconstruction & 3D Hildo Lamb 
14.40 - 15.00 Screening lung cancer Tiel Groenestege
15:00 - 15:15 Meet the experts All / Cases

Saturday April 13th, 2024 - DAY 3

 

From - To Subject Speaker
8:15 - 8:30 Walk in  
  CHAIR - Olivier Witte  
  SESSION 12
Obesity & DM2
General
8:30 - 8:50 Obesity and the Cardiovascular system Izzy Gerstenbluth
8:50 - 9:10 Obesity in the Caribbean Izzy Gerstenbluth
9:10 - 9:30 Liver-Heart interaction Hildo Lamb
9:30 - 10:00 COFFEE  
  CHAIR - Ricardo Budde  
  SESSION 13
CMR Safety Basics
Basic educational
10.00 - 10.20 CMR safety and devices Jesse Habets 
10.20 - 10.40 Contrast agents in CMR & CTA Tim Leiner
10.40 - 11.00 Extracardiac findings in cardiac imaging Jesse Habets
  CHAIR - Jesse Habets  
  SESSION 14
The role of cardiac imaging in valvular heart disease
Advanced Clinical
11.00 - 11.20 The minimally invasive landscape in 2023 Javier Maldonado 
11.20 - 11.40 The role of echocardiography Javier Maldonado 
11.40 - 12.00 The role of CT and CMR Ricardo Budde
12:00 - 13:00 LUNCH BREAK  
  CHAIR - Arthur Liqui Lung  
  SESSION 15
Cardiovascular sequelae of COVID-19 infection
Local
13.00 - 13.20 Lessons learned on Curacao Izzy Gerstenbluth
13.20 - 13.40 Lessons learned in The Netherlands Tim Leiner
13.40 - 14.00 COVID-19 complications: Myocarditis, thrombosis, post-vaccination Jose Torres
  CHAIRS - Hildo Lamb / Jan Willem Gratama  
  SESSION 16
Clinical Cases
Scientific
14.00 - 14.20 Nuclear cardiology cases Hein Verberne 
14.20 - 14.40 EP ablation on Curacao  Fermin Garcia
14.40 - 15.00 EP ablation on Curacao  Fermin Garcia
15:00 - 15:15 Closure

Hildo Lamb / Jan Willem Gratama

 

  • Local General Practitioner (CAN);  2 points
  • The Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVvV): 20 points
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine (NVNG): 18 points
  • Radiological Society of The Netherlands (NVvR): 18 points
  • Society of Internal Medicine of The Netherlands (NIV) members will be registered in GAIA. Accreditation will fall in the 25% limit of non-internal medicine education.
    All participants will receive a certificate of attendance with the hours and percentage of attendance within 2 months after the meeting. In addition, all Dutch BIG-registered participants will be accredited by the organisers in GAIA to the number of sessions attended.