The Dutch-Caribbean Heart Days
We are very pleased to present the definite program of the Dutch Caribbean Heart Days 2025, which will be held January 16th - 18th, 2025 at the Renaissance Wind Creek Curaçao Resort in Willemstad, Curaçao.
The program coordinators composed an attractive program to address basic and advanced clinical practice and 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 November 15th, 2024.
Registration Fees:
- GP/ MD North America (Full Fee): Early Bird $ 750, Late Fee $ 850
- Residents, Nurses, Technicians North America: Early Bird $ 300, Late Fee $ 350
- Caribbean and South America (Full Fee): Early Bird $ 400, Late Fee $ 450
- Nurses, Technicians Caribbean and South America: Early Bird $ 250, Late Fee $ 300
- General Practitioner section -Thursday, January 16th, 2025: Session 6 Imaging & General Practitioners (GPs) $ 80
- Interns: General Practitioner section -Thursday, January 16th, 2025: Session 6 Imaging & General Practitioners (GPs) F.O.C.
The Early Bird Fee is valid only if paid during the registration and or before November 15th, 2024
Accreditation will be requested from the societies below.
Points in 2024:
The Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVvC): 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 within the 25% limit of non-internal medicine education.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance with the hours and attendance percentage within 2 months after the meeting.
In addition, all Dutch BIG-registered participants will be accredited by the organizers in GAIA to the number of sessions attended.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in January 2025!
Session 1: CT & CMR Basics Session 2: Cardiovascular Imaging (CVI) in (Sub)Acute Settings Session 3: Valvular Disease Session 6: Imaging & General Practitioners (GPs) and Nurses Session 16: CasesThursday, January 16, 2025 - Day 1
From
Subject
Speaker TBA
07:45 - 08:15
REGISTRATION
08:15 - 08:30
Official Opening and Welcome
08:30 - 09:30
2023 ESC Guidelines on Cardiomyopathies
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular CT
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular MRI
09:30 - 10:00
Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:00
Aortic Dissection
Value of CMR in OHCA
Myocarditis
11:00 - 12:00
Ultrasound
CT & MRI
What do I need - Local Perspective
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30
Session 4: Intervention
Interventions on Curacao
PCI
Ablations
14:30 - 15:30
Session 5: Cases
CT
MRI
Ultrasound
15:30 - 15:45
Meet the Expert
18:30 - 20:30
Hypertension & LVH
ECG Indications and Interpretation for GPs
Atrial Fibrillation
Pulmonary Embolectomy
TAVI
Ethnic Differences of Cardiovascular Disease
Friday, January 17, 2025 - Day 2
From - To
Subject
Speaker
08:00 - 08:30
REGISTRATION
08:30 - 09:30
Session 7: Basic Principles of Cardiac Ultrasound & Nuclear Medicine
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Clinical Indications for Cardiac Ultrasound
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging
09:30 - 10:00
Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:00
Session 8: Imaging of Myocardial Ischaemia
PET/SPECT
FFRct
CMR
11:00 - 12:00
Session 9: Inflammation
Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Other Inflammatory Disease
Ultrasound in Endocarditis
PET/CT Infection and Inflammation
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30
Session 10: Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Athletes Heart versus Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Amyloidosis
Dilated and Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathies
14:30 - 15:30
Session 11: Cases
Nuclear
Ultrasound
CT
15:30 - 15:45
Meet the Expert
Saturday, January 18, 2025 - Day 3
From - To
Subject
Speaker
08:00 - 08:30
REGISTRATION
08:30 - 09:30
Session 12: CMR Safety Basic
CMR Safety and Devices
Contrast Agents in CMR & CTA
Extracardiac Findings in Cardiac Imaging
09:30 - 10:00
Coffee Break
10:00 - 11:00
Session 13: Obesity & Diabetes mellitus Type 2
Diabesity Imaging
Obesity in the Caribbean
Obesity and Hypertension
11:00 - 12:00
Session 14: Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes mellitus Type 2 in the Caribbean
Gastric Bypass
Heart Rehabilitation
Medical Treatment by the Cardiologist
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30
Session 15: Interventions
Device Program on Curacao
PCI
Ablations
14:30 - 15:30
New Stents
Intervention
Ablation
15:30 - 15:45
Closure