From January 16, 2025 08:00 until January 18, 2025 17:00
At Renaissance Wind Creek Curacao Resort
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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.
Registration Fees:
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.
The Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVvC): 18 points 
Society of Nuclear Medicine (NVNG): 16 points
Radiological Society of the Netherlands (NVvR): 16 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!
 Thursday, January 16, 2025 - Day 1
 
From  
Subject 
Speaker TBA 
 
07:30 - 08:15 
REGISTRATION 
  
 
08:15 - 08:30 
Official Opening and Welcome 
Hildo Lamb / Jan Willem Gratama 
 
  
CHAIR - Birgitta Velthuis 
  
 
  
SESSION 1 - CT & CMR Basics 
  
 
08:30 - 08:50 
2023 ESC Guidelines on Cardiomyopathies 
Robin Nijveldt 
 
08:50 - 09:10 
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular CT 
Ricardo Budde 
 
09:10 - 09:30 
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular MRI 
Hildo Lamb 
 
09:30 - 10:00 
COFFEE BREAK 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Jan Willem Gratama 
  
 
  
SESSION 2 - Cardiovascular Imaging (CVI) in (Sub)Acute Settings 
  
 
10:00 - 10:20 
Aortic dissection 
Ricardo Budde 
 
10:20 - 10:40 
Value of CMR in OHCA 
Birgitta Velthuis 
 
10:40 - 11:00 
Myocarditis 
Diego Holguin 
 
  
CHAIR - Diego Garnica 
  
 
  
SESSION 3 - Valvular Heart Disease 
  
 
11:00 - 11:20 
Ultrasound 
Diego Holguin 
 
11:20 - 11:40 
CT & MRI 
Robin Nijveldt 
 
11:40 - 12:00 
What do I need - Local Perspective 
Nicole Fernandes 
 
12:00 - 13:30 
REGISTRATION 
  
 
12:00 - 13:30 
LUNCH BREAK 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Olivier Witte 
  
 
  
SESSION 4 - Intervention 
  
 
13:30 - 13:50 
2024 ESC Guidelines Chronic Coronary Syndromes 
Eric Lipsic 
 
13:50 - 14:10 
Self- and Remote Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation 
Yuri Blaauw 
 
14:10 - 14:30 
IVUS and OCT 
Jose Torres 
 
  
CHAIR - Arthur Liqui Lung 
  
 
  
SESSION 5 - Cases 
  
 
14:30 - 14:50 
CT 
Nicole Fernandes 
 
14:50 - 15:10 
MRI 
Birgitta Velthuis 
 
15:10 - 15:30 
Ultrasound 
Robin Nijveldt 
 
15:30 - 15:45 
Meet the Experts 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Olivier Witte 
  
 
  
SESSION 6 - Imaging & General Practitioners (GPs) and Nurses 
  
 
18:00 - 18:30 
REGISTRATION 
  
 
18:30 - 18:50 
Hypertension & LVH 
Robin Nijveldt 
 
18:50 - 19:10 
ECG Indications and Interpretation for GPs 
Ernesto Gilly Simon 
 
19:10 - 19:30 
3D – Plus Centre  
Ernesto Gilly Simon 
 
19:30 - 19:50 
Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery (AAOCA) 
Nestor Sandoval 
 
19:50 - 20:10 
TAVI 
Jose Torres 
 
20:10 - 20:30 
CMK Syndrome: - Are we done with racial cardiology? 
Arthur Liqui Lung 
Friday, January 17, 2025 - Day 2
 
From - To 
Subject 
Speaker 
 
 07:30 - 08:15 
REGISTRATION  
  
 
08:15 - 08:30 
Walk in 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Robin Nijveldt 
  
 
  
SESSION 7 - Basic Principles of Cardiac Ultrasound & Nuclear Medicine 
  
 
08:30 - 08:50 
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 
Diego Holguin 
 
08:50 - 09:10 
Clinical Indications for Cardiac Ultrasound 
Juan Molina 
 
09:10 - 09:30 
Basic Principles of Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging 
Hein Verberne 
 
09:30 - 10:00 
COFFEE BREAK  
  
 
  
CHAIR - Hildo Lamb 
  
 
  
SESSION 8 - Imaging of Myocardial Ischaemia 
  
 
10:00 - 10:20 
PET/SPECT 
Hein Verberne 
 
10:20 - 10:40 
FFRct 
Ricardo Budde  
 
10:40 - 11:00 
CMR 
Ernesto Gilly Simon 
 
  
CHAIR - Nicole Fernandes 
  
 
  
SESSION 9 - Inflammation 
  
 
11:00 - 11:20 
Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Other Inflammatory Disease 
Birgitta Velthuis 
 
11:20 - 11:40 
Ultrasound in Endocarditis 
Diego Garnica  
 
11:40 - 12:00 
PET/CT Infection and Inflammation 
Hein Verberne  
 
12:00 - 13:30 
REGISTRATION 
  
 
12:00 - 13:30 
LUNCH BREAK 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Arthur Liqui Lung 
  
 
  
SESSION 10 - Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies 
  
 
13:30 - 13:50 
Athletes Heart versus Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 
Birgitta Velthuis 
 
13:50 - 14:10 
Amyloidosis 
Hildo Lamb 
 
14:10 - 14:30 
Dilated and Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathies 
Diego Garnica  
 
  
CHAIR - Nestor Sandoval 
  
 
  
SESSION 11 - Cases 
  
 
14:30 - 14:50 
Nuclear 
Hein Verberne 
 
14:50 - 15:10 
PCI and TAVI  
Diego Salas  
 
15:10 - 15:30 
Cardiac Fibroma in an infant – Cardiovascular Surgery  
Nestor Sandoval  
 
15:30 - 15:45 
Meet the Experts 
  
Saturday, January 18, 2025 - Day 3
 
From - To 
Subject 
Speaker 
 
07:30 - 08:15 
REGISTRATION 
  
 
08:15 - 08:30 
Walk in 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Birgitta Velthuis 
  
 
  
SESSION 12 - CMR Safety Basics 
  
 
08:30 - 08:50 
CMR Safety and Devices 
Hildo Lamb 
 
08:50 - 09:10 
Contrast Agents in CMR & CTA 
Tim Leiner  
 
09:10 - 09:30 
Extracardiac Findings in Cardiac Imaging 
Nicole Fernandes  
 
09:30 - 10:00  
COFFEE BREAK  
  
 
  
CHAIR - Arthur Liqui Lung 
  
 
  
SESSION 13 - Obesity & Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 
  
 
10:00 - 10:20 
Diabesity Imaging 
Hildo Lamb 
 
10:20 - 10:40 
Obesity in the Caribbean 
Izzy Gerstenbluth  
 
10:40 - 11:00 
Obesity and Hypertension 
Izzy Gerstenbluth  
 
  
CHAIR - Jan Willem Gratama 
  
 
  
SESSION 14 - Cases 
  
 
11:00 - 11:20 
Chronic Total Oclusion Interventions 
Eric Lipsic  
 
11:20 - 11:40 
Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia: The Role of Pre-Procedural Imaging 
Yuri Blaauw  
 
11:40 - 12:00 
Ultrasound  - Congenital Heart Disease 
Carlos Guerrero  
 
12:00 - 13:30  
REGISTRATION 
  
 
12:00 - 13:30 
LUNCH BREAK 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Hein Verberne 
  
 
  
SESSION 15 - Intervention on Curaçao 
  
 
13:30 - 13:50 
Device Program in Curaçao 
Olivier Witte 
 
13:50 - 14:10 
Renal Denervation, Suitable for Curaçao? 
Eric Lipsic 
 
14:10 - 14:30 
Pulsed Field Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation 
Yuri Blaauw 
 
  
CHAIR - Olivier Witte 
  
 
  
SESSION 16 - Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in the Caribbean  
  
 
14:30 - 14:50 
Gastric Bypass 
Paolo Cabrera 
 
14:50 - 15:10 
Heart Rehabilitation  
Jacqueline Hol 
 
15:10 - 15:30 
Medical Treatment by the Cardiologist  
Arthur Liqui Lung 
 
15:30 - 15:45  
CLOSURE   
Hildo Lamb / Jan Willem Gratama