The Dutch-Caribbean Heart Days
 
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 BasicsBasic 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 ImagingAdvanced 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 interactionLocal 
 
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) imagingScientific 
 
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 ischemiaGeneral 
 
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 BasicsBasic 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 
InflammationAdvanced 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 cardiomyopathiesLocal 
 
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 CMRScientific 
 
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 
Hildo Lamb / Jan Willem GratamaSaturday April 13th, 2024 - DAY 3
 
From - To 
Subject 
Speaker 
 
8:15 - 8:30 
Walk in 
  
 
  
CHAIR - Olivier Witte 
  
 
  
SESSION 12 
Obesity & DM2General 
 
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 BasicsBasic 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 diseaseAdvanced 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 infectionLocal 
 
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 CasesScientific 
 
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 
 
 
- 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
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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. 
                                                                    
                                                                    
