4th DUTCH-CARIBBEAN HEART DAYS
From January 14, 2027 13:07 until January 16, 2027 17:00
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It is with pleasure to announce the 4th Dutch Caribbean Heart Days (DCHD) to be held January 14 – 16, 2027 in the Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel in Willemstad, Curaçao.
With the DCHD, a strong educational platform in (cardiovascular) radiology and cardiology was created for the Caribbean region and South-America, but also for North-America and Europe.
The meeting promotes the knowledge on cardiovascular radiology and features a spectrum from basic principles towards (advanced) clinical applications and scientific innovations. Optimal and sustainable healthcare will be discussed based on regional experience (Caribbean region and South-American) as well as from Europe.
The program is also appealing for residents and technicians in radiology and (pediatric) cardiology, pulmonologists and internal medicine MD’s. Technical aspects and protocols, scientific content on cardiac imaging will be addressed besides topical sessions covering the clinical implications of imaging findings. Sessions will feature examples of actual clinical cases and how novel techniques, methods and interventions can be used to better diagnose and treat patients with a variety of diseases affecting the cardiovascular system.
The congenial and collaborative atmosphere of the congress offers excellent opportunities for networking and jumpstarting of multicenter collaborations and research projects within and over the continents.
Scan Settings and Protocols for MRI Panel DiscussionThursday, January 14, 2027
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Subject
08:15 - 08:30
Official Opening and Welcome
08:30 - 09:40
Session 1:
Optimizing Cardiac Imaging on Mid-Range Scanners
Patient Preparation Cardiac CT
Scan Settings and Protocols for CT
09:40 - 10:10
Coffee Break
10:10 - 11:10
Session 2: Imaging Aortic Disease
CT in Acute Aortic Disease
MRI in Chronic Aortic Disease
11:10 - 12:10
Session 3: Heart Failure
Echocardiography in Heart Failure
MRI in Heart Failure
12:10 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:50
Session 4: First-Line Cardiovascular Patient Care in the Caribbean
Cardiovascular Risk Management:
Update Guideline Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Management of the Chronic Cardiovascular Patient
New Cardiac Rehabilitation Guidelines In and Outside the Caribbean
Appropriate Care in the Caribbean
15:00 - 15:30
Cardiac CT Cases
Friday, January 15, 2027
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Subject
08:30 - 09:40
Session 5: How I Read and Report
Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Coronary CT
Cardiac MRI for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Cardiac MRI for Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Panel Discussion
09:40 - 10:10
Coffee Break
10:10 - 11:10
Session 6: Imaging Pediatric and Adult Patients with Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Ultrasound
CT (Including Necessity Sedation / Anesthesia)
MR (Including Necessity Sedation / Anesthesia /
Free-Breathing Techniques/Cases)
11:10 - 12:10
Session 7: Transcutaneous Non-Coronary Cardiac Interventions
Atrial Fibrillation Progression: Contemporary Assesment and
Early Intervention
Cardioneuroablation for Refractory Syncope: Indications,
Technique, and Results
Contemporary Transcatheter Mitral Interventions:
TEER and Valve-in-Valve Therapy
Percutaneous Interatrial Septal Repair:
Current Applications and Emerging Techniques
12:10 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:50
Session 8: Caribbean Patients Who Need Cardiovascular Surgery in Colombia
Logistics on Patients Needing to go to Colombia: Air Ambulance
Pre-surgery Management from Caribbean to Colombia
Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery in Colombia- Bogotá
Myocardial Revascularization and the Center of Excellence in LaCardio
15:00 - 15:30
Cases
Saturday, January 16, 2027
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Subject
08:30 - 09:40
Session 9: Interventional Procedures (in the Caribbean)
Echocardiographic Guided Interventions
Coronary Interventions
Revascularization Strategies after STEMI
TAVI
Panel Discussion
09:40 - 10:10
Coffee Break
10:10 - 11:10
Session 10: AI in Cardiovascular Disease
AI Basic Technologies
The AI-Doctor
AI Guided Workflow
11:10 - 12:10
Session 11: Systemic Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease
Role of Cardiac Imaging in Rheumatic Heart Disease
Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Amyloidosis
Cardiotoxic Effects of Cancer Treatment
12:10 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:50
Session 12: Effect of Climate Change on (Cardiovascular) Health
Climate Change from the Meteorologists’ View
Epidemiology and the Exposome of Cardiovascular Disease
Managing Climate Change for the Ageing Caribbean Patient
How do Radiology Departments Reduce Their Environmental Footprint?
14:50 - 15:00
Closure of the meeting
Executive Board NHD
Prof. R.P.J. Budde, MD, PhD
Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, Chair
Prof. B.K. Velthuis, MD, PhD
A.A.E. Martis, PhD, Chair
F.M.C. Simon, MSc
Executive Board NASKHO
Scientific Programme Committee 2027
Prof. R.P.J. Budde, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL
D.F. Holguin, MD, Fundación Cardioinfantil/La Cardio, Bogota, Colombia
Prof. H.J. Lamb, MD, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands (Chair)
J.C.J. van Leeuwen, MD, Curaçao Medical Center, Willemstad, Curaçao
Prof. R. Nijveldt, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Prof. B.K. Velthuis, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands