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Wednesday / 28 May 2025
Hall 1
08:00 – 15:40 | UPDATE COURSE |
16:00 – 17:30 | OPENING CEREMONY & MANNHEIMER LECTURE We Want Progress, But We’re Resistant to Change – Gil Wernovsky, USA |
17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION Location: Exhibition & Posters’ Area and Foyers |
Hall 2
08:00 – 15:40 | Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Education Day |
16:00 – 17:30 | |
17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION Location: Exhibition & Posters’ Area and Foyers |
Hall 3
08:00 – 15:40 | |
16:00 – 17:30 | |
17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Hall 4
08:00 – 15:40 | |
16:00 – 17:30 | |
17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Hall 5
08:00 – 15:40 | |
16:00 – 17:30 | |
17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Hall 6
08:00 – 15:40 | |
16:00 – 17:30 | |
17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Hall 7
08:00 – 15:40 | |
16:00 – 17:30 | |
17:30 – 19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Thursday / 29 May 2025
Hall 1
09:00 – 11:00 | AEPC GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 13:00 | Joint WG: Interventional Cardiology & Paediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care & Congenital Heart Surgery |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Separate WG: Hamburg LOC Treatment options for the Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome – end of the road or new horizons? Chairs: Gil Wernovsky, USA & Nora Lang, Germany Should the Norwood procedure be abandoned in the Neonate? – Gil Wernovsky, USA |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Joint WG: Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure and Transplantation & Cardiac Imaging & Task force on clinical drug trials Home Monitoring for PH and HF Chairs: Estelle Naumburg, Sweden & Maurice Beghetti, Switzerland Remote pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in children with heart failure including Fontan – Damien Bonnet, France |
20:00 | JUNIOR MEMBERS PARTY NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION |
Hall 2
09:00 – 11:00 | |
11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 13:00 | Joint WG: Cardiovascular Morphology & Cardiac Imaging & Adult Congenital Heart Disease Functionally Univentricular Hearts and Borderline Ventricles Chairs: Inga Voges, Germany & Lucile Houyel, France Nomenclature and classification of functionally univentricular hearts – Matthias Sigler, Germany |
13:00 – 14:30 | INDUSTRY SESSION |
14:30 – 16:00 | Joint WG: Interventional Cardiology & Paediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care ECMO and interventions Chairs: Nik Haas, Germany & Gianfranco Butera, Italy Percutaneous ECMO –technique, indications and contraindications – TBA |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Joint WG: Cardiac Imaging & Fetal Cardiology & Interventional Cardiology What’s New for Tetralogy of Fallot. A Journey Through Each Stage of Life Chairs: Almudena Ortiz, Spain & Nathaniel Barber, Australia Foetal diagnosis and red flags that you should not miss – Laura Vazquez, UK |
20:00 | JUNIOR MEMBERS PARTY NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION |
Hall 3
09:00 – 11:00 | |
11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 13:00 | Separate WG: Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology Is There a Place for EP Testing in CHD Patient Before Intervention/Surgery: In Whom, When and How ? Chairs: Joachim Hebe, Germany & Joachim Photiadis, Germany Tetralogy of Fallot – Katja Zeppenfield, The Netherlands Ebstein anomaly – John Triedman, USA Pre-Fontan physiology – Thomas Kriebel, Germany through the eyes of a surgeon – Mark Hazekamp, The Netherlands |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Separate WG:Cardiac Imaging Unbalanced AVSD: How to Ameliorate Risk Stratification Chairs: Tara Bharucha, UK & Carolyn Altman, USA Unbalanced AVSD: Definition and risk assessment – Meryl Cohen, USA 3D echo assessemnt of uAVSD – Owen Miller, UK Intra-operative assessement of uAVSD – Craig Fleishman, USA Follow up of uAVSD undergoing biventricular repair – Giovanni Di Salvo, Italy |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Joint WG: Cardiac Imaging & Congenital Heart Surgery & Interventional Cardiology Imaging and Management of Lymphatic Disorders in Congenital Heart Disease Chairs: Nora Lang, Germany & Vibeke Hjortal, Denmark Where are we in Europe with lymphatic interventions for CHD? – Colin McMahon, Ireland How best to image patients with lymphatic disorders with CHD – Inga Voges, Germany Potential registry and algorithm for management of lymphatic disorders in Europe – Sanam Saifi, Denmark Lymphatic interventional procedures should be offered at every centre v. specialist centres – Petru Liuba, Sweden |
20:00 | JUNIOR MEMBERS PARTY NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION |
Hall 4
09:00 – 11:00 | |
11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 13:00 | Joint WG: Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure and Transplantation & Adult Congenital Heart Disease Heart Failure and Fontan Circulation Chairs: Jaspal Dua, UK & Alexander van de Bruaene, Belgium Burden of Fontan Circulation and Failing Fontan Phenotypes – Milind Chaudhari, UK Transcatheter Interventions for Fontan Failure – Massimo Chessa, Italy Cardiac Transplantation for failing Fontan: A realistic option? – David Crossland, UK Mechanical support strategies for Fontan Failure – Where are we at present? – Magalie Ladouceur, Switzerland |
13:00 – 14:30 | Separate WG: Genetics, Basic Science and Myocardial Disease Precision Medicine: An emerging subspeciality in the management of rare cardiac diseases Chairs: Georgia Sarquella Brugada, Spain & Anwar Baban, Italy Novel therapeutic approaches in cardiomyopathies: what can we learn from adult cohorts? – Juan Pablo Kaski, UK Personalized approach in Channelopathies: Genetic Profiling and Risk Stratification – Georgia Sarquella Brugada, Spain Update on MEK inhibition in RASopathic cardiomyopathy – Cordula Wolf, Germany From multisystemic diseases to potentially missed cardiac diseases – Anwar Baban, Italy Emerging Biomarkers for Early Detection of Cardiomyopathies. – Diala Khraiche, France |
14:30 – 16:00 | JSPCCS-AEPC Joint session Comprehensive Genetics in Pediatric Cardiology Chairs: Sergio Laranjo, Portugal & Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Japan Genetic background and recent proposed diagnostic criteria for mitochondrial cardiomyopathy – Atsuhito Takeda, Japan Understanding the ethnic differences of genetic backgrounds in cardiomyopathies and inherited arrhythmias to prevent sudden cardiac death – Seiko Ohno, Japan Genetics of syndromic congenital heart disease – Anwar Baban, Italy Second-hits in severe phenotypes in inherited cardiac diseases – Georgia Sarquella-Brugada, Spain |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Separate WG: Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology Concerns in Management of Channelopathies Chairs: Arthur Wilde, The Netherlands & Mitchell Cohen, USA Malignant LQT syndrome in neonates: how to treat – Nico Blom, The Netherlands Brugada syndrome in pre-pubertal age: really at risk? – Cecilia Gonzalez, Canada CPVT in adolescents: any role for ICD? – Christian Van der Werf, The Netherlands Short QT syndrome: what to do? – Andrea Mazzanti, Italy |
20:00 | JUNIOR MEMBERS PARTY NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION |
Hall 5
09:00 – 11:00 | |
11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 13:00 | Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Complex Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) Chairs: Eva Sames-Dolzer, Austria & Hitendu Dave, Switzerland Embryology and Morphology of Complex Transposition of the Great Arteries: Decoding the Anatomy – Andrew Cook, UK Innovations in Prenatal Diagnosis of Complex Transposition: The Role of Fetal Echocardiography and Genetic Testing – Trisha Vigneswaran, UK Postoperative Outcomes and Long-Term Management in Complex TGA: Cardiovascular and Neurodevelopmental Perspectives – Michael Hübler, Germany Surgical Strategies for Complex Transposition of the Great Arteries: From Arterial Switch to Double-Switch Procedures – Pedro Del Nido, USA |
13:00 – 14:30 | Separate WG: Junior Council Basic Knowledge in Pediatric Cardiology Chairs: Guilherme Lourenço, Portugal & Sara Moscatelli, UK Keep calm and find your approach to the scary ECG – Andrea Bueno Gomez, Spain How to check and program a PM and ICD in emegerncy situations – Cristina Raimondo, Italy Neonatal and fetal arrhythmias in practice: No ear, just follow the lines – Silvia Garibaldi, Italy What happens in the EP lab: real life cases – Andrea Greco, Spain |
14:30 – 16:00 | Separate WG: Cardiovascular Morphology Hands on Morphology of Functional Univentricular Hearts Chairs: Annalisa Angelini, Italy & Bjarke Jensen, The Netherlands Tutors: Robert Anderson, UK Lucile Houyel, France Monique Jongbloed, The Netherlands Matthias Sigler, Germany Roelof-Jan Oostra, The Netherlands |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Abstract Sessions Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure and Transplantation WG |
20:00 | JUNIOR MEMBERS PARTY NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION |
Hall 6
09:00 – 11:00 | |
11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 13:00 | Abstract Sessions Congenital Heart Surgery WG |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Abstract Sessions Sports Cardiology, Physical Activity and Prevention WG |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Flash Talks Session |
20:00 | JUNIOR MEMBERS PARTY NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION |
Hall 7
09:00 – 11:00 | |
11:00 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 13:00 | Nursing & Neurodevelopment Abstract Sessions |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Abstract Sessions Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology WG |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Separate WG: Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Heartfelt Nutrition: Optimizing Care for Children and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Chairs: Amanda Potterton, UK & Lynda Shaughnessy, UK Impact of nutrition on neurodevelopmental outcomes in youth with CHD – Johanna Calderon, France NEC: to feed or not to feed? – Adam James, Ireland Challenges and barriers to optimizing nutrition in children with CHD – Brittany Rothman, UK Nutritional management in ICU care – Lyvonne Tume, UK |
20:00 | JUNIOR MEMBERS PARTY NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION |
Friday / 30 May 2025
Hall 1
09:00 – 10:30 | Abstract Sessions Cardiac imaging WG |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:30 | Hausdorf Lecture Chairs: Thomas Krasemann, The Netherlands & Sir Shakeel Qureshi, UK Hybrid is philosophy – Dietmar Schranz, Germany |
11:30 – 13:00 | Joint WG: Cardiac Imaging & Congenital Heart Surgery Artificial intelligence, Virtual Reality and Cardiac Modeling Chairs: Gerald Greil, USA & Caner Salih, USA Deep learning in CMR imaging: New perspectives – Vivek Muthurangu, UK Deep learning in echocardiography: Where are we standing? – Luc Mertens, Canada Cardiac Modeling to plan surgical procedures – Marie Schafstedde, Germany Virtual reality: A surgeons view – Daniel Zimpfer, Austria |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Separate WG: Cardiac Imaging New Technologies for Advanced Echocardiographic Ventricular Function Evaluation in Children Chairs: Craig Fleishman, USA & Kai Thorsten Laser, Germany How to increase accuracy and reproducibility of ventricular function evaluation by echo: 2D, 3D, strain – Piers Barker, USA 3D and artificial intelligence for automatic assessment of the ventricles – Diala Khraiche, France Diastolic function in neonates, infants and children: What is feasible and What is not – Massimiliano Cantinotti, Italy Echo vs MRI: how to Interpret different data – Carolyn Altman, USA |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Separate WG: Cardiac Imaging Understanding CCTGA and How to Route Your Patient Through Life Chairs: Owen Miller, UK & Francesca Raimondi, Italy CCTGA explained and stratified – Matthias Sigler, Germany The Ebstenoid valve: echo and CMR evaluation of valve composition and function – Inga Voges, Germany Serial CMR, ready for clinical guidance of the double switch? – Rebecca Beroukhim, USA The imaging perspective of the adult cardiologist: what can we learn for today’s patients? – Alexander van de Bruaene, Belgium |
20:00 | ANNUAL MEETING DINNER |
Hall 2
09:00 – 10:30 | Abstract Sessions Interventional Cardiology WG |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:30 | |
11:30 – 13:00 | Congenital Vascular Rings and Slings – Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances Chairs: Mark Hazekamp, the Netherlands & Daniel Biermann, Germany Embryology and Anatomy of Congenital Vascular Rings and Slings: A Comprehensive Overview – Monique Jongbloed, The Netherlands |
13:00 – 14:30 | INDUSTRY SESSION |
14:30 – 16:00 | Surgical Innovations in the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease Chairs: Boulos Asfour, Germany & Luc Mertens, Canada Minimally Invasive Approaches in Congenital Heart Surgery: Advancing Techniques and Outcomes – Vladimiro Vida, Italy |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Joint WG: Interventional Cardiology & Cardiac Imaging Better interventions with Less Radiation – Now and in the Future Chairs: Peter Ewert, Germany & Gianfranco Butera, Italy Planning of complex interventions in the modern era – do we still need angios? –Mari Nieves Velasco Forte, UK |
20:00 | ANNUAL MEETING DINNER |
Hall 3
09:00 – 10:30 | Abstract Sessions Fetal Cardiology WG |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:30 | |
11:30 – 13:00 | Joint WG: Genetics, Basic Science and Myocardial Disease & Congenital Heart Surgery & Cardiac Imaging Joint Session on Updated Guidelines: Aorta Chairs: Laura Muino-Mosquera, Belgium & Ruth Heying, Belgium What’s new in aorta guidelines? – Laura Muino-Mosquera, Belgium |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Joint WG: Fetal Cardiology & Congenital Heart Surgery & Interventional Cardiology Prematurity and Congenital Heart Disease: What’s Known and Why it’s Important? Chairs: Sophie Duignan, Ireland & Hitendu Dave, Switzerland Balancing the risks and benefits of early delivery in CHD – Anna Seale, UK |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Separate WG: Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology ECG Quiz Juha-Matti Happonen, Finland & Joachim Hebe, Germany & Fabrizio Drago, Italy |
20:00 | ANNUAL MEETING DINNER |
Hall 4
09:00 – 10:30 | Abstract Sessions Genetics, Basic Science and Myocardial Disease WG |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:30 | |
11:30 – 13:00 | Joint WG: Paediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care & Adult Congenital Heart Disease Challenges in intensive Care in ACHD Chairs: Paolo Ferrero, Italy & Nicole Sekarski, Switzerland Pro: Adults with CHD need to be treated in a pediatric CICU – Joan Sanchez de Toledo, Spain |
13:00 – 14:30 | Separate WG: Interventional Cardiolog Juniors Meet Seniors Chairs: Thomas Krasemann, The Netherlands & Enrico Piccinelli, Italy |
14:30 – 16:00 | Separate WG: Cardiovascular Morphology Meet the Morphologist Chairs: Matthias Sigler, Germany & Nikola Topuzov, Poland Comments and explantations following a case presentation – Robert Anderson, UK |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Joint Session with Canadian Society Joint session Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association (CPCA) – AEPC Chairs: Luc Mertens, Canada & Nico Blom, the Netherlands Panelists: Luc Mertens, Canada & Christopher Haller, Canada & Michael Hübler, Germany State of the art lecture: Management decisions in borderline left ventricle – Christopher Haller, Canada Case presentations: Borderline Left ventricle by Junior Members Case 1 Critical Aortic Stenosis – Karel Koubský, Czech Republic |
20:00 | ANNUAL MEETING DINNER |
Hall 5
09:00 – 10:30 | Flash Talks Session |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:30 | |
11:30 – 13:00 | Young Investigator Award Session |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Joint WG: Sports Cardiology, Physical Activity and Prevention & Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology Common and Challenging Arrhythmias in Children in the Sports Setting – Joint Insights From the Electrophysiologist and the Sports Cardiologist Chairs: Fabrizio Drago, Italy & Guido Pieles, UK Short QT syndrome – Maria Miszczak-Knecht, Poland & Cecilia Gonzalez, Canada Brugada Syndrome – Georgia Sarquella Brugada, Spain & Roman Gebauer, Germany WPW/ AET/ JET – Fabrizio Drago, Italy & Ugo Giordano, Italy VT in Cardiomyopathies – Thomas Kriebel, Germany & Guido Pieles, UK |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Abstract Sessions Cardiovascular Morphology WG |
20:00 | ANNUAL MEETING DINNER |
Hall 6
09:00 – 10:30 | Flash Talks Session |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:30 | |
11:30 – 13:00 | Separate WG: Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure and Transplantation Ethical and Challenging Issues in Heart Failure and Transplant Care Chairs: Colin McMahon, Ireland & Thomas Moller, Norway What criteria should we use to decline listing for cardiac transplantation? – Hakan Wåhlander, Sweden Where are we in paediatric heart failure when it comes to ARNi, SGLT2i and ivabradine? – Joe Rossano, USA When should we stop VAD/MCS support? – Hannes Sallmon, Germany Is listing with high antibody status realistic in current era? – Zdenka Reinhardt, UK |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Joint WG: Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure and Transplantation & Paediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care AI in the ICU – A tool to Guide Treatment of Critical Cardiovascular Conditions Chairs: Nicole Sekarski, Switzerland & Georg Hansmann, Germany Clinical Decision-Support Systems for Detection of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Sepsis, and Septic Shock in Critically Ill Patients – Thomas Jack, Germany heart failure and cardiac arrest – can AI predict this lethal combination? – Ricardo Munoz, USA Beyond Conventional Hemodynamic Monitoring-Monitoring to Improve Our Understanding of Disease Process and Interventions – Mjaye Mazwi, USA Digital twins are the future of cardiac ICU care? Pro and Con – Christian Schroder, Germany Digital twins are the future of cardiac ICU care? Pro and Con – Michael Kim, USA |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Abstract Sessions Adult Congenital Heart Disease WG |
20:00 | ANNUAL MEETING DINNER |
Hall 7
09:00 – 10:30 | Joint WG: Neurodevelopment and Psycho-Social Care & Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure and Transplantation & Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Eligibility and Timing for Heart or Heart-Lung Transplantation: Navigating Complexities in the Heart Transplantation Journey Chairs: Adam James, Ireland & Julie Wacker, Switzerland Organisation of heart transplantation in Europe – Colin McMahon, Ireland Heart transplantation in children with comorbidity: how do we decide – Hakan Wåhlander, Sweden Preparing patients and families for heart transplantation & Bridge to transplant from a psychosocial point of view – TBA The patient/parent perspectives – Mattias Van Heetvelde, Belgium |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 11:30 | |
11:30 – 13:00 | Joint WG: Nursing and Allied Health Professionals & Neurodevelopment and Psycho-Social Care Health Disparities Encountered by Patients with CHD Chairs: Eva Goossens, Belgium & Edward Callus, Italy Challenges faced when providing CHD care in a multicultural context – Katya De Groote, Belgium Does environment impact the health of patients with CHD? – Regina Bökenkamp, The Netherlands Money Matters: Addressing Financial Inequities in Congenital Heart Disease Care – Amy Verstappen, USA Interactive audience panel discussion – Edward Callus, Italy |
13:00 – 14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
14:30 – 16:00 | Separate WG: Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Florence Nightingale Lecture We’ve come a long way but… ’Bringing visibility to the invisibility of heart disease in children and young people’ – Jo Wray, UK |
16:00 – 16:30 | BREAK |
16:30 – 18:00 | Flash Talks Session |
20:00 | ANNUAL MEETING DINNER |
Saturday / 31 May 2025
Hall 1
09:00 – 10:30 | Separate WG: Hamburg LOC “Presidents Session”: Fontan Failure and Therapeutic Options Chairs: Daniel Zimpfer, Austria & Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Germany Ventricle failure vs. subpulmonary failure – Marc Gewillig, Belgium Advanced heart failure management and listing for HTX – Zdenka Reinhardt, UK Bridging to listing: New assist strategies – Francois Roubertie, France The Fontan Mini-Pump: Aspects for the future – Michael Hübler, Germany |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | Joint WG: Cardiac Imaging & Congenital Heart Surgery How to Manage Uncertainty in Decision-Making of CHD Chairs: Hitendu Dave, Switzerland & Massimiliano Cantinotti, Italy Pitfalls, heuristics and biases in decision-making & AI support – Colin McMahon, Ireland Optimal timing and imaging indications for treatment of subaortic stenosis – Tal Geva, USA When to operate on VSD with and without aortic cusp prolapse – Yiu-fai Cheung, Hong Kong When are surgeries too high risk? – ethical decisions on high risk surgeries – Jeffrey Jacobs, USA |
12:30 – 13:30 | KEYNOTE LECTURE & AWARD & CLOSING Speaker: Meryl Cohen, USA |
Hall 2
09:00 – 10:30 | Joint WG: Cardiovascular Morphology & Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology & Fetal Cardiology Heterotaxy – A Spectrum of Challenges Chairs: Monique Jongbloed, The Netherlands & Agnieszka Grzyb, Poland Development of laterality – Sigolène Meilhac, France Morphology of cardiac laterality defects – Robert Anderson, UK Heart rhythm and conduction abnormalities in heterotaxy – Jan Till, UK Extracardiac abnormalities in heterotaxy – Adam Kolesnik, Poland |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | Separate WG: Cardiac Imaging Imaging Debate: Ideal Assessment of a Patient with Complex CHD Chairs: Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel, Switzerland & Heynric Grotenhuis, The Netherlands Echocardiography is enough for heterotaxy and complex CHD: con – Owen Miller, UK Echocardiography is enough for heterotaxy and complex CHD: pro – Ulrike Herberg, Germany 3D printing and virtual reality for surgical decision making: pro – Gerald Greil, USA 3D printing and virtual reality for surgical decision making: con – Francesca Raimondi, Italy |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Hall 3
09:00 – 10:30 | Joint WG: Cardiac Imaging & American Society of Echocardiography Advance 3D and 4D Echocardiography of Valve Defects in Children Chairs: Carolyn Altman, USA & Massimiliano Cantinotti, Italy 3D echo assessment of pediatric TV defects – Pei-Ni Jone, USA 3D echo assessment of pediatric MV defects – John Simpson, UK Interventional echo guidance for valve therapy (PVR, TAVR, etc) – Craig Fleishman, USA Fusion imaging the evaluation of VA valve defects – Israel Valverde, Canada |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | Failures and Successes in the Cathlab Chairs: Shakeel Qureshi, UK & Thomas Krasemann, The Netherlands |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Hall 4
09:00 – 10:30 | Separate WG: Adult Congenital Heart Disease Adult Patients with Complex Congenital Heart Disease: Learning by Cases Chairs: Pierpaolo Bassareo, Ireland & Paolo Ferrero, Italy Adult patient with Pulmonary hypertension and ongoing left to right shunt. Shall we repair? – Giulia Guglielmi, UK Adult and elderly patient with Ebstein anomaly. When repair is still an option? – Irene Ferrari, Germany Advanced heart failure in complex CHD: Is this a good substrate for heart transplant? – Jolanda Sabatino, Italy Improving outcomes for transplantation in failing Fontan – Barbara Cardoso, UK |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | Separate WG: Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Electrophysiology Arrhythmic Nightmares Chairs: Fabrizio Drago, Italy & Ferran Roses-Noguer, Spain Device – Roman Gebauer, Germany EP LAB – Ulrich Krause, Germany ICU – Massimo Stefano Silvetti, Italy Outpatient Clinic – Laszlo Kornyei, Hungary |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Hall 5
09:00 – 10:30 | Separate WG: Education Committee Entrustable Professional Activities- Do We Need a Structural Training? Pro – Con Chairs: Dimpna Albert-Brotons, Saudi Arabia & Ornella Milanesi, Italy EPAs – practical impact – Merja Kallio, Finland Constructive feed-back – how does it improve training? – Enrico Piccinelli, Italy Structural training – PRO – Skaiste Sendzikaite, Lithuania Structural training – CON – TBA (Shakeel Qureshi, UK) |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | Separate WG: Sports Cardiology, Physical Activity and Prevention The Paediatric Athletes in the Spotlight – Introducing the First Ever EAPC/AEPC and the FIFA Paediatric Cardiac Screening Recommendations Chairs: Guido Pieles, UK & Elena Cavarretta, Italy The FIFA medical programme on athlete cardiac safety and well being –TBA (Christian Schmied, Switzerland) Introducing the FIFA U17 cardiac screening recommendations – Guido Pieles, UK Paediatric sports cardiology – a much needed specialty requiring its own guidelines ? – Peter Fritsch, Austria Introducing the EAPC/AEPC paediatric athlete cardiac screening recommendations – Elena Cavarretta, Italy |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Hall 6
09:00 – 10:30 | Abstract Sessions General Cardiology & Education WG |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | Separate WG: Paediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Hot Topics in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: State of the Art Chairs: Joan Sanchez de Toledo, Spain & Nicole Sekarski, Switzerland AI in the Intensive Care Unit: state of the art – Ricardo Munoz, USA Benchmarking and Transparency – Andrew Taylor, UK Place of new anticoagulants in ICU – Oliver Karam, USA Nutrition in the ICU: to feed ot not to feed – Ségolène Bernheim, France |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Hall 7
09:00 – 10:30 | Abstract Sessions Paediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care WG |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | Joint WG: Nursing and Allied Health Professionals & Adult Congenital Heart Disease Bridging the Gap: Transitional Programs for CHD Patients with Neurodevelopmental Challenges Chairs: Alexander van de Bruaene, Belgium & Eva Goossens, Belgium Developing personalized transition plans addressing cardiac and neurodevelopmental needs – Wendy Devals, Belgium Common neurodevelopmental challenges faced by CHD patients in the transition to adulthood – Jaspal Dua, UK Addressing neurodevelopmental and educational challenges in adolescents with complex CHD – Beatrice Latal, Switzerland Future directions and research opportunities in the field – Eva Goossens, Belgium |
12:30 – 13:30 |