UPDATE COURSE AEPC 2026: “Imaging in Congenital Heart Diseases”
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
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| Tetralogy Of Fallot Chairs: Yiu-Fai Cheung, China & Aphrodite Tzifa, Greece |
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| 08:00 - 08:15 | Diagnosis and Native Anatomy | John Simpson, UK |
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Intraoperative Echocardiography And Early Post-Operative Assessment | Beatrice Bonello, UK |
| 08:30 - 08:45 | How to Assess Tricuspid Valve | Elena Surkova, UK |
| 08:45 - 09:00 | Long Term Follow-Up And Decision Making On Reinterventions | Inga Voges, Germany |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | General Discussion | |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | Coffee Break | |
| Atrio-Ventricular Septal Defect Chairs: Roberta Biffanti, Italy & Maria Clara Escobar-Díaz, Spain |
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| 09:50 - 10:05 | Diagnosis and Native Anatomy | Annemien Van den Bosch, The Netherlands |
| 10:05 - 10:20 | Intraoperative Echocardiography and Early Post-Operative Assessment | Misha Bhat, Sweden |
| 10:20 - 10:35 | Long Term Follow-Up | Gabriele Egidy Assenza, Italy |
| 10:35 - 10:50 | Post-Surgical Left Atrio-Ventricular Valve Diseases, Which Options? | Guido Michielon, Italy |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | General Discussion | |
| Transposition Of Great Arteries Chairs: Elena Reffo, Italy & Monique Jongbloed, The Netherlands |
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| 11:10 - 11:25 | Transposition Of Great Arteries Diagnosis And Presurgical Assessment | Andreea Dragulescu, Canada |
| 11:25 - 11:40 | Anatomy-Based Surgical Decision Making | Ali Dodge-Khatami, Germany |
| 11:40 - 11:55 | Intraoperative assessment | Mark Friedberg, Canada |
| 11:55 - 12:10 | Follow-up after arterial switch – which imaging and when | Sylvia Krupickova, UK |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | General Discussion | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Hands-on Demonstration of CHD Morphology Using Virtual Reality | Tutors: Claudio Capelli, UK & Elena Milano, UK & Andrew Cook, UK & Beatrice Bonelli, UK |
| Aortic Coarctation Chairs: Martina Avesani, Italy & Katarina Hanseus, Sweden |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Diagnostic Workflow in Neonates | Josefa Kristin Paredes, UK |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Imaging in late AoC | Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buchel, Switzerland |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Long Term Follow-Up and Decision Making on Reinterventions | Almudena Ortiz Garrido, Spain |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Arterial Hypertension Management in repaired AoC patients | Lilia Oreto, Italy |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | General Discussion | |