4th European Course on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Congenital Heart Defects

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has become a routine diagnostic imaging modality in paediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease. It is non-invasive, does not use ionising radiation and shows very good reproducibility of measurements. Therefore, it is now an integral part of the clinical follow up of congenital heart disease patients. Besides anatomical imaging as well as assessment of blood flow, myocardial perfusion and myocardial tissue characteristics, CMR is increasingly used for prognostication assessment and can hereby help in clinical decision making.

Advanced imaging with CMR can only be successful in the context of a close interdisciplinary collaboration between radiologists, paediatric cardiologists, adult congenital heart disease specialists, cardiologists and MR physicists. Working closely together, CMR can be optimally used for the benefit of the patients.

This hybrid course. It is dedicated to improve the knowledge of CMR imaging in paediatric and congenital heart disease with it’s increasing complexity. The programme includes a mixture of theoretical and practical parts including scanning and CMR analysis sessions for those who will attend the course in person. For those participants who will join the virtual sessions, we will ensure that the course lectures will include practical pearls.

It is our intention to contribute to the interdisciplinary education in CMR in congenital heart disease and hope that this course will be of help to those who wish to practice in this specialised and emerging area.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in person or virtually.

Inga Voges, Sylvia Krupichova, Kuberas Pushparajah, Dominik Daniel Gabbert