The departments of Pediatric Heart Surgery, Perfusion, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Intensive Care, of Ghent University Hospital, Leuven University Hospital, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital and Saint-Luc University Hospital would like to invite you to the first Belgian Congenital Cardiac Surgical symposium. This year's focus is on innovation and collaboration in pediatric cardiac surgery, with presentations and case reviews on various topics of the Fontan Circulation.
Target audience
Doctors, perfusionists and nurses
Programme
Welcome and introduction
- 08:00 | Registration
- 08:45 | Words of welcome
Prof. Dr. Frank Vermassen, managing director, Ghent University Hospital - 08:50 | Introduction
Pedro Facon, Deputy CEO, RIZIV-INAMI
Part 1: Pre-operative
Moderators: Prof. Dr. Kristof Vandekerckhove and Prof. Dr. Laura Muiño Mosquera, Ghent University Hospital
- 09:00 | Keynote: Univentricular pathology
Prof. Dr. Katya De Groote, Ghent University Hospital - 09:20 | Case review
Dr. Thomas Salaets, Leuven University Hospital
Dr. Sophie Groignet, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Part 2: Peri-operative
Moderators: Prof. Dr. Meletios Kanakis, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center Athens, and Korneel Vandewiele, Ghent University Hospital
- 09:50 | State of the art: perioperative surgical management in fontan surgery
Dr. Joeri Van Puyvelde, Leuven University Hospital - 10:10 | Cardiolpulmonary bypass: primetime
Prof. Dr. Filip De Somer, Ghent University Hospital
Achieving hemostasis in the Norwood procedure
Dr. Carla Van Gompel, Ghent University Hospital
10:40 | Coffee break
Part 3: Post-operative
Moderators: Dr. Lars Desmet, Leuven University Hospital, and Dr. Jef Willems, Ghent University Hospital
- 11:10 | Optimising outcomes after single ventricle palliative surgery
Dr. Aparna Hoskote, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London - 11:30 | When the going gets tough… the difficult postoperative fontan patiënt
Prof. Dr. Ariane Willems, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Thierry Detaille, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc
Conclusion
- 12:00 | Wrap-up
Prof. Dr. Laura Muiño Mosquera, Ghent University Hospital - 12:15 | Lunch
Practical information
- Fee: Early bird (until 01.02.25): 50 euros, from 01.02.25: 75 euros
- Registration: Register via the button on this page before February 14 2025. Your registration is only complete after paying the fee on account number BE29 0016 4482 5764 with the message CR/INT/014 and your first and last name. If you have to cancel before 01.02.25, we can refund the entry fee.
- Accreditation: Has been requested for doctors. For perfusionists this symposium counts for 4 EBCP points.
