AEPC webinars
AEPC - Heart beats for education
Teaching webinars on paediatric/congenital cardiology & cardiac surgery in collaboration with ERN GUARD-Heart
The AEPC, in collaboration with ERN GUARD-Heart, has initiated a series of teaching webinars on paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery topics, serving towards preparation for the AEPC exam. The sessions will cover topics summarised in the “AEPC Recommendations for Training in Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology" (CITY, 2020).
These webinars, planned through the Educational Committee and junior member representatives, will take place on a biweekly basis on Wednesdays between 17:00-18.30 CET, starting on 7 December 2022.
The format of the webinars will generally consist of a case presentation, followed by 2 lectures, and will allow sufficient time for Q&A and interaction with the speakers.
Registration is now open for our September sessions!
Registration is open to AEPC members & non-members. Upon registration you may select those webinars you want to attend.
RARE CARDIOMYOPATHIES IN CHILDREN
13 September 2023 17:00-18:30CEST
- Hosted by ERN GUARD-Heart -
Moderator: Georgia Sarquella, Brugada (Barcelona, Spain)
- Cordula Wolf (Munich, Germany)
- Giuseppe Limongelli (Naples, Italy)
FONTAN
27 September 2023 17:00-18:30CEST
Moderators: Jack Rychik (United States), Ornella Milanesi (Padova, Italy) & Domenico Sirico (Padova, Italy)
- Case report - Alessia Callegari (Switzerland)
- Fontan pathophysiology - Marc Gewillig (Leuven, Belgium)
- Fontan failure - Alexander Van de Bruaene (Leuven, Belgium)
AEPC - Heart beats for education - Recordings
Access to the recordings of previous sessions is available only to AEPC members through the AEPC members' area.
#1 ARRHYTHMIA
7 December 2022 17:00-18:30
Moderators: Roman Gebauer (Leipzig, Germany) & Guilherme Pedro Carvalho Lourenço (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Clinical case of a wide QRS tachycardia - Guilherme Pedro Carvalho Lourenço (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Wide QRS tachycardia: always ventricular? When & why - Nico Blom (Leiden, the Netherlands)
- ECG examples - from infants to teenagers - Juha-Matti Happonen (Helsinki, Finland)
#2 COARCTATION
21 December 2022 17:00-18:30
Moderators: AEPC Interventional working group Chair Regina Boekenkamp (Leiden, Netherlands) & AEPC Junior Councillor Enrico Piccinelli (Rome, Italy)
- Case report - Sigitas Cesna (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- Coarctation and presentation - Skaistė Sendžikaitė (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- Treatment: intervention and surgery - Shakeel Qureshi (London, United Kingdom)
#3 MIS-C / KAWASAKI
11 January 2023 17:00-18:30
Moderators: Ornella Milanesi (Padova, Italy) & Skaistė Sendžikaitė (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- Case report: A 9 year old boy with Appendicitis? André Jacob (Munich, Germany)
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Recognition and treatment - Michael Carter (London, United Kingdom)
- MIS-C versus KD: Similarities and differences - Jane Newburger (Boston, United States)
#4 FETAL CARDIOLOGY I
25 January 2023 17:00-18:30
Moderators: Olli Pitkanen (Helsinki, Finland) & Sophie Duignan (Dublin, Ireland)
- Fetal cardiology from the perspective of a maternal fetal medicine expert - Monique Haak (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- Full fetal echocardiography exam - what paediatric cardiologist should know? Joanna Dangel (Warsaw, Poland)
- Case: Normal or abnormal - details are important - Agnieszka Grzyb (Warsaw, Poland)
#5 DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE (DORV)
8 February 2023 17:00-18:30
Moderators: Ornella Milanesi (Padova, Italy), Thushara Rodrigo (United Kingdom)
- Anatomy of DORV, according to the position of the VSD - Adam Kolesnik (Warsaw, Poland)
- Clinical presentation of DORV - Biagio Castaldi (Padova, Italy)
- Surgical approach - René Prêtre (Lausanne, Switzerland)
#6 TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES (TGA)
22 February 2023 17:00-18:30
Moderators: Ruth Heying (Leuven, Belgium) & Andrea Bueno (Barcelona, Spain)
- Anatomy of TGA and associated malformations - Steve Sanders (Boston, United States)
- Clinical presentation and neonatal management - Michal Jičínský (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Surgical treatment - Bart Meyns (Leuven, Belgium)
#7 FETAL CARDIOLOGY II
8 March 2023, 17:00-18:30CET
Moderators: Olli Pitkänen-Argillander (Helsinki, Finland) & Agnieszka Grzyb (Warsaw, Poland)
- Case: Fetal arrythmia quiz - Alexander Kovacevic (Heidelberg, Germany)
- Fetal arrhythmia - How to diagnose and treat - Joanna Dangel (Warsaw, Poland)
- Fetal echocardiography in congenital cardiac defects - What is important for perinatal management? Gurleen Sharland (London, United Kingdom)
#8 CONGENITALLY CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES (ccTGA)
22 March 2023, 17:00-18:30CET
Moderators: Ornella Milanesi (Padova, Italy) & Sara Moscatelli (London, United Kingdom)
- Anatomy of ccTGA - Stephen Sanders (Boston, United States)
- Case presentation - Jolanda Sabatino (Padova, Italy)
- Surgical repair of ccTGA - Viktor Hraška (Milwaukee, United States) / Massimo Padalino (Padova, Italy)
#9 PAEDIATRIC HEART FAILURE
5 April 2023, 17:00-18:30CEST
Moderators: Colin McMahon (Dublin, Ireland) & Giorgia Grutter (Rome, Italy)
- Pathophysiology of heart failure: Which is the appropriate medical therapy based on the heart failure etiology? Dimpna C. Albert-Brotons (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Barcelona, Spain)
- Case presentation: A child with heart failure; how to diagnose and treat? Roger Esmel (Barcelona, Spain)
- Advanced heart failure management: What can we do when medical treatment fails? Rachele Adorisio (Rome, Italy)
#10 INTENSIVE CARE
19 April 2023, 17:00-18:30CEST
Moderators: Joan Sanchez de Toledo (Barcelona, Spain) & Quentin Jordens (Leuven, Belgium)
- Case presentation - Aarti Bavare (Houston, TX, United States)
- Future of cardiac ICU - Paul Checchia (Houston, TX, United States)
- Imaging on ICU - Meryl Cohen (Philadelphia, PA, United States)
#11 EBSTEIN
3 May 2023, 17:00-18:30CEST
Moderators: Nico Blom (Leiden, Netherlands) & Anastasia Fotaki (London, United Kingdom)
- Case report - Václav Chaloupecký jr. (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Clinical presentation Ebstein anomaly - Prof. Václav Chaloupecký (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Surgical treatment options - Rudolf Poruban (Prague, Czech Republic)
#12 MANAGING YOUR OWN CAREER
17 May 2023, 17:00-18:30CEST
Kathryn Bishop, Associate Fellow at Said Business School, University of Oxford
There is no such thing as a standard path to career success. You have your own definition of what success means to you, and you have to find your own route. Kathryn Bishop will talk about 9 different ideas to help you - and give you the chance to explore one of them yourself in a simple exercise. Something to take away and use as you manage your own career.
#13 FONTAN CIRCULATION & HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME (HLHS)
31 May 2023, 17:00-18:30CEST
Moderators: Sylvia Krupickova (London, United Kingdom) & Inga Voges (Kiel, Germany)
- Case report - Tarique Hussain (Dallas, TX, United States)
- Pulmonary vascular disease and the Fontan circulation - Anselm Uebing (Kiel, Germany)
- CMR for single ventricle palliation - Gerald Greil (Dallas, TX, United States)
#14 TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (TOF)
14 June 2023, 17:00-18:30CEST
Moderator: Muhammad Najih (Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom)
- Tetralogy of Fallot: Integrated patient care pathway - Dr Tara Bharucha (AEPC Councillor, Lead Paediatric Cardiologist, University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom)
Mr Nicola Viola (Lead Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom)
Dr Lindsay Smith (Lead Adult Congenital Cardiologist, University Hospital Southampton, United Kingdom)
#15 HEART UNIVERSITY - SHUNT LESIONS AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION - WHEN TO INTERVENE?
28 June 2023, 17:00-18:30CEST
Moderators: Dr. Karen Stout (Seattle, United States) & Dr. Werner Budts (Leuven, Belgium)
- Illustrative case presentation - Dr. Alexander Van De Bruaene (Leuven, Belgium)
- Interventional discussion panel - Dr. Yonatan Buber (Seattle, United States) & Dr. Ee Ling Heng (London, United Kingdom)