AEPC webinars

AEPC webinars

AEPC - Heart beats for education

Teaching webinars on paediatric/congenital cardiology & cardiac surgery in collaboration with ERN GUARD-Heart

AEPC, in collaboration with ERN GUARD-Heart, 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).

Our webinars, scheduled and planned through the Educational Committee and junior member representatives, take place on Wednesdays, every other week from 17:00 to 18.30 CET. 

The webinars will generally consist of a case presentation, followed by 2 lectures, and allow sufficient time for Q&A and interaction with the speakers.

In December 2024, the first cycle of webinars covering the paediatric cardiology curriculum, was completed,  Recordings of all 41 webinars are available to AEPC members through the members' area.

Registration is now open for our April/May sessions

From January 2025 we started a new cycle of AEPC Heart beats for education - Different topics will be added to the mix, providing interesting sessions for all.

Registration is open to both AEPC members & non-members. Upon registration you may select those webinars you want to attend. 

DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE (DORV)

30 April 2025 17:00-18:30 CEST

Moderators: Agnieszka Grzyb (Warsaw, Poland) & Adam Koleśnik (Warsaw, Poland)

• Case presentation - José Luis López Guillén (Toronto, Canada)
• Morphology of DORV - Adrian Crucean (Birmingham, UK)
• DORV imaging - Meryl S. Cohen (Philadelphia, United States)
• Panel discussion, Q&A

THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND ITS ABNORMALITIES IN CHD

14 May 2025 17:00-18:30 CEST

Moderators: György Róth (Budapest, Hungary) & Adam Koleśnik (Warsaw, Poland)

• Case report - Christoph Bauer (Linz, Austria)
• Spectrum of lymphatic disorders in congenital heart disease - Chris Smith (Philadelphia, United States)
• Imaging of lymphatic disorders Adam Koleśnik (Warsaw, Poland)
• Lymphatic interventions Yoav Dori (Philadelphia, United States)
• Discussion

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) 

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: 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)

RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE ACROSS THE AGE SPECTRUM: FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTS

11 October 2023 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Jaspal Dua (Manchester, United Kingdom), S. Ramakrishnan (New Delhi, India) & Lisa Bianco (London, United Kingdom)

• Case Report: A mitral valve mass in a patient with eosinophilia - Lamk Kadiyani (Senior Resident of Pediatric Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India)
• Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease - Prof. S Ramakrishnan (Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India)
• Rheumatic valve disease: Surgical aspects - Prof. V Devagouru (Professor of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, India)

ANOMALIES OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES IN THE PAEDIATRIC AGE

25 October 2023 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Ornella Milanesi (Padova, Italy) & Skaistė Sendžikaitė (Vilnius, Lithuania)

• Case presentation & classification - Jolanda Sabatino (Padova, Italy)
• Imaging - Biagio Castaldi (Padova, Italy)
• Surgical repair - Massimo Padalino (Padova, Italy) 

ICU - Cardiopulmonary interactions

8 November 2023 17:00-18:30CET

Moderators: Nicole Sekarski (Lausanne, Switzerland) & Damien Schaffner (Lausanne, Switzerland)

• Case presentations - Damien Schaffner (Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Early extubation post cardiac surgery – move that ventilator? Joan Sanchez de Toledo (Barcelona, Spain)
• Hemodymamic effects in the respiratory system: from physiology to clinical applications - Dimpna Calila Albert (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Barcelona, Spain)

Is this patient allowed to play his/her sports?

22 November 2023 17:00-18:30CET

- Hosted by ERN GUARD-Heart -

Moderators: Prof. dr. A.A.M. Wilde (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) & Ingmar Knobbe (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

• Dr. H.T. Jorstad (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
• Prof. G. Claessen (Hasselt, Belgium)

FETAL CARDIOLOGY III

6 December 2023 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Olli Pitkänen-Argillander (Helsinki, Finland) & Andreas Tulzer (Linz, Austria)

• Case presentation - Ellen Vanhie (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
• Normal 4 chamber view - Annika Öhman (Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Basic VSD, normal flows and changes in VSD, consequences - Sally-Ann Clur (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

TREATING THE WHOLE CHILD

10 January 2024 17:00-18:30CET

Moderators: Edward Callus (San Donato, Italy) & Enrico Piccinelli (Rome, Italy)

• Optimising brain development in congenital heart disease - Frank Casey (Belfast, United Kingdom)
• Caring for teenagers with CHD - Katya de Groote (Ghent, Belgium)

THE BEST TREATMENT FOR LONG QT SYNDROME

24 January 2024 17:00-18:30CET

- Hosted by ERN GUARD-Heart -

Moderators: Peter J Schwartz (Milan, Italy) & Christian van der Werf (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

• Dr. Veronica Dusi (Turin, Italy) 
• Dr. Christian van der Werf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

CHALLENGES IN PAEDIATRIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION

7 February 2024 17:00-18:30CET

Moderators: Zdenka Reinhardt (UK) & Håkan Wåhlander (Sweden)

• Case presentation - Dr Milind Chaudhari, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK
• EBV infection - Prof Andrew Gennery, Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• PTLD - Dr Simon Bomken, Newcastle University, UK
• Acute rejection - Prof Shriprasad R Deshpande, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University

HOME-MONITORING AND CARDIAC DEVICES (ILR/PM/ICD)

21 February 2024 17:00-18:30CET

Moderators: Maria Miszczak-Knecht (Warsaw, Poland) & Guilherme Lourenço (Lisbon, Portugal)

• Home monitoring alert: a clinical case - Tomasz Książczyk (Warsaw, Poland)
• ILR home-monitoring: indications and diagnostic yield - Massimo Stefano Silvetti (Rome, Italy)
• PM/ICD: the importance of being home-monitored - Ferran Roses Noguer (Barcelona, Spain)

AORTIC VALVE

6 March 2024 17:00-18:30CET

Moderators: Massimiliano Cantinotti (Pisa, Italy) & Ewa Smereczyńska-Wierzbicka (Warsaw, Poland)

• Case report - Sigitas Cesna (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• Personalised aortic valve surgical planning: from bench to bedside - Justin Tretter (Cleveland, OH, United States)
• Multimodality or single modaility imaging of aortic valve function and indications for intervention? Francesca Raimondi (Florence, Italy)

TOWARDS PRECISION PEDIATRICS: ADVANCEMENTS IN DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING PEDIATRIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

20 March 2024 17:00-18:30CET

- In collaboration with ERN-LUNG -

Moderators: Rolf M.F. Berger (Groningen, the Netherlands), Damien Bonnet (Paris, France) & Maurice Beghetti (Geneva, Switzerland)

• The importance of accurate diagnosing and phenotyping children with pulmonary hypertension - Julie Wacker (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Case presentation - Do we need invasive hemodynamics to not only diagnose but also monitor children with PAH during follow up? Julien Grynblat (Paris, France)
• Individual tailoring of treatment strategies in children with PAH - Menno Douwes (Groningen, the Netherlands)

BASIC HAEMODYNAMICS

3 April 2024 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Ornella Milanesi & Domenico Sirico (Padova, Italy)

• Case presentation - Ronel Talker (London, UK)

• Theoretical background - Nikolaus Haas (Munich, Germany)

    A - Pressures

    B - Saturations

    C - Flow and shunts

    D - Resistance

• Case management - Ronel Talker (London, UK)
• Discussion

ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT (ASVD)

17 April 2024 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Beatrice Bonello, Michella Carr, Jan Marek & Dan Geer (London, UK)

• Case presentation - Dan Geer (London, UK)
• Unbalanced AVSDs - Michelle Carr (London, UK)
• View from the surgeon, what is important? Branco Mimic (London, UK)
• Discussion

VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT (VSD)

22 May 2024 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Ornella Milanesi & Domenico Sirico (Padova, Italy)

• Case presentation - Katia Librandi (London, UK)
• Morphology of the ventricular septal defect - Regina Boekenkamp (Leiden, Netherlands)
• VSD percutaneous closure - Thomas Krasemann (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

RINGS AND SLINGS

5 June 2024 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Massimiliano Cantinotti (Pisa, Italy) & Inga Voges (Kiel, Germany)

• Case presentation - Almudena Ortiz (Malaga, Spain)
• Embryology - Steve Sanders (Boston, United States)
• Imaging assessment of rings and slings - Francesca Raimondi (Bergamo, Italy)

PULMONARY ATRESIA INTACT VENTRICULAR SEPTUM (PA/IVS) 

19 June 2024 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Inga Voges (Kiel, Germany) & Enrico Piccinelli (Rome, Italy)

• Embryology and morphology of PA/IVS - Agnieszka Grzyb (Warsaw, Poland)
• Multimodality imaging in PA/IVS - Skaiste Sendžikaite (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• Interventional option in PA/IVS and the fate of ASD at follow-up - Domenico Sirico (Padova, Italy)
• Rhythm disturbances in PA/IVS - Guilherme Lourenço (Lisbon, Portugal) 

(PRE)PARTICIPATION SCREENING IN PEDIATRIC ATHLETES

11 September 2024 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Guido Pieles (Doha, Qatar) & Graham Stuart (Bristol, United Kingdom)

• Case report + discussion - Melina Winkler (Graz, Austria)
  T-Wave inversion in a 16 year old hockey athlete - return or not to return to sport?
• Case report + discussion - Jan Müller (Munich, Germany)
  Competitive sport with an univentricular heart – which road to follow?
• Concluding remarks

THE INFECTED HEART: MYOCARDITIS AND ENDOCARDITIS

25 September 2024 17:00-18:30CEST 

Moderators: Walter Knirsch (Zurich, Switzerland) & Sara Moscatelli (London, United Kingdom)

• Case presentation: Think of the heart in infection - Roger Esmel-Vilomara (Barcelona, Spain)
• Myocarditis – diagnosis and treatment - Franziska Seidel (Berlin, Germany)
• Endocarditis in CHD - Ruth Heying (Leuven, Belgium)
• Discussion

GENETICS AND CHD

9 October 2024 17:00-18:30CEST

Moderators: Anwar Baban (Rome, Italy), Georgia Sarquella-Brugada (Barcelona, Spain) & Ivana Cerović (Belgrade, Serbia)

• Case presentation - Sara Moscatelli (London, United Kingdom)
• Genetics of isolated CHD - Georgia Sarquella Brugada (Barcelona, Spain)
• CHD in syndromic contexts - Anwar Baban (Rome, Italy)
• Discussion

ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT (ASD)

23 October 2024 17:00-18:30CEST 

Moderators: Hitendu Dave (Zurich, Switzerland) & Enrico Piccinelli (Rome, Italy)

• Case presentation - Saïd Bichali (Lille, France)
• Morphology of the atrial septal defect - Karen P. McCarthy (London, United Kingdom)
• ASD percutaneous vs surgical closure - Petra Loureiro (Lisbon, Portugal) [cath] & Alessandro Varica (Milan, Italy) [surgery]

BASICS ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

6 November 2024 17:00-18:30 CET

Moderators: Roman Gebauer (Leipzig, Germany) & Cristina Raimondo (Rome, Italy)

• Introduction to Electrophysiology lab: learning about the traces and basic manoeuvres - Andrea Greco (Barcelona, Spain)
• AVNRT - EP case - Andrea Bueno (Barcelona, Spain)
• Accessory pathway - EP case - Joachim Hebe (Bremen, Germany)

VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT (VSD)

20 November 2024 17:00-18:30 CET 

Moderators: Skaistė Sendžikaitė (Vilnius, Lithuania) & Thomas Salaets (Leuven, Belgium)

• Case presentation - Dominykas Budrys (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• Imaging of the ventricular septal defect - Leo Lopez (Palo Alto, CA, United States)
• Morphology of the ventricular septal defect - Adrian Crucean (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS COMMUNIS (TAC)

4 December 2024 17:00-18:30 CET

Moderators: Ina Michel-Behnke  (Vienna, Austria) & Sara Moscatelli (London, United Kingdom)

• Case presentation - Lisa Bianco (London, United Kingdom)
• Surgery for TAC - Peter Murin (Vienna, Austria)
• Transition of the TAC-patient from fetus to neonate including early treatment on ICU - Lila Seidl-Mlczoch (Vienna, Austria)

ANOMALIES OF THE AV VALVES

18 December 2024 17:00-18:30 CET

Moderators: Colin McMahon (Dublin, Ireland) & Inga Voges (Kiel, Germany)

• Case presentation - Almudena Ortiz Garrido (Malaga, Spain)
• Echo assessment of AV valve anomalies - Massimiliano Cantinotti (Pisa, Italy)
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of AV valve anomalies - Inga Voges (Kiel, Germany)

Series 2

BASICS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MORPHOLOGY

8 January 2025 17:00-18:30 CET

Moderator: Matthias Sigler (Münster, Germany)

• Cardiac development relative to sequential segmental analysis - Bob Anderson (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)
• Demonstration of the normal heart - Nikola Topuzov (Warsaw, Poland)
• The system of segmental sequential analysis - Lucile Houyel (Paris, France)
• Nomenclature and classification of CHD - Matthias Sigler (Münster, Germany)

TRANSITION FROM PAEDIATRIC TO ADULT CARE

22 January 2025 17:00-18:30 CET

Moderators:  Prof. Ewa-Lena Bratt (Gothenburg, Sweden) & Ms. Amanda Potterton (London, UK)

• Welcome and introduction
• What is Transition, incl 2 case studies – Lynda Shaughnessy (London, UK)
• Transition – What is needed and what is known – Markus Saarijarvi (Uppsala, Sweden)
• Discussion

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND HOW CAN WE DEVELOP AS A LEADER?

5 February 2025 17:00-18:30 CET

Moderators: Ruth Heying (Leuven, Belgium), Katarina Hanseus (Lund, Sweden), Ornella Milanesi (Padova, Italy) & Andrea Greco (Barcelona, Spain)

• Kathryn Bishop (Oxford, United Kingdom)

The story of the search for the perfect leadership ingredients and a useful model for your own and your team’s leadership development. 

Cardiac resynchronization therapy in children and patients with congenital heart disease

19 February 2025 17:00-18:30 CET

*Hosted by ERN GUARD-Heart*

Moderators: Robin Bertels (Leiden, Netherlands) & Guilherme Lourenço (Lisbon, Portugal)

Rationale, indications, technical issues and results

• Update on CRT in paediatric/congenital heart disease - Jan Janoušek (Prague, Czech Republic)
• How to approach the echocardiographic analysis of dyssynchrony? Jennifer Fumanelli (Prague, Czech Republic)
• Case reports - Terézia Tavačová (Prague, Czech Republic)