Scientific Program
Program
THURSDAY - SESSION 1
Plenary Opening
Synergy of advanced US, CT and MRI imaging in cervical and intracranial vessel disease
09.00 - 09.05
Opening and introduction
Arjen Schaafsma - Chair
MZH Groningen - Groningen 🇳🇱
09.05 - 09.15
Grading carotid artery stenosis with duplex
Selma Tromp
Leiden University Medical Center - Leiden 🇳🇱
09.15 - 09.25
Use of carotid ultrasound to up-risk and de-risk vascular patients and best medical treatment of carotid artery atherosclerosis
Dirk Droste
Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg - Luxembourg 🇱🇺
09.25 - 09.35
Grading carotid artery stenosis with CTA/MRA
Linda Jacobi-Postma
Maastricht UMC+ - Maastricht 🇳🇱
09.35 - 09.45
Giant Cell Arteritis: The evolving role of ultrasound in a multimodal approach
Sylvie De Raedt
University Hospital - Brussels 🇧🇪
09.45 - 10.00
Duplex in carotid disease - beyond stenosis
Werner Mess
Maastricht UMC+ - Maastricht 🇳🇱
10.00 - 10.20
Final discussion
Arjen Schaafsma - Chair
MZH Groningen - Groningen 🇳🇱
10.20 - 10.50
Morning Coffee Break
Visit of sponsor exhibition
THURSDAY - SESSION 2
Workshops
Basic & Advanced level
10.50 - 12.15
Basic
Workshop 1 - Nerve echography (Duplex)
Nicolas Dubuisson & Juerd Wijntjes
10.50 - 12.15
Advanced
Workshop 2 - PFO testing (TCD)
Dirk Droste & Ellen Boels
12.15 - 13.15
Lunch Break
Visit of sponsor exhibition
THURSDAY - SESSION 3
Workshops
Basic & Advanced level
13.15 - 14.40
Basic
Workshop 3 - Collateral flow (TCD)
Arjen Schaafsma & Pasquale Scoppettuolo
13.15 - 14.40
Advanced
Workshop 4 - Nerve/muscle echography (Duplex)
Roy Beekman & Camiel Verhamme
14.40 - 15.10
Afternoon Coffee Break
Visit of sponsor exhibition
THURSDAY - SESSION 4
Plenary Closing
Evaluating neuromuscular diseases with ultrasound and MRI
15.10 - 15.15
Opening & introduction
Roy Beekman - Chair
Zuyderland Hospital - Heerlen 🇳🇱
15.15 - 15.30
Brachial plexopathy
Camiel Verhamme
Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam 🇳🇱
15.30 - 15.45
Myosonology
Juerd Wijntjes
Radboudumc - Nijmegen 🇳🇱
15.45 - 16.00
MRI for neuromuscular disorders
Stephan Goedee
Brain Center UMC - Utrecht 🇳🇱
16.00 - 16.15
MR Neurography in clinical practice
Darryl Sneag
Hospital for Special Surgery - New York 🇺🇸
16.15 - 16.30
Ultrasound in peripheral neuropathy
Roy Beekman
Zuyderland Hospital - Heerlen 🇳🇱
16.30 - 17.00
Final discussion & Wrap up
Roy Beekman - Chair
Zuyderland Hospital - Heerlen 🇳🇱
17.00
End of conference day 1
FRIDAY - SESSION 1
Plenary Opening
Do we need emboli detection for clinical decision making?
09.00 - 09.05
Opening and introduction
Sylvie De Raedt - Chair
University Hospital - Brussels 🇧🇪
09.05 - 09.15
Automatic emboli detection
Ruud Keunen
HagaZiekenhuis - The Hague 🇳🇱
09.15 - 09.25
Thrombo-embolic versus hemodynamic stroke/TIA
Janja Pretnar
University Medical Centre - Ljubljana 🇸🇮
09.25 - 09.35
Detecting PFO for stroke risk assessment
Selma Tromp
Leiden University Medical Center - Leiden 🇳🇱
09.35 - 09.45
TIA in prosthetic valves: are gaseous emboli symptomatic?
Arjen Schaafsma
MZH Groningen - Groningen 🇳🇱
09.45 - 10.00
Emboli detection and risk for stroke and/or TIA
Hugh Markus
University of Cambridge - Cambridge 🇬🇧
10.00 - 10.20
Final discussion
Sylvie De Raedt - Chair
University Hospital - Brussels 🇧🇪
10.20 - 10.50
Morning Coffee Break
Visit of sponsor exhibition
FRIDAY - SESSION 2
Workshops
Basic & Advanced level
10.50 - 12.15
Basic
Workshop 5 - Carotid artery assessment (Duplex)
Selma Tromp & Pasquale Scoppettuolo
10.50 - 12.15
Advanced
Workshop 6 - Cerebral autoregulation (TCD)
Nathalie Nasr & Janja Pretnar
12.15 - 13.15
Lunch Break
Visit of sponsor exhibition
FRIDAY - SESSION 3
Workshops
Basic & Advanced level
13.15 - 14.40
Basic
Workshop 7 - Intracranial stenosis (TCD) - Basic
Piergiorgio Lochner & Werner Mess
13.15 - 14.40
Advanced
Workshop 8 - Temporal artery assessment (Duplex) - Advanced
Sylvie De Raedt & Ellen Boels
14.40 - 15.10
Afternoon Coffee Break
Visit of sponsor exhibition
FRIDAY - SESSION 4
Plenary Closing
Is there a role for TCD in neuromonitoring on the ICU?
15.10 - 15.15
Opening & introduction
Marcel Aries - Chair
Maastricht UMC+ - Maastricht 🇳🇱
15.15 - 15.30
TCD waveform morphology
Arjen Schaafsma
MZH Groningen - Groningen 🇳🇱
15.30 - 15.45
TCD in brain death
Werner Mess
Maastricht UMC+ - Maastricht 🇳🇱
15.45 - 16.00
DCI in SAH patients
Marcel Aries
Maastricht UMC+ - Maastricht 🇳🇱
16.00 - 16.15
TCD for monitoring ICP
Piergiorgio Lochner
Saarland University Medical Center - Hamburg 🇩🇪
16.15 - 16.30
A comprehensive approach of cerebral autoregulation in the context of cerebrovascular diseases
Nathalie Nasr
Poitiers University Hospital - Potiers 🇫🇷
16.25 - 16.55
Final discussion
Marcel Aries - Chair
Maastricht UMC+ - Maastricht 🇳🇱
16.55 - 17.00
Conference wrap up
Arjen Schaafsma
MZH Groningen - Groningen 🇳🇱
17.00 - 17.30
Closing Drinks