Annual Congress of the BWGNICI 2025

14.11.25 - 14.11.25

Friday November 14th, 2025 | 8:00 - 16:00

Imaging the aorta and associated aortic valve pathology

Location: Hotel Van der Valk Hotel Brussels Airport, Culliganlaan 4b, 1831 Diegem

Non-invasive cardiac imaging, the cornerstone of our cardiology practice, is a growing and rapidly evolving field, abundantly communicated through social media.

This fuels many questions relevant to our daily clinical practice such as how to deal with imaging controversies and what imaging innovations could ultimately improve patient care?

This and many more will be covered by an outstanding (inter)national faculty at our Belgian Working Group on Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging annual symposium 2025.

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08h00 – 08h25
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SESSION 1:
Imaging THE AORTA - in sickness and in health
Chairs: L. Herbots (Hasselt), A. Pasquet (Brussels)

08h30 – 08h50
Acute aortic syndromes: key imaging aspects.
M. Strachinaru (Brussels)

08h50 – 09h10
Inflammatory aortic diseases: multimodality imaging essentials.
M. Dweck (Edinburgh, Scotland)

09h10 – 09h30
Aortic dilation – Genetics, pregnancy & screening.
J. De Backer (Ghent)

09h30 – 09h50
Aortic surgery – Technical aspects and importance of imaging.
P. Verbrugghe (Leuven)

09h50 – 10h10
Panel discussion

10h10 – 10h40
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chairs: J. Voigt (UZ Leuven), Nico Van de Veire (Ghent)
2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases
J. Rodriguez Palomares (Barcelona, Spain)

10h40 – 11h10
Coffee break

11h10 – 11h40
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION SESSION:
Chairs: S. Droogmans (UZ Brussels), P. Debonnaire (Bruges)
Novel TAVR devices for aortic regurgitation and/or bicuspid valves
speakers: tbd

11h40 – 12h40
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Chairs: R. Dulgheru (Liège), P. Bertrand (Genk)
Jury Members: International Faculty

12h40 – 13h30
Lunch break

SESSION 2:
Imaging AORTIC VALVE PATHOLOGY
Chairs: F. Timmermans (Ghent), K. Goossens (St-Niklaas)

13h30 – 13h50
Novel BAV nomenclature and surgical aspects of aortic valve repair.
L. De Kerckhove (Brussels)

13h50 – 14h10
Multimodality quantification of aortic regurgitation severity.
C. Van de Heyning (Antwerp)

14h10 – 14h30
Discordant high gradient aortic valve stenosis.
P. Unger (Brussels)

14h30 – 14h50
Refining tresholds for aortic valve interventions: highligts from the 2025 ESC guidelines on VHD
G. Van Camp (Aalst)

14h50 – 15h10
Panel discussion

15h10 – 16h00
TGIF drinks & networking, YIA ceremony.
Chair: R. Dulgheru (Liège)

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