Endorsed by the EULAR, SCMR & EACVI

                                     

 

CardioRheumatology Course, This program was in August 2023, The program of 2025 will be published in Spring 2025

 

08:00 – 08:30

Registration

     
 

08:30

Welcome

 

R. Nijveldt, Nijmegen (NL) – M. Nurmohamed, Amsterdam (NL)

     
 

08:40
10:30

SESSION 1: Cardiovascular and autoimmune disease

 

M. Nurmohamed, Amsterdam (NL) – S. Mavrogeni, Athens (GR)

     
 

08:40

Inflammation and Cardiovascular disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis

   

M. Nurmohamed, Amsterdam (NL)

 

09:20

Cardiovascular disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematodes

   

S. van Leuven, Nijmegen (NL)

 

09:45

Cardiovascular disease in Systemic Vasculitis

   

T. Dimitroulas, Thessaloniki (GR)

 

10:15 – 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

     
 

10:45
12:25

SESSION 2: Markers of cardiovascular inflammation

 

R. Nijveldt, Nijmegen (NL) – A. Pepe, Pisa (IT)

     
 

10:45

Cardiovascular Risk Management in Rheumatic patients

   

C. Popa, Nijmegen (NL)

 

11:10

Advanced echocardiography for inflammatory heart disease

   

N. Ajmone, Leiden (NL)

 

11:35

The role of CMR in inflammatory cardiovascular disease

   

V. Puntmann, Frankfurt (DE)

 

12:00

From exclusive biomarker to multimodality assessment

   

M. Buch, Manchester (UK)

     
 

12:25 – 13:15

LUNCH

     
 

13:15
14:30

SESSION 3: Extent and progression in cardiovascular involvement

 

C. Bucciarelli-Ducci, Bristol (UK) – R. Nijveldt, Nijmegen (NL)

     
 

13:15

The role of the innate immune system in atherosclerosis

   

N. Riksen, Nijmegen (NL)

 

13:40

Importance of early detection and treatment of inflammation in autoimmune diseases

   

P. van Riel, Nijmegen (NL)

 

14:05

PET/CT detection of disease extent and progression

   

A Gimelli, Pisa (IT)

     
 

14:30 – 14:45

TEA BREAK

     
 

14:45
16:10

SESSION 4: Cardiac prognosis in autoimmune disease

 

N. Ntusi, Cape Town (South Africa) 

     
 

14:45

Amyloid and recurrent pericarditis in autoimmune disease

   

H. Lachmann (UK)

 

15:05

Antiphospholipid syndrome in autoimmune disease

   

C. Bratis, Manchester (UK)

 

15:25

Pulmonary hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis

   

M. Vonk, Nijmegen (NL)

 

15:45

The influence of multimodality imaging on treatment

   

S. Mavrogeni, Athens (GR)

     
 

16:10 – 16:30

SOFT DRINK BREAK

     
 

16:30
17:50

SESSION 5: Multimodality assessment in clinical practice

 

L. Gargani, Pisa (IT)– A. Gimelli, Pisa (IT)

     
 

16:30

Subclinical myocardial inflammation in Systemic Sclerosis

   

N. Ntusi, Cape Town (South Africa)

 

16:50

Cardiovascular involvement in Ankylosing Spondylitis

   

S. Biesbroek, Amsterdam (NL)

 

17:10

Cardiovascular assessment in Rheumatic disease

   

L. Robbers, Amsterdam (NL)

 

17:30

Myocardial side effects of anti-rheumatic drugs

   

S. El Messaoudi, Nijmegen (NL)

 

17:50

Closing remarks

 

R. Nijveldt, Nijmegen (NL) – S. Mavrogeni, Athens (GR)

Sponsors of the CardioRheumatology Course