Du 6 au 7 novembre 2025, à l’IHU Liryc, en collaboration avec la Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norvège) et Sick Kids (Toronto, Canada), organise son 1er symposium interactif de 2 jours mettant à l’honneur les dernières innovations en matière  d’imagerie ultrasonore cardiovasculaire pédiatrique.

Au programme

Jeudi 6 novembre 2025

8:00 am – COFFEE START

8:15 am – WELCOMING

  • KEYNOTE -Towards multidimensional imaging, integrating anatomy and physiology in CHD
    👤 Luc Mertens, The Hospital for Sick Kids (Toronto)
  • 3D echocardiography and integration of hemodynamics. Can we predict hemodynamic results of valve repair?
    👤 Nina Hakacova, Lunds Universitet
  • 3D Echocardiography for guiding interventional valve procedures in CHD
    👤 Xavier Iriart, Bordeaux University Hospital
  • Fusion imaging and its role in surgical decision making. The multimodality future
    👤 Israel Valverde, The Hospital for Sick Kids (Toronto)

20 minutes discussion

Break (15 minutes)

  • KEYNOTE Novel insights into cardiac structure and cardiac development
    👤 Lucille Houyel, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades (Paris)
  • Spatial resolution in echocardiography: can we still improve it?
    👤 Mathieu Pernot, Physics for Medicine (Paris)
  • Myocardial structure assessment – can shear wave ultrasound assess stiffness and fiber orientation?
    👤 Annette Caenen, Ghent University
  • 3D ultrafast ultrasound imaging – the future for neonatal cardiac anatomy assessment
    👤 Clement Papadacci, Physics for Medicine (Paris)

    20 minutes discussion
    Break (15 minutes)

12:45 // LUNCH BREAK

  • KEYNOTE – Myocardial elastography with natural and induced shear waves in pediatric echocardiography – current state of the art
    👤 Olivier Villemain, IHU Liryc / Bordeaux University Hospital
  • Stiffness assessment in single ventricles; the new frontier?
    👤 Thomas Salaets, UZ Leuven
  • Myocardial work assessment in pediatric heart disease based on stiffness-strain analysis. the next frontier?
    👤 Maelys Venet, IHU Liryc / Bordeaux University Hospital
  • The relationship between tissue and flow properties in the fetal heart
    👤 Solveig Fadnes, NTNU (Trondheim)

    20 minutes discussion
    Break (15 minutes)
  • KEYNOTE – Blood Speckle Tracking in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease- what does it add?  
    👤 Siri Ann Nyrnes, NTNU / St. Olavs University Hospital (Trondheim)
  • Intraventricular Pressure Difference by Blood Speckle Tracking- can we assess diastolic suction?
    👤 Kristian Sorensen, NTNU (Trondheim)
  • Coronary perfusion quantification by ultrasound imaging: do we have to use microbubbles in pediatrics?
    👤 Hendrik Vos, Erasmus MC (Rotterdam)
  • Myocardial blood volume assessment in pediatric heart disease- what does it add?
    👤 Minh B. Nguyen, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)

    20 minutes discussion
    Break (15 minutes)
  • KEYNOTE – Speckle tracking in Pediatrics: limits and technical challenges
    👤 Jan d’Hooge, University of Leuven
  • RV remodeling in tetralogy of Fallot- influence of dyssynchrony and ventricular interactions
    👤 Mark Friedberg, The Hospital for Sick Kids (Toronto)
  • Atrial strain for assessing diastolic function in pediatric heart disease
    👤 Minh B. Nguyen, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
  • Artificial intelligence how can it advance pediatric echocardiography
    👤 Lasse Lovstakken, NTNU (Trondheim)

    20 minutes discussion

FACULTY DINNER


Vendredi 7 novembre 2025

8:00 am – COFFEE START

8:15 am – WELCOMING

  • KEYNOTE – Regulation of Brain Perfusion in Children with CHD
    👤 Kenneth Brady, University of Illinois (Chicago)
  • Neuromonitoring (for children with congenital heart disease) – A Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI) With Clinical Impact
    👤 Joppe Nijman, UMC Utrecht
  • Brain perfusion in newborns – impact of  patent ductus arteriosus on the brain
    👤 Elise Langouet, IHU Liryc / Bordeaux University Hospital
  • Neonatal cardiac surgeries and brain perfusion
    👤 Christoph Haller, The Hospital for Sick Kids (Toronto)

    Break (20 minutes)
  • NeoDoppler – how and why
    👤 Siri Ann Nyrnes, NTNU / St. Olavs University Hospital (Trondheim)
  • 2D Ultrafast Doppler: quantification and arteries-veins discrimination
    👤 Nikan Fakhari, The Hospital for Sick Kids (Toronto)
  • Three-dimensional functional ultrasound imaging of the preterm and term neonatal brain with a clinically compliant ultrafast scanner and micro-motorized probe for fUS imaging
    👤 Charlie Déméné, Physics for Medicine (Paris)
  • Brain perfusion monitoring: do we need new equipment?
    👤 Jérôme Baranger, Physics for Medicine (Paris)

12:30 // LUNCH BREAK

  • Heart and brain: developmental link
    👤 Luc Mertens, The Hospital for Sick Kids (Toronto)
  • Dissecting brain to heart interconnection in anxiety
    👤 Anna Beyeler, Neurocentre Magendie (Bordeaux)
  • Neuroimaging combining functional ultrasound (fUS) and high density diffuse optical tomography (HD-DOT) for whole brain connectivity imaging in the neonate
    👤 Charlie Déméné, Physics for Medicine (Paris)

Comité d’organisation

Informations pratiques

Où ?

IHU Liryc

Avenue du Haut-Lévêque

33600 Pessac

FRANCE

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