From November 6 to 7, 2025, IHU Liryc, in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway) and Sick Kids (Toronto, Canada), is organizing its 1st 2-day interactive symposium highlighting the latest innovations in pediatric cardiovascular ultrasound.

Program

Thursday, November 6

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, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio (Sevilla)

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)

12:45 // LUNCH BREAK 

  • KEYNOTE – Myocardial elastography with natural and induced shear waves in pediatric echocardiography – current state of the art 👤 Olivier Villemain, 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 high frame rate 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)

FACULTY DINNER 


Friday, November 7

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 👤 Christopher 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)
  • Functional Ultrasound (fUS) – ready to go in clinical practice? 👤 Charlie Demene, 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)
  • Shear wave elastography for newborn brain 👤 Mathieu Pernot, Physics for Medicine (Paris)
  • Cardiac and cerebral MRI in neonates: should we systematically combine both? 👤 Israel Valverde, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio (Sevilla)
  • Transcranial ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy 👤 Charlie Demene, Physics for Medicine (Paris)

Organizing Committee

Practical Information

Where ?

IHU Liryc

Avenue du Haut-Lévêque

33600 Pessac

FRANCE

Contacts

Séverine MARTIN

Training Project Manager

at IHU Liryc