4th European Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Course in Congenital Heart Disease
15th-16th October 2026
Quincke Research Centre,
Rosalind-Franklin Street, Medical Campus Kiel,
24105 Kiel, Germany
In-person and Online
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Focus on Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
This course will cover the range of common congenital cardiac lesions and acquired heart disease in children and adults.
About the course
Overview
Following the success of the European Congenital CMR course in Kiel, Germany in 2023, and London in 2024 &2025, we are delighted to announce a fourth hybrid course(in-person and online) in 2026.
This course will be delivered by an experienced and dynamic international faculty of expert imaging cardiologists and radiologists in paediatric and adult congenital heart disease.
Who should attend
It is dedicated to both trainees and experienced clinicians who would like to improve their knowledge of CMR imaging in paediatric and adult congenital heart disease including acquired heart disease and complex conditions.
The course builds up from basics with a clinical focus, and would also be helpful for those who are just keen to understand what CMR can offer.
Course delivery
The programme includes a mixture of theoretical and practical parts including scanning and CMR analysis
There is also an online interactive quiz for all
Completion of the course will be awarded CME points
Course Programme
Day 1
09:00 Why do CMR? Imaging patients with CHD from neonates to adults: practical considerations
09:30 Physics - Basic principles
10:00 Shunt lesions
10:30 Quiz
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Basic imaging tools for 2D anatomy and function
11:30 From 2D flow to 4D flow – Physics and clinical use
12:00 MR angiography and 3D whole heart imaging
12:30 Congenital valve diseases
13.00 Lunch
14:00 Pre-Fontan evaluation
14:30 Fontan evaluation – cardiac MRI
15:00 CcTGA
15:30 What should be in a CMR report
16:00. Hands on reporting : Live demo
17:00 END and drinks reception
Day 2
08:00 How to scan: Live scanning demo (with coffee)
09:00 Ebstein’s anomaly
09:30Transposition of the great arteries post repair - after arterial switch and atrial switch
10:00 Tetralogy of Fallot
10:30 Quiz
10.40 Coffee break
11:00 Cardiac tumours and masses
11:30 Myocarditis in children
12:00 Cardiomyopathy in children
12:30 Myocardial Stress Perfusion in CHD and Kawasaki Disease
13.00 Lunch
14:00 Devices: what and how to scan
14:30 Unexpected findings
15:00 When to use CT
15:30 Quiz and wrap up
16:00 Finish
Contact
Please send your application with your full name and contact details to:
Chris Saddington, Course Administrator at
congenitalcmrcourse@gmail.com
Registration Fees
In-person:
€450(non-trainee)
€350(trainee)
Online:
€250(non-trainee)
€210(trainee)
Course Directors
Sylvia Krupickova
Royal Brompton Hospital
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Sydney Street, SW3 6NP, London, UK
Kuberan Pushparajah
Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1 7EH, London, UK
Inga Voges
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology
Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus C, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Faculty
Our faculty consists of a highly qualified and motivated international team who are all experts in their field. They have many years of experience in paediatric/congenital and adult CMR both in a clinical and research capacity.
Sonya Babu- Narayan
Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Hannah Bellsham-Revell
Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Alessandra Frigiola
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Dominik
Gabbert
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
Erik Hedstrom
Lund University and Skåne University Hospital.
Marina Hughes
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, UK
Sylvia Krupickova
Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Colin McMahon
Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Christian Meierhofer
German Heart Centre Munich
Raad Mohiaddin
Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Kristian Mortensen
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Sarah Nordmeyer
Tübingen University Hospital
Eva Nyktari
Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens
Kuberan Pushparajah
Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
King's College London, UK
Francesca Raimondi
Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
Hatim Seoudy
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
Inga Voges
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
Philip Wegner
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
James Wong
Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
King's College London, UK
Directions
Quincke Research Centre,
Rosalind-Franklin Street, Medical Campus Kiel,
24105 Kiel, Germany
