Balkan Congress | Bulgaria

ESOR COURSE ON

Cardiac Imaging
8 October 2026
Varna

Your host & venue

Prof. Radu Baz

President  Romanian Society of Radiology and Medical Imaging (SRIMR)

VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED

465 Paseo de la Reforma Avenue
Cuauhtémoc
06500
Mexico City

Co-Organisers

Prof. Ursula Reiter
University Hospital of Graz

Prof. Ursula Reiter
University Hospital of Graz

more information & programme coming soon

What to expect

Our Visiting Professorship Programme brings education and career-building networks all over the world. Check out the overview to find out when we will visit you! 

Accreditation

Applications will be made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of this event.

We work with impartiality and transparency. Find the steering committee disclosure forms here →

learning objectives

  • To learn about the advantages and limitations of modern imaging techniques for abdominal disease including CT and MR

  • To solve frequent clinical problems in abdominal radiology by using various imaging modalities

  • To give advice for image interpretation and reporting of various abdominal imaging studies

  • To provide a differential diagnosis for common and less common pathologic conditions of the abdomen

programme
coming soon

Programme

all times local
08:00 – 08:45Registration
08:45 – 09:05Welcome & Introduction

 

Acute Chest pain – session 1
François Pontana, Lille/FR

09:05 – 09:25

Precision Lecture: Cardiac CT in acute settings: acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary embolism, acute aortic syndromes and protocol selection

09:25 – 09:35

Warm-up Case

 

Ischemic Heart Disease – session 1
Federica Catapano, Milan/IT

09:35 – 09:55

Precision Lecture: Coronary CT: stenosis grading, plaque characterisation and structured reporting

09:55 – 10:05

Warm-up Case

 

Cardiomyopathies – session 1
Marco Francone, Rome/IT

10:05 – 10:25

Precision Lecture: Hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathies: phenotype and tissue characterisation

10:25 – 10:35

Warm-up Case

10:35 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00Workshops
13:00 – 14:00Lunch Break

 

Acute Chest pain – session 2
Federica Catapano, Milan/IT

14:00 – 14:20

Advanced Integration Lecture: MINOCA, inconclusive CT and escalation pathways

14:20 – 14:30

Warm-up Case

 

Ischemic Heart Disease – session 2
Marco Francone, Rome/IT

14:30 – 14:50

Advanced Integration Lecture: Functional assessment: CMR perfusion, viability imaging and FFR-CT

14:50 – 15:00

Warm-up Case

 

Cardiomyopathies – session 2
François Pontana, Lille/FR

15:00 – 15:20

Advanced Integration Lecture: Dilated and arrhythmic phenotypes, overlap syndromes and risk stratification

15:20 – 15:30

Warm-up Case

15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
15:50 – 18:00

Workshops

18:00 – 18:15Wrap-Up & End Ceremony

Fees

The registration fee includes only the Visiting Professorship course.

Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation arrangements themselves.

Early Bird Prices until July 31,

RON 650 for primary care physicians/specialists- SRIM members

RON 450 for resident physicians/physicists- SRIM members

RON 1100 for primary care physicians/specialists-NON members

RON 700 for resident physicians/physicists- NON members

Fees

Early bird (till 10 August)

Late fee (after 10 August)

ESOR Course for BAR* member
70 Euro
95 Euro
ESOR Course for BAR* non-member
80 Euro
105 Euro
ESOR Course for Resident in training
65 Euro
90 Euro
ESOR Course for Medical student
50 Euro
70 Euro
Combined ESOR School and congress fee for BAR member
160 Euro
215 Euro
Combined ESOR School and congress fee for BAR non-member
195 Euro
240 Euro
Combined ESOR School and congress fee for resident in training
110 Euro
160 Euro
Combined ESOR School and congress fee for medical student
55 Euro
105 Euro
* BAR – Bulgarian Association of Radiology
  

All prices may be subject to VAT according to local regulations. Please review the prices at registration.

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