At this pre-event, the Danish Cardiovascular Academy and the organisers of NCCT 2025 will be hosting a meeting focusing on Cardiac computed tomography (CT) with a special focus on coronary plaque analysis and CT-guided coronary intervention.  

The speakers will be:  

• Damini Dey, Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 
• Carlos Collet, Interventional Cardiologist, Aalst, Belgium  
• Tobias Kühl, MD, PhD, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark 

The meeting will be hosted by Kristian Hay Kragholm, Associate Professor, Aalborg University Hospital, Department of Clinical Medicine and Laust Dupont Rasmussen, Postdoc, MD, Aalborg University Hospital.  

After the meeting we invite you to a dinner with a view and a great opportunity to broaden your network. Other young investigators and international speakers attending the 8th Nordic Symposium on Cardiac CT will be part of the informal dinner arrangement. 

The Danish Cardiovascular Academy covers the costs of the meeting and the dinner. 

Programme

You can view the programme here

Who can attend?

PhD students and postdoctoral fellows attending the 8th Nordic Symposium on Cardiac CT (18th-19th September, 2025) 

Allocation of seats

Participants are selected on a first come, first served basis; however you are not guaranteed a seat at the event if you do not meet the target group requirements. Priority is given to early career researchers (PhD-students and Postdocs) employed at Danish research and healthcare institutions or in life science industry. A number of seats may be reserved for participants from abroad. If the event is overbooked, DCAcademy reserves the right to select participants based on the defined requirements.

Participation cost 

The event is free of charge. 

The DCAcademy offers accommodation for participants from Zealand. There is a limited number of rooms available, and they are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Accommodation is in shared rooms. If you are from Zealand and want accommodation, please contact Lise Klarholt, Danish Cardiovascular Academy at lk@biomed.au.dk.  

Organisers

Laust Dupont Rasmussen, MD, Postdoc, Aalborg University Hospital
Kristian Hay Kragholm, Associate Professor, Aalborg University Hospital

Haven't registered for the 8th Nordic Symposium on Cardiac CT yet?

Register for the main event on the 18-19 September 2025 here.

ECTS points

Apply to your Graduate School by providing Certificate of Attendance (available upon request) and the course programme. 

No-show fee

Please note that the DCAcademy will charge a no-show fee of 500 DKK if you do not show up and have not unregistered prior to start.