Welcome
On behalf of the Programme Committee, I would like to invite you to Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention 2010 which will be held at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel from Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th January 2010.
Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention 2010 will be a 3 day meeting with live cases being performed on the first day, interspersed by several features including two keynote lectures from our international faculty. Days 2 and 3 will feature themed plenary sessions, angio case review as well as commentary on current clinical and translational reseach. The live cases this year will be transmitted from the Bristol Heart Institute at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, hosted by Andreas Baumbach. We will be reviewing the state of the art with respect to both coronary and structural heart disease interventions and one theme will reflect the current “Stent for Life” initiative promoted by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions. We are inviting three internationally renowned speakers to address the Society.
This year we will be having a joint session with the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging. This reflects the emergence of new imaging techniques that will greatly enhance our ability to target and deliver appropriate treatments to the right patients.
There will be a session dedicated to new major trials and the Young Investigator Award competition will be run for the second time.
The Programme Committee is always challenged to ensure the programme is full and interesting from start to finish, and we hope that our plans for an informative and challenging last session on the Friday afternoon will stimulate you to attend the entire meeting.
As ever, we could not have this meeting without the very generous support from the British Cardiac Industry Association. Although these are challenging times, our industry partners acknowledge that we will only progress through research and education. The symbiotic approach between clinicians, scientists, engineers and our industrial partners will maintain the progress we have made.
We look forward to seeing you in January.
Mark de Belder - BCIS President