Welcome
On behalf of the BCIS Programmes Group, I would like to invite you to Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention 2012 which will be held at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel from Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th January 2012.
Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention 2012 will be a 3 day meeting with live and taped educational cases being shown throughout the programme. Live cases this year will be transmitted from King’s College Hospital, London, hosted by Dr Phil MacCarthy and colleagues. We will be receiving keynote lectures from Dr Jean Fajadet, President of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Dr Laura Mauri of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA. Professor Sir Roger Boyle will also be giving a special lecture reflecting on his time as National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke.
Contemporary issues will be discussed throughout the meeting with themed plenary sessions, including an overview of whether we have met the challenge to deliver primary angioplasty as the dominant reperfusion therapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. We will also be reflecting on whether we meet national guidance for non-STEMI acute coronary syndrome patients. There will be commentary on current clinical and translational research, new technologies and there will be plenty of opportunity to pick up tips and tricks through the angio review and other sessions.
This year we are holding a joint session with the British Society for Heart Failure and welcome Professor Theresa McDonagh (Chairman, BSH) and colleagues.
There are special sessions for the non-medical catheter laboratory professionals, a session dedicated to new trials as well as the now established Young Investigator Award competition. This year the main meeting will close at Friday lunchtime, but on Friday afternoon we have arranged a special supplementary session entitled “Everything I ought to know but was too embarrassed to ask”. It is aimed at all trainees and fellows with an interest in interventional cardiology as well as all catheter laboratory professionals, but the content will be of interest to many working consultants as well.
ACI provides you with much needed time to update your knowledge and skills as well as social and professional networking. Please note the dates in your diary.
We are grateful as always to the immense support from the British Cardiac Industry Association. This is not just financial but through a shared philosophical commitment to provide better care for patients and to improve clinical outcomes.
We look forward to seeing you in January.
Mark de Belder
BCIS President