Consider EuroPCR as your platform for expression, with the sole aim of reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease, in keeping with the mission of EAPCI, your Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions.
A course for interventional cardiologists, cardiac and vascular surgeons, valve specialists, nurses & technicians, residents, industry researchers and analysts.

Course directors: Jean Marco - William Wijns - Patrick W. Serruys - Jean Fajadet - Marie-Claude Morice - Pim de Feyter - Bernard de Bruyne - Alec Vahanian - Marc van Sambeek - Eric Eeckhout - Alberto Cremonesi - Horst Sievert - Dierk Scheinert

This conference follows the success of the inaugural conference in 2006. CT studies continue to develop. Cardiac imaging particularly is benefiting from the faster, higher resolution scanning and is rapidly emerging as a major new tool in the investigation of heart disease.
The opportunity to get training in using workstations will be significantly expanded at the upcoming meeting with a number of small group hands-on workshops being conducted over the 3 days.

Fédération Française de Cardiologie, Groupe de Réflexion sur la Recherche Cardiovasculaire, Société Française de Cardiologie.

Les trois sociétés ont choisi cette année de s'unir autour du thème fédérateur de la « mort subite » et de l'importance des défibrillateurs semi-automatiques et automatiques.

Secretariat Scientifique:
Société Française de Cardiologie
Tel: 0033 (0)1.43.22.29.71
Fax: 0033 (0)1 43 22 63 61
E-mail: ElisabethFidon@cardio-sfc.org

Organisation / inscriptions:
AIM France
Tel: 0033 (0)1.40.78.38.00
Fax: 0033 (0)1.40.78.38.10
E-mail: printempsdelacardiologie2008@aimfrance.fr

Live cases, exhibits, case review sessions, a nurse/technologists course, panel discussions and more planned in order to help all endovascular specialists improve their skills and broaden their practice.

Contact:
Phone: 305-279-2263
Fax: 305-279-8221
E-mail: questions@ccmcme.com

Based on the feedback of the participants, the 8th complications meeting will continue with the presentation of selected complication cases by the audience in collaboration with a panel of experts. It also wish to maintain sessions on particular topics of interest that alter with the complication presentations.

Workshop Directors
Dariusz Dudek
Krzysztof Zmudka

Under the patronage of the Working Group on Invasive Cardiology of the Polish Cardiac Society

In cooperation with:
EuroPCR
University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
University of Kentucky at Lexington, USA

The Heart Failure Congress, the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, is dedicated to all professionals interested in the broad spectrum of problems relating to heart failure.

The Mission of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC is "To improve quality of life and longevity, through better prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, including the establishment of networks for its management, education and research."

Contact:
Tel: +33 (0)4 92 94 76 00
Fax: +33 (0)4 92 94 76 01

On behalf of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology & Cardiology Department Alexandria University, It is a great pleasure for me to announce you of the most comprehensive cardiovascular educational event in Alexandria during year 2008.

Chairman: Mohamed Sobhy

This course is specifically designed for all those with expertise in echocardiography who seek advanced training in echocardiography in structural heart interventions. You will learn how to select patients for interventions, guide the interventionalist during the procedure and perform follow-up evaluation.

These include:
* Adult Cardiologists
* Paediatric Cardiologists
* Echocardiographers
* Specialist nurse practitioners

Contact:
Nadine Koebke
Phone: +49-6078-9316877
Fax: +49-6078-9316879

This course is specifically designed for all those with expertise in echocardiography who seek advanced training in echocardiography in structural heart interventions. You will learn how to select patients for interventions, guide the interventionalist during the procedure and perform follow-up evaluation.

These include:
* Adult Cardiologists
* Paediatric Cardiologists
* Echocardiographers
* Specialist nurse practitioners

Contact:
Nadine Koebke
Phone: +49-6078-9316877
Fax: +49-6078-9316879

The International Congress on Complications in Interventional Radiology is a well recognized and respected scientific meeting being held periodically in Austria since the year 2000. First held in Graz, the meeting was moved to a lovely southern lake district of Austria in 2004.

Course Directors:
Klaus A. Hausegger, Klagenfurt, Austria
Scientific Committee:
Herbert Illiasch, Klagenfurt
Jan Namyslowski, Peoria, USA

The MEET Congress remains the European premier multidisciplinary endovascular gathering. Throughout the years it has brought together vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists, aiming at building endovascular synergies.

Course Directors: Seung-Jung Park, MD - Seong-Wook Park, MD - Ki Bae Seung, MD - Seung-Jea Tahk, MD - Martin B. Leon, MD - Gregg W. Stone, MD - Gary S. Mintz, MD

Managing the Aortic Root: A Focused Review of Current Therapies and Controversies.

Course Director:
Stephen Tahta, MD

Contact:
rocky@ihimontana.org

The Congress will provide the opportunity for a comprehensive overview of the latest research developments in cardiovascular medicine, primarily in the areas of molecular biology, coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac surgery.

Contact:
Klimedco@ucla.edu

Deadline Abstract submission: April 15, 2008

The SOLACI Congresses cover all the aspects of the specialty, with an emphasis on the practice of live cases, and on the principal questions based on the outcomes of either the immediate results or the results of the clinical treatment of our patients on a long run. A multidisciplinary interaction among radiologists, diabetologists, valve and center surgeons, neurointerventionists, gynecologists, urologists, clinicians.

Chairman: Efraín Gaxiola

Contact:
Phone: (+54 11) 4953.3578
E-mail: congreso@solaci.org

The focus will be on providing excellent professional development and education about the issues and challenges facing cardiology in today’s ever-changing health environment. With an exciting scientific program and poster sessions, there will be many opportunities to re-visit old friendships and network with colleagues.

Contact:
SAPMEA
Phone: +61 8 8274 6050
E-mail: csanz2008@sapmea.asn.au

The ESC Congress is THE annual event in cardiology in Europe. It offers you the best of science, unmatched opportunities for networking and much more. State of the art facilities are used to present the latest in scientific research to the attending cardiology community.

This two-day symposium is the eighth in a series of annual programs offering a realistic view of controversial topics and advances in valvular surgery, percutaneous valve repair and replacement, atrial fibrillation, drug eluting stents, carotid surgery and coronary artery disease.

A faculty of leaders in the field has been invited to share their knowledge and experiences of complex and controversial cases.

Program Directors: Gregory P. Fontana, MD - Raj Makkar, MD - P.K. Shah, MD - Alfredo Trento, MD - John G. Harold, MD - Gordon L. Fung, MD

Contact: controversies@promedicacme.com

The ESVS and its Annual Meeting have been expanding year on year with increasing number of participants from countries all over the world. The high scientific quality of the papers, which are peer reviewed anonymously by a large expert panel, remains the core of the congress.

Local Organising Committee
Jean-Baptiste Ricco (Chairman), John Wolfe, Henrik Sillesen.

Contact:
Europa Organisation
Tel: 00 33 534 452 645
Fax: 00 33 534 452 646
E-mail: insc-esvs@europa-organisation.com

This multidisciplinary international conference offers the practicing physician, podiatrist, resident, nurse and other allied health professionals a comprehensive overview of the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease and critical limb ischemia (CLI) with emphasis on peripheral vascular disease (PVD), coronary artery disease (CAD), limb salvage, and the diabetic foot and wound care. A multidisciplinary team approach will be utilized to highlight the recent advancements that have been made in the field of cardiovascular medicine and CLI with an emphasis on the high association of PVD and CAD.

The CIRSE Annual Scientific and Postgraduate Educational Meeting has established itself as the premier gathering for all professionals devoted to the field of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology in Europe.

CIRSE 2008 is a unique forum where medical professionals can meet their colleagues from all around the world, and exchange ideas and information in the field of minimally invasive, image guided therapies. The best recent scientific developments and novel research will be presented.

Contact:
E-mail: info@cirse.org

The 9th International Dead Sea Symposium (IDSS) Symposium - CONSENSUS AND CONTROVERSY IN CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS – is on its way. It will take place at the Dan Panorama Convention Center, Tel Aviv, September 22-24, 2008.

VIVA™ 08 has been specifically designed for physicians and allied health professionals interested in the management of patients with vascular disease, including physicians who specialize in, among other areas, interventional cardiology, interventional radiology, vascular medicine, vascular surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and neuroradiology as well as fellows, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants.

Contact:
E-mail: Registration@vivapvd.com

Upon completion of this course, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals will be updated on the latest interventional and endovascular therapies and techniques, including patient selection, adjunctive therapy, devices, techniques, clinical trial results, and clinical outcomes in the following areas:

* Percutaneous Valve Technology
* Defining Complex Cardiac Interventions in 2007 & Beyond
* Tomorrow's Stent Technologies
* Advances in Cardiac Genomics & Cell Therapies
* Carotid & Peripheral Vascular Disease: New Frontiers
* Central Themes in Peripheral Disease: Lifestyle to Limb Salvage
* Thoracic and Aortic Stent Grafts and Peripheral Interventions

Contact:
Phone : +1 267 395 0001
Fax : +1 267 395 0002
E-mail: nyace@totalcme.com

The Acute Cardiac Care Congress is dedicated to all professionals interested in Prehospital Care, Emergency Room Services, Coronary and Intensive Care Units.

Contact:
E-mail: EuroACCsecretariat@escardio.org

Live cases will be demonstrated by world-class interventionalists from leading institutions in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and Asia.

Course Directors: Martin B. Leon, MD - Gregg W. Stone, MD

Course Co-Directors: George D. Dangas, MD, PhD - Roxana Mehran, MD - Gary S. Mintz, MD

Join us in New Orleans for the premier cardiovascular meeting that includes scientific programming in three broad areas of clinical, basic and population science as well as cross-disciplinary translational science.

Now in its fourth decade, VEITHsymposium provides vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, interventional cardiologists and other vascular specialists with a unique and exciting format to learn the most current information about what is new and important in the treatment of vascular disease. The 5-day event features rapid-fire presentations from world renowned vascular specialists with emphasis on the latest advances, changing concepts in diagnosis and management, pressing controversies and new techniques. VEITHsymposium is sponsored by The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH .

Forum for discussion an clarification of concepts in the exciting world of Endovascular and Myocardial Therapy.

They aim to offer an up to day theoretical content in large clinical and endovascular areas. Each symposium will run for 1 hour and 45 minutes for a total number of 6 symposia distributed in 2 time brackets.

Contact:
Email:info-organizacion@teamgrupo.es

Contact:
Nadine Koebke
Phone: +49-6078-9316877
Fax: +49-6078-9316879

The 2008 ICR Workshop will include presentations, discussions, video conferences and technical training of a variety of cardiovascular procedures which should be carried out by cooperative teams of specialists. Integrated coronary revascularization, integrated valve repair including endovascular and percutaneous approaches, as well as other forms of interdisciplinary interventions will be addressed by the ICR faculty.

Organizing comittee:
Johannes Bonatti MD
Günther Laufer MD (Cardiac Surgery)
Guy Friedrich MD
Otmar Pachinger MD (Cardiology)

Topics:
The upcoming meeting, as the previous one, will be held in collaboration with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) and will focus on innovative technology and therapies.

The program will include presentations of new therapies and research at various levels of development, with thematic live case presentations to present the impact of these technologies on current and future therapy.

Course Directors:
Rafi Beyar ; Chaim Lotan

EUROECHO is the major educational and research meeting in cardiovascular ultrasound in Europe. It has grown from strength to strength over the years to become the most important scientific gathering in echocardiography attracting participants from around the world.

EUROECHO 2008 is the twelfth Annual Meeting of the European Association of Echocardiography, a Registered Branch of the ESC, organised in cooperation with the Working Group on Echocardiography of the French Society of Cardiology.

Contact information:
EUROECHO Secretariat
Tel.: +33 (0)4 92 94 76 00
Fax: +33 (0)4 92 94 76 01

This year the French Society of Cardiology will hold the 19th edition of its “Journées Européennes” (European Days), created in 1991 by Professor Mireille Brochier.
These European Days comprise French-speaking cardiology’s largest event, with an audience of more than 8 500 persons during the 2007 edition; as their name suggests, the European Days have a decidedly European and international orientation.

Contact:
Barbara BUFFA
Tel: +33 (0)1 43 22 24 28
Fax: +33 (0)1 43 22 63 61
E-mail: barbarabuffa@cardio-sfc.org

The LEIPZIG INTERVENTIONAL COURSE is committed to advancing the scientific and clinical evaluation and treatment of patients with complex vascular disease through an interdisciplinary discussion of novel endovascular techniques. LINC is a comprehensive and international live course designed to foster collaboration between colleagues of differing specialities and to promote the understanding and development of endovascular therapies that can be incorporated into daily clinical practice.

Over the years, ISET has provided the members of the endovascular community with the cutting-edge information they have needed to know not just at the moment but for the future. By addressing significant issues as they first develop, ISET prepares practitioners for coming advances that will affect the way they approach and conduct their work years later.

An international post-graduate course intermingling updates in open, laparoscopic and endovascular surgery topics and hot debates of critical issues.The faculty includes world renowned Surgeons, Radiologists and Vascular Therapists. Interactivity between panellists and attendees contributes to the overall open minded spirit of the meeting. Numerous symposia and hands-on sessions allow fruitful exchanges between attendees and companies.

Directors
Jean-Pierre Becquemin MD ; Yves S. Alimi MD, Ph. D. ; Jean-Luc Gerard MD

The Joint Interventional Meeting is a live Practical Demonstration Advanced and Basic Workshop.

Course Directors:
Antonio Colombo, MD ; Eberhard Grube, MD ; Martin B. Leon, MD ; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD ; Carlo Di Mario, MD

Contact:
Phone: +39 02.89.05.35.24
Fax: +39 02.20.13.95
E-mail: info@emocolumbus.it

Focus on Drug-Eluting Stents, Coronary artery disease (functional and anatomic evaluation), Managing complications, Peripheral vascular interventions, Valvular and congenital heart interventions, Special courses.

Course Director: Tian-Hai Koh

Contact:
General e-mail: contact@singlivecourse.com
Registration e-mail: registration@singlivecourse.com

CRT 2008 will include 14 Concurrent Meetings, including Live Case Demonstrations from 5 International Sites and over 200 Faculty from Around the World.
Meetings will include: ACS & AMI Management, Angiomyogenesis & Cell Therapy, Carotid Stenting, Complex Coronary Interventions, Critical Limb Ischemia Intervention, CTO Forum, Drug Eluting Stents In-Depth, Emerging Devices & Innovative Therapies, Nurse & Tech Symposium, Endovascular Surgery, Practical Cardiac CTA, Valve & Structural Heart Intervention, Vulnerable Plaque Summit, and Workshop with the FDA

Contact: CRImeetings@medstar.net

Main Theme: Formulating a New Era of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery in Asia.

Contact:
Tel:+886-2-2871-0568
Fax:+886-2-2871-0563

E-mail: ascvts2009@gmail.com

The Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation (SIR Foundation) is a scientific foundation dedicated to fostering research and education in interventional radiology for the purposes of advancing scientific knowledge, increasing the number of skilled investigators, and developing innovative therapies that lead to improved patient care and quality of life.

The ACC Annual Scientific Session is the largest and foremost cardiovascular meeting, offering attainable, reliable and applicable learning solutions that help CV professionals turn cardiovascular knowledge to practice that saves and improves lives.

The Annual Scientific Session delivers timely medical education leveraging innovative needs-based learning methods.

Deadline for Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Submissions : January 7

This two-day teleconference will combine surgical demonstrations performed live from Lenox Hill Hospital in the morning with lectures by international leaders in our field in the afternoon. The cases will be filmed using High-Definition Television (HDTV) and will be projected using a high-resolution widescreen format at the Equitable Center.

The focus will be placed on the most recent advances in the surgical treatment of Heart Valve and Coronary Artery Diseases, Chronic Atrial Fibrillation and Diseases of the Aorta, with emphasis on the less invasive approaches including percutaneous techniques. A moderating panel will facilitate interaction between the audience and the faculty. Exhibitors will present the latest cardiac surgical techniques.

Course Directors:
Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD
Didier F. Loulmet, MD
Nirav C. Patel, MD

* Update on arterial and venous endovascular solutions
* The truth about critical issues
* Evidence Based Medicine reviews
* Hands on sessions
* Challenging live cases
* Complication sessions
* News from the future
* Free paper competition session
* Poster competition session
* Satellite symposia
* Nurse workshop

Director: V. Riambau
Co-directors: M. de Blas, J. M. Egaña, X. Muntañá

Contact:
Unicongress
Tel: (+34) 93 367 24 20
Fax: (+34) 93 414 68 17
E-mail: site2009@unicongress.org

Our vision is that by sharing and learning from each other, we work towards the ultimate of medical ethics: consensus in action toward improved patient outcomes.

Join us in Barcelona, from 19th-22nd May, as we pursue our long-term goal of credibility.

Cardiovascular disease is a global issue, with its risk factors increasing in daily life in Japan and even in developing countries. Physicians in every country must share their state-of-the-art knowledge of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive methods to empower everyone worldwide to fight against cardiovascular disease. I sincerely hope that this Congress will serve to disseminate such information throughout Asia and the world.

The main scientific programme is held during three days and consists of State-of-the Art Lectures, How-to and Meet-The-Expert Sessions, Topical Workshops, Breakfast Workshops, Working Group, Workshops, Debates and Teaching Sessions (European Hypertension Specialist Programme).

The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology, is proud to announce the next EUROPACE Meeting. EUROPACE is now established as the major educational and research meeting in arrhythmias and cardiac pacing in Europe, featuring the presentation of latest results in research.

The International Meeting on Intensive Cardiac Care takes place every two years in Israel.

Chairmen: Joseph Alpert, Alexander Battler, Yonathan Hasin
Secretary: Doron Zahger
Abstract: deadline March 15, 2007