5th Belgrade Summit of Interventional Cardiologists

Upon successful completion of four BelgrAde Summits of Interventional CardiologistS (BASICS+): Clinically Integrated Approach, held in Belgrade in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and two CTO mini-summits held during 20008 in Belgrade, with live transmissions of 159 interventions to the audience of 300 internists/cardiologists, with an excellent success and unfortunately one fatal complication, there is no more dilemma that we have simply to continue the same way and keep organizing such an event on a yearly basis. The success of the previous workshops was complete not only in respect to the care rendered to the patients, but also in respect to education and exchange of experience.

This year again, BASICS plus is accredited by the European Board of Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) for 24 credit hours of External CME credits, which is one of the largest amount of CME credits that one scientific event in cardiology is accredited for in Europe, mainly due to our distinguished Faculty and their willingness to share their knowledge and skills. We are proud that we have a support and growing cooperation with the European Association for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI) and that we have also been supported since last year by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).

This year, BASICS plus is organized under the general auspices of the Mr. Boris Tadic, President of the Republic of Serbia, as well as traditional patrons TRH Crown Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine, Tomica Milosavljevic, Minister of Health of the Republic of Serbia and Bozidar Djelic, Minister of Science of the Republic of Serbia. We must emphasize the great input and understanding of the School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, their late Dean Prof. dr Bogdan Djuricic and the Acting Dean Prof. dr Vladimir Bumbasirevic and the Board of the Dean with Prof. dr Predrag Pesko, Prof. dr Nebojsa Lalic, Prof. dr Dragan Micic, Prof. dr Vesna Bosnjak-Petrovic, Prof. dr Tanja Jovanovic and Prof. dr Gordana Teofilovski-Parapid.

Scientific programme

5th Belgrade Summit of Interventional Cardiologists Scientific Programme

• Stent4Life - W. Wijns (Aalst, Belgium)
• Current application of DES in context of SYNTAX and FAME – B. Weiner (Harvard, USA)
• Percutaneous treatment modalities for mitral regurgitation – A. Manginas (Athens, Greece)
• History of percutaneous coronary interventions: Ups and downs – L Finci (Geneve, Switzerland)
• Stem cell therapeutics and heart disease: From discovery to translation – A. Terzic (Rochester, USA)
• Clinical application of stem-cell therapy: Phase A - W. Wijns (Aalst, Belgium)
• Symposium SIEMENS INNOVATIONS IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY – PROCEDURES THAT CHANGE THE PRACTICE?
• What have we learnt from OCT in stents? - C Di Mario (London, United Kingdom)
• Coronary loop technique for retrograde recanalization of CTO - A.G. Osiev (Novosibirsk , Russia)
• Complex heart disease (ASD, VSD, PDA) – J. Ge (Schanghai, China)
• Beyond closing of ASDs and PFOs – other catheter interventions in adults with congenital heart disease - I. Daehnert (Leipzig, Germany)
• Percutanous aortic valve implantation – Patient selection and technique - M. Weber (Bad Nauheim, Germany)
• Advantages and limitations of retrograde approaches to CTOs – O. Katoh (Toyohashi, Japan)
• Strategies and innovation in CTO-PCI retrograde approach – A. Galassi (Catania, Italy)
• Double stenting of complex bifurcation lesions – which technique? – Y. Louvard (Paris, France)
• Drug eluting stents covering the whole spectrum of CAD – M. Ostojic (Belgrade, Serbia)
• Update with Corevalve for the percutaneous treatment of aortic valve stenosis – K. Toutouzas (Athens, Greece)
• Thrombus aspiration during primary PCI – P. Anthopoulos (Athens)
• Symposium MEDICAL INNOVATION – Infinnium – the new generation of DES – K. Toutouzas (Athens, Greece)
• Coronary stenting update - F. Eberli (Zurich, Switzerland)
• Patient Doses in Interventional Cardiology – G. Bernardi (Udine, Italy)
• Clinical and procedural results in below-the-knee endovascular interventions in 2000 consecutive patients – G.B. Danzi (Milan, Italy)
• Peripheral arteriophaty what a cardiologist should know? – L. Michalis (Ioannina, Greece)
• Treatment of acute MI in Eindhoven- The Netherlands – J. Koolen (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
• Thrombus retrieval in acute myocardial infarct. Where? How? Why? – V. Ambrosini (Mercogliano, Italy)
• Optical Imaging for Detection of Vulnerable Plaque - K. Toutouzas (Athens, Greece)
• Current approach to bifurcation lesions – A. Colombo (Milan, Italy)
• PCI for left main stenosis – J. Fajadet (Toulouse, France)
• 2-year experience with left main stenting at the Hungarian Institute of Cardiology – Z. Piroth (Budapest, Hungary)
• Xience V – Experience in Serbia
• What’s new – Bioabsorbable stents & latest updates – P. Pedeferri (Brussels, Belgium)
• Moderate left main stenosis assessment – M. Hamilos (Heraklion, Greece)
• Diagnostic catheterization and intervention after coronary bypass surgery – A. Doganov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
• Carotid artery in stent-restenosis – a reality – A. Iancu (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
• Electrophysiology cases – live cases from Clinical Center of Serbia

Mini Symposia & Courses

• Training on simulator and bench testing model
• Classification and available stenting techniques for bifurcation lesions. Consensus of the European Bifurcation Club Y. Louvard (Paris, France)
• What have we learned from clinical trials and registries G. Stankovic (Belgrade, Serbia), D. Orlic (Belgrade, Serbia)
• Tips and tricks in percutaneous left main treatment G. Stankovic (Belgrade, Serbia), V. Vukcevic (Belgrade, Serbia)

Registration

Registration Fee 300 Euro

EUR account: 22 17618 0083 202

RSD account: 275 22 17618 081 106 64

Societe Generale Yugoslav Bank,

Bulevar Dr Zorana Djindjica 50a, Belgrade, Serbia

Registration fee includes:

• Badge
• Congress bag with materials
• Lunch (during afternoon lectures)
• Dinner – Tuesday April 7, 2009
• Access to all sessions of: Update cardiology 2009: What is new on horizon?, Clinical seminar on coronary physiology, Training course on bifurcations with simulators
• Access to exhibition

Correspodence

Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia
Koste Todorovica 8, Belgrade 11000, Serbia

phone: +381 11 361 36 53
+381 11 362 90 55
fax: +381 11 362 90 56

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