Highlights from EuroEcho-Imaging 2016 Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany.
Journal Title: Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
EuroEcho-Imaging is the annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), that attracts participants from all over the world with all modalities of cardiovascular non-invasive imaging. This time Congress was held in Leipzig in Germany, the city of two great artists Wilhelm Wagner and Johann Sebastian Bach. The Congress was attended by more than 3200 healthcare professionals from over 90 countries and it unified community of four imaging modalities, such as Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography under one entity. During four days of Congress over 140 scientific sessions, 20 hands-on sessions and 20 industry sponsored sessions and workshops took place. Attenders could take part in wide range of sessions dedicated to advanced imaging and had an opportunity to discussed with world-leading Imaging experts. There were over than 1250 abstracts and clinical cases submitted. Moreover participants could benefit with the certification exams and numerous courses, such as course on Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, three-dimensional echocardiography, n Imaging and Anesthesiology, Valvular Heart Disease, modern trans-catheter heart valve interventions, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and finally course on Computed Tomography.
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Sylwia Wiśniowska-Śmiałek
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- DOI 10.20418/jrcd.vol3no2.282
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