Latvian Society of Cardiology regarding to the Latvian Republic Cabinet of Ministers regulation No. 943 has granted external 16 CME credits for participation in Baltic Summer Meeting on Interventional Cardiology

• PIEKTDIENA, 7 JŪNIJS, 2013

  • VENUE: PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Pilsoņu iela 13, Rīga
    15th building, 0 floor, Conference Hall
    

    09:30 – 09:40    Welcome   
    Andrejs Erglis, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC,
    President, Latvian Society of Cardiology,
    Chief, Latvian Center of Cardiology   
                              Ruta Valtere, Chairperson of the Board,
    Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital 

    09:40 – 10:20   Translation of Clinical Research into Clinical
    Practice
    Anthony DeMaria, Editor in Chief, Journal of the
    American College of Cardiology, USA

     

    VENUE: PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Pilsoņu iela 13, Rīga
    15th building courtyard, Conference Tent
    

    10:20 – 13:00    Registration

    10:30 – 16:00    Workshop with interventional faculty
                              Paul Stradins Clinical University Hospital Intervetion
    Cardiology Lab.

    LIVE CASES (6 – 8 cases)
    Complex lesions (left main, total occlusions, bifurcations etc.)
    plaque modification and DES types
    scoring devices (cutting balloon, angiosculpt, etc.)
    protection devices
    closure devices for congenital heart diseases
    QCA, IVUS, Virtual histology, OCT
    structural heart disease

    13:00 – 14:00    Lunch

    18:00 – 20:00    Basketball tournament 2013 for main program
                               Basketball foul shot tournament for nurses
    Address: Viestura iela 6, Bulduri, Jurmala

    20:30                  Dinner in Caviar Club Restaurant
    Address: “Baltic Beach Hotel”, Jūras iela 23/25,
    Majori, Jurmala

• SESTDIENA, 8 JŪNIJS, 2013

  • VENUE: Baltic Beach Hotel, Jūras iela 23/25, Majori, Jurmala, HALL JŪRA

    
    08:00 – 09:30    Breakfast, check out

    09:30 – 09:40    Welcome
                              Andrejs Erglis, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC,
    President, Latvian Society of Cardiology,
    Chief, Latvian Center of Cardiology

    09:40 – 10:00    Master lecture
    Andrejs Erglis, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC,
    President, Latvian Society of Cardiology,
    Chief, Latvian Center of Cardiology

    10:00 – 10:20    Master lecture
    Anthony DeMaria, Editor in Chief, Journal
    of the American College of Cardiology, USA

    10:20 – 10:40    Leave nothing behind, DEB and scoring balloons
                              Stefan Hoffmann, MD, Phd Vivantes Klinikum im
                              Friedrichshain, Berlin, GERMANY

    10:40 – 11:00    VH-IVUS in the coronary and carotid arteries and early restenosis
                              Dace Sondore, MD, Latvian Center of Cardiology, LATVIA
    
    11:00 – 11:20    Coffee break

    11:20 – 11:40    Nordic-Baltic Bifurcation studies
                              Indulis Kumsars, MD, Latvian Center of Cardiology, LATVIA

    11:40 – 12:00   Personal approach for total occlusion intervention
    Artis Kalnins, MD, Clinic Gailezers, Department of cardiology, LATVIA

    12:00 – 12:20    Personal approach for total occlusion intervention
    Aigars Lismanis, MD, Latvian Center of Cardiology, LATVIA

    12:20 – 12:40    ABSORB: evidence and potential of a revolutionary solution
    for Coronary artery disease
    Paolo Pedeferri, Marketing and Market Development
    Director, Emerging Markets EMEA at Abbott Vascular, BELGIUM

    12:40 – 13:20    Scientific presentations with case reports and
    discussions
    Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian lecturers

    13:20 – 13:40   General Assembly of the Baltic Society of
    Interventional Cardiology

    13:40 – 14:40   Lunch

    Departures