Dear Colleagues
Why should you attend this International New Cardiovascular Technologies Congress and Advanced Transradial Coronary Intervention Course ?
The main goal of this symposium is to bring interventional cardiologists, engineers, basic scientists and industrial partners to critically review current cardiovascular technologies with the specific requirements for transradial coronary interventions.
As recently said by E. Braunwald ? In stepping back and considering these spectacular achievements, two points are notable. First is that none developed de novo. All were built on many decades of research, usually by basic scientists and engineers, the unsung heroes of progress in cardiology. Second in almost every instances, these advances came from an interdisciplinary collaboration, such as between the cardiologist and the physicist, as in the case of echocardiography. ?
The meeting will be organized over 2 days with recognized leaders critically reviewing actual results and discussing next challenges. We anticipate that new ideas will come from multidisciplinary discussions and that projects for new cardiovascular devices, adapted for trans-radial approach will be initiated as a result of this symposium.
We have started our practice with trans-radial approach in 1994. Over the last decade, our group has performed trans-wrist techniques in more than 20,000 cases. Today with 4 cath labs, we perform more than 2,500 PCIs/year and 6,000 cases/year.
Based on our extensive experience in transradial catheterization, we aim to pursue and extend our teaching of this approach, which improves patient comfort, reduces complications risks and hospital costs. In contrast to live courses, our lectures will be based on recorded cases (CDs and videos) to allow presentations of more clinical cases and organize the teaching by specific topics.
Given the critical role of intellectual property in technology development, a session will be specifically devoted to patent and regulatory issues. Furthermore, the scientific committee will select best ? device proposal ?, to cover the provisional patent filing fees and allow the candidate to present his idea in short oral presentation.
Who should attend?
This joint symposium will provide a unique opportunity to discuss new cardiovascular technologies with experts from interventional cardiology, engineering, basic sciences and industry. Physicians, engineers, scientists and people interested in cardiovascular devices development will be particularly interested. Opportunities for researchers and students to present their results will be given in a poster session.
The associated course of trans-radial techniques will further allow to define specific requirements of current and future technologies. Available technologies and current techniques will be demonstrated with trans-radial approach using previously recorded procedures. The use of Cds and videos will allow to strengthen the teaching aspects of this course as well as favoring the exchanges between the audience and the trans-radial experts. A special workshop for nurses and assistant-physicians will review the cares of puncture site and how to prevent/treat local complications.
Higlights and Objectives of the Symposium
1- Learn trans-radial coronary catheterization and interventions through various talks, worshops, industry forums, Cds and videos presentations.
2- Learn about basic and advanced trans-radial techniques to face complex anatomies, to use trans-ulnar approach and trans-wrist right and left catheterization.
3- Obtain up-to-date information and illustrations of use of advanced percutaneous techniques (protection devices, brachytherapy, IVUS) used with trans-radial approach.
4- Learn from engineers and basic scientists latest technology developments to further expand the use of trans-radial approach.
5- Obtain critical review from leading experts about the next challenges in interventional cardiology.
6- Be exposed to technologies ? in the pipelines ? from industrial partners.
7- Understand the basics of intellectual property, requirements to become ? entrepreneur-researcher ? and regulatory processes in US, Canada and Europe.
CME Accreditation
This 2 days program has been approved for Category 1 credits by Laval University Continuing Medical Education (CME) Office. The CME Office of Laval University School of Medicine is supported by the College of Physicians of Quebec, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) and by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) of the United States and is authorized by these organizations to offer activities in medical education for physicians. This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.