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Activities 2011-2012

EuroPCR Paris 17.-20.5.2011

"How to treat" session in cooperation with Slovenia (Main Arena)

"Elderly patient with severe aortic stenosis, multivessel coronary disease and normal ejction fraction"

"How to treat" session in cooperation with Slovenia, Belgium and UK

"Elderly patient with severe aortic stenosis, multivessel coronary disease and low ejection fraction"

Annual Meeting of the ASC, Salzburg 25.-28.5.2011

• Focus 1: New ESC Guidelines on revascularisation
• How to session: simply radial?
• Focus 2: acute myocardial infarction
• Do we need austrian surveys?
• Position statement TAVI
• CAD: Focus on the patient; invasive and non-invasive imaging

Activities 2009-2010

Fall meeting of the WG for Interventional Cardiology

November 26 to 27, 2011

ARCOTEL Nike, 4010 Linz, Untere Donaulände 9

Programme

Creation of an Austrian TAVI Registry
Coordination: Senior Physician Dr. Edwin Maurer

Establishment of an Austrian curriculum for PCI fellows
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Günter Christ

Fall meeting of the WG for Interventional 2010

Events 2009-2010

Euro PCR 2010

"How to treat" Session with Slovenia

"Management of patients with ACS after successful prehospital resuscitation"

ASC Salzburg 2010

German-Austrian guidelines: “Infarct-related cardiogenic shock”;Valve replacement for aortic stenosis - Who, When, How, With What?;“Percutaneous aortic valve replacement - between Corvalve and Sapien-Edwards"

Fall meeting of the WG for Interventional 2009

Development of heart catheter / PCI numbers in Austria Current antiplatelet therapy - new thienopyridines Radialis angiography and PCI Percutaneous coronary interventions Radiation exposure / radiation protection

Events 2008-2009 Euro PCR 2009 Case review session with Czech Republic PCI in acute myocardial infarction with multivessel diseaseBest Clinical Case Award2nd Place: Roland Hödl (Graz, Austria)"Complicated transcatheter aortic valve implantation" ASC Salzburg 2009 “Multivessel disease - PCI vs. CABG" ;“Non-coronary interventions in the catheter lab” ; Fall meeting of the WG for Interventional 2008 (Linz, 11/2-29) 50 participants Topics: HD statistics Quality management PCI for multivessel disease; case reports Transcatheter aortic valves - Austrian experience STEMI-Update 2008 (Guidelines, Bleeding)

Events 2007 Annual Meeting Linz, December 2006 Orientation for a meeting: "Latecomers with myocardial infarction" for PCR Annual meeting 11/30 and 12/1/2007, Linz Nucleus meetings of the work group

Topics

Restrictions in the material selection The training of an interventional cardiologist Curriculum; training criteria/numbers Training centres Training course? New catheter centres Three new catheter centres in Upper Austria ASC Position Report?

Publications

Acute PCI Registry (further procedure?)

A position report about the DES - or a “linking” to Germany - is in discussion

Highlights 2008-2009 Syntax two years /Syntax score FAME two years (FFR -> USA) Transcatheter valves Clopidogrel / PPICogent (TCT); Triton TIMI 38 (ESC)