“AICT 2010 - Athens Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics XI” is an International Meeting designed for:

• Interventional Cardiologists
• Clinical Cardiologists
• Interventional Electrophysiologists
• Cardiac Surgeons
• Vascular Surgeons
• Interventional Radiologists
• Internal Medicine Specialists
• Physiologists
• Pharmacologists
• Other healthcare professionals from a variety of disciplines, with an interest in the current applications and future directions of catheter-based endovascular therapy

Topics to be covered will include:

• New Drug Eluting Stents
• Novel Strategies in Patients with Acute Coronay Syndromes
• Drug Eluting Stents in Complex Lesions (Left Main, Bifurcations, CTOs)
• Vulnerable Atheromatic Plaque (Detection and Treatment) / New Imaging Techniques
• Invasive and Non-Invasive Imaging and Physiologic Lesion Assessment
• Distal Protection and Thrombectomy Devices
• Carotid, Aortic, Renal and Peripheral Vascular Interventions
• New Trends in Heart Failure Treatment
• Percutaneous Valve Replacement/Repair
• New Trends in Interventional Arrhythmiology
• Interventional therapies for Congenital Heart Disease and Structural Defects

Live case demonstrations
During the meeting, simultaneous live case demonstrations will be transmitted from:

• Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
• Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
• Agios Loukas Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Conference objectives
By the end of the meeting, the participant should be able to:

• comprehend fundamentals of endovascular therapy
• understand clinical trial designs and results involving interventional cardiovascular therapy, minimally invasive surgery and classic therapeutic approaches
• become familiar with the various catheter-based cardiovascular revascularization systems