It is a true pleasure and honor to invite you to the 10th Croatian Conference on Interventional Cardiology – CROINTERVENT 2023, which will be held in Zagreb, on March 9-12, 2023.
Almost two years have passed since the last congress, which was the first cardiology congress that was fully held in person after the easing of the epidemiological situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting confirmed the incalculable value of direct communication during the exchange of knowledge and experiences.
We will retain the well-demonstrated and established concept of a congress that provides an overview of the current achievements in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures applied in modern interventional cardiology. The congress program will include invited lectures by eminent domestic and foreign experts, as well as oral and moderated poster presentations.
In addition to theoretical knowledge, as always, an important part of the congress will be devoted to practical aspects of interventional cardiology. Direct video transmissions of procedures from interventional laboratories will remain a recognizable and very important part of the congress, and cases of previously performed procedures will also be presented with discussion and comments.
A significant part of the congress will be devoted to pharmacotherapy as a vital part of interventional cardiology, which has proven its value both in primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, as well as in improving primary outcomes and reducing the frequency of complications of cardiovascular interventions.
Faithful to its core concept, CROINTERVENT 2023 remains aimed not only at cardiologists but also towards physicians of other specialties, as well as all others who are professionally associated with this important segment of modern cardiology.
The goal of the congress is to present the current state and possibilities of modern interventional cardiology, identify areas that are still under-researched, harmonize positions on controversial topics, consider optimal treatment strategies in the future, and to discuss the difficulties that we face in clinical practice every day.
This Supplement of Cardiologia Croatica – the official journal of the Croatian Cardiac Society – consists of selected original contributions from our participants in the form of abstracts, which will be presented at the meeting in the form of oral presentations and moderated posters.
Sincerely yours,
Doc. dr. sc. Eduard Margetić / Assist Prof Eduard Margetić, MD, PhD
Predsjednik Radne skupine za invazivnu i intervencijsku kardiologiju Hrvatskog kardiološkog društva / President, Working Group on Invasive and Interventional Cardiology of the Croatian Cardiac Society