Highlights of the 27th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology
Author(s) -
Changsheng Ma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.116.026073
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , china , beijing , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , law , political science
The 27th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology (GW-ICC, October 13–16, 2016, Beijing, China) was a resounding success. This meeting is the largest and most influential annual cardiovascular event in the Asia-Pacific region. This year, >18 000 delegates from 48 countries participated. Comprehensive education in >550 sessions covered prevention and rehabilitation, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, structural heart disease, heart failure, critical care, imaging and diagnosis, and interdisciplinary medicine. Twenty-two joint sessions were cohosted by cardiac societies worldwide, and >230 international opinion leaders lent an international perspective to the meeting. Topics spanning the full spectrum from basic research to clinical practice, from training …
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