CCC2013 and CISC Convened in Beijing

The 4th Clinical Cardiology Conference (2013CCC) and the 10th Coronary Interventional Salon of China (CISC) were successfully held from 17 to 20 January at Jiuhua Resort in Beijing. The conferences were hosted by China Healthcare International Exchange Promotion Association and Cardiovascular Disease Management Professional Committee, Capital Medical University, Department of Cardiology, and Chaoyang Medical Association organized the conference jointly. More than 2,000 domestic experts and scholars attended the meeting.

The conference continuously focuses on "Clinically-oriented Issues" which emphasize on solving actual difficulties during the clinical treatment. The discussion includes coronary artery disease, arteriosclerosis, fundamental research, arrhythmia, electrophysiology, hypertension, imaging technology, epidemiology and preventive medicine, heart failure / ventricular function, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, thromboembolism, surgical care, community prevention, health education, and many other fields. The topic - "Pay attention to the interdisciplinary field, focus on the details, emphasis on fundamental clinical theory, and solve clinical problems based on actual cases" stand out of the conference.

During the period of conference, a satellite meeting named "Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) of the Coronary Artery Lesion" was held by MicroPort and four leading experts in the cardiology community were invited, whom are Yitong Ma, the chairman of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical; Jinghua Liu, director of Capital Medical University, Beijing Anzhen Hospital; Bin Liu, director of the Second Hospital of Jilin University; Biao Xu, Director of Nanjing Gulou Hospital.
In the meeting, Rongchong Huang, Director of the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, introduced new therapy related to CTO lesion. In addition, Professor Yan Li from Xijing Hospital, Hao Xia from People's Hospital of Wuhan University and Director Yuping Gao from Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences shared their wisdom and clinical cases regarding the CTO-related procedures. Furthermore, the application of MicroPort's Firebird2™ in the CTO-related surgeries by these four specialists was introduced and highly appraisal was made on.