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Diary for 2012 cardiovascular congresses
DATE
PLACE
CONFERENCE
1–3 February New Orleans, USA
International Stroke Conference
18 February
Frankfurt, Germany
TrenD 2012 – Transcatheter Renal Denervation
23–26 February CTICC, Cape Town
Physicians’ Conference
e-mail
for more info
18–21 April
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
World Congress of Cardiology
3–5 March
Southern Sun Cape Sun, Cape Town 17th Biennial Congress of the SA Hypertension Society (SAHS)
17–20 May
Berlin, Germany
Congress on Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy (CPP 2012)
27 June
Frankfurt, Germany
iCi 2012 – Imaging in Cardiovascular Interventions
28 June
Frankfurt, Germany
CSI 2012 – Catheter Interventions in Congenital and Structural Heart Disease
19–22 July
Sun City, South Africa
13th Annual SA Heart Congress
25–29 August
Munich, Germany
2012 ESC, European Society of Cardiology Congress
