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Cardiovascular congress diary
Date
Conference
Venue
Contact details to register
APRIL 2012
30 March – 2 April
Cardiology and Diabetes at the Limits
University of Cape Town
10–13 April
Echocardiography course
Protea Hotel, Stellenbosch
18-21 April
World Congress of Cardiology
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21 April
Pain Symposium 2012
Johannesburg, South Africa
MAY 2012
3–5 May
EuroPRevent
Dublin, Ireland
5 May
LAA 2012 Asia–Pacific
Singapore
17–20 May
Congress on Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy (CPP 2012)
Berlin, Germany
18/20 May
1st Annual Congress of the Faculty of Consulting Physicians of
South Africa Internal Medicine SA
CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa
JUNE 2012
8–9 June
CCC 2012 – Cardiovascular Complications Conference
Frankfurt, Germany
27 June
ICI 2012 – Imaging in Cardiovascular Interventions
Frankfurt, Germany
28–30 June
CSI 2012 – Catheter Interventions in Congenital & Structural
Heart Disease
Frankfurt, Germany
JULY 2012
9–12 July
18th World Congress of the International Society for the Study
of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Geneva, Switzerland
13–15 July
ASEAN Federation of Cardiology Congress (AFCC)
Singapore
19–22 Jul y
13th Annual SA Heart Congress
Sun City, South Africa
AUGUST 2012
25–29 August
2012 ESC, European Society of Cardiology Congress
Munich, Germany
SEPTEMBER 2012
29 September
Trend 2012 Asia–Pacific
Hong Kong
OCTOBER 2012
5 October
New Horizons in Echocardiography
Sandton, South Africa
10–13 October
8th World Stroke Congress
Brasilia, Brazil
20 October
The Many Faces of AF symposium
Cape Town, South Africa
20–22 October
Acute Cardiac Care
Istanbul, Turkey
24 October
The Many Faces of AF symposium
Durban, South Africa
27 October
The Many Faces of AF symposium
Johannesburg, South Africa
NOVEMBER 2012
3–7 November
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
Los Angeles, US
16–17 November
LAA 2012
Frankfurt, Germany
DECEMBER 2012
5–8 December
The 16th Annual EUROECHO and other imaging modalities
Athens, Greece
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