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Cardiovascular congress diary
Date
Place
Conference
Contact details to register
SEPTEMBER 2012
29
September
Trend 2012 Asia–Pacific
Hong Kong
29
September – 4 October 24th International Society of Hypertension, annual scientific meeting
Sydney, Australia
OCTOBER 2012
4–7
October
13
th national congress of cardiology
Sofia, Bulgaria
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national-congress-cardiology
5
October
New Horizons in Echocardiography
Sandton, South Africa
10–13
October
8
th 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
14–16
November
2
nd international joint meeting on thoracic surgery 2012
Barcelona, Spain
16–17
November
LAA 2012
Frankfurt, Germany
18–19
November
Europe Atrial Fibrillation 2012
London, UK
DECEMBER 2012
5-8
December
The 16th annual EUROECHO and other imaging modalities
Athens, Greece
FEBRUARY 2013
31
January – 3 February 2nd international conference on prehypertension and the cardio-metabolic
syndrome
Barcelona, Spain
6–8
February
8
th international Stroke Conference and the Nursing Symposium 2013
(
ISC)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Sessions/InternationalStrokeConference
10–15
February
Cardiology Update 2013, 20th international postgraduate course on
cardiovascular disease
Davos, Switzerland
22
February – 2 March 15th Cardiology and Diabetes at the Limits 2013
Cape Town, SA
27
February – 1 March 5th world symposium on pulmonary hypertension
Nice, France
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