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Cardiovascular diary for 2011–2012 congresses
DATE
PLACE
CONFERENCE
23–26 October 2011 East London
SA Heart 2011 Congress
19 November 2011
Frankfurt, Germany
LAA – How to close the left atrial appendage
12–16 November 2011 Orlando, USA
American Heart Association
4–6 December 2011
Tel Aviv, Isreal
ICI 2011 – Innovations in cardiovascular interventions
1–3 February 2012
New Orleans, USA
Internatioanl Stroke Conference
18 February 2012
Frankfurt, Germany
TrenD 2012 – Transcatheter renal denervation
3–5 March 2012
Southern Sun Cape Sun,
Cape Town, South Africa
17th Biennial Congress of the SA Hypertension Society Congress (SAHS)
18–21 April 2012
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
World Congress of Cardiology
17–20 May 2012
Berlin, Germany
Congress on cardiac problems in pregnancy (CPP 2012)
27 June 2012
Frankfurt, Germany
ICI 2012 – Imaging in cardiovascular interventions
28 June 2012
Frankfurt, Germany
CSI 2012 – Catheter interventions in congenital and structural heart disease
19–22 July 2012
Sun City, South Africa
13th Annual SA Heart Congress
25–29 August 2012
Munich, Germany
2012 ESC – European Society of Cardiology Congress
