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Cardiovascular congress diary 2014
DATE
CONFERENCE
LOCATION
CONTACT DETAILS TO REGISTER
JULY
11–12
RAAS satellite meeting 2014
Spier Wine Estate, Cape Town, SA
25–28
International Academy of Cardiology annual scientific
sessions 2014, 19th World Congress on heart disease
Hyatt Regency, Boston, MA, USA
/
30
ASSAF 8th annual meeting
Belmont Square Conference Centre,
Rondebosch, Cape Town, SA
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AUGUST
22–24
Stroke and hypertension congress
Southern Sun Elangeni, Durban, SA
SEPTEMBER
10–14
SA Paediatric Society/SA Society of Paediatric
Surgeons
ICC, Cape Town, SA
OCTOBER
16–19
15th Annual SA Heart Congress 2014
ICC, Durban, SA
22–24
4th World Congress of Regional Anaesthesia and
Pain Therapy
ICC, Cape Town, SA
NOVEMBER
15
AHA scientific session CME
Illiniois, Chicago, USA
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