CSI Africa 2018

CSI Africa 2018 is organized by CSI Foundation and will be held from Nov 30 - Dec 01, 2018 at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

The target audience for this medical event is adult and pediatric interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, anesthetists, imaging specialists & colleagues of other disciplines such as nursing staff, who wish to know more about this field.

Conference Description:
The 5th edition of CSI Africa for an overview of the most important catheter therapies in congenital, structural and valvar heart disease in children and adults. This meeting will provide physicians from the African continent with an opportunity to share knowledge and expertise and network with colleagues, faculty and industry.

The scientific program will include live case transmissions and participants will have the opportunity to gain extremely valuable experience in hands-on echo training workshops.

We will cover the newest techniques, technologies and concepts. A large number of recorded cases will be presented and each intervention will be explained step by step. Together with industry, we will discuss the future of cardiovascular interventions on the African continent.

Conference Topics:
This workshop offers you a comprehensive overview of the most important catheter therapies of congenital, structural and valvar heart disease in children and adults. CSI addresses the needs of adult and pediatric interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, imaging specialists and colleagues of other disciplines who wish to know more about the field. Topics will include:

• New structural/valvular interventions on the horizon
• Paravalvar leak closure
• Left atrial appendage closure
• Pulmonary valve replacement
• Echo evaluation of ASDs and VSDs
• Coarctation stenting
• ASD closure
• VSD closure
• Transseptal puncture
• PDA closure
• Pulmonary valvuloplasty
• Mitral valvuloplasty
• How to develop structural, congenital and valvar interventions in Africa
• Challenging cases, problems & complications

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.