The advanced programme for WCC 2012 is now available!

“The World Congress of Cardiology is a major international event that not only focuses on the cardiology problems of the region in which it is hosted −by working alongside our national members, and for 2012 this will be the Middle East − it also addresses and tackles the importance of cardiovascular disease on a global scale by attracting a strong and enviable international faculty of experts.”
Dr Sidney C. Smith, Jr., President of the World Heart Federation.

Dr Arif Abdullatif Al Mulla, Dr Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Dr Jeroen Bax and Dr Robert Bonow are leading the WCC 2012 Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) that develops the  following scientific topics which will be covered during the WCC Scientific Sessions 2012 by world-renowned speakers:

• Arrhythmias
• Heart failure / Left ventricular function / Myocardial function
• Valvular disease / Pulmonary circulation / Myocardial-pericardial disease
• Ischemia / Coronary artery disease / Coronary interventions
• Peripheral circulation / Stroke / Non-coronary interventions
• Hypertension
• Epidemiology / Prevention / Health promotion / Health advocacy
• Dyslipidemia & Metabolic disorders
• Basic science
• Cardiac imaging
• Pediatrics / Congenital heart disease
• Nursing

Read the full advanced programme here.

Special sessions including joint sessions with WHF members, the World Health Organization, the Gulf Heart Association or the Pan Arab Heart Failure Association will also feature in WCC 2012 scientific programme.

For the first time, two workshops on Echocardiography and Electrocardiography as well as a course in preventive cardiology are jointly organized with our member the Emirates Cardiac Society. More information available here. When registering online for WCC 2012, delegates can register to attend the workshop(s).