Welcome letter

Dear Colleagues,

The Working Group on Valvular Diseases of the Croatian Cardiac Society, in cooperation with The Working Group on Echocardiography and Cardiac Imaging,is organizing the 3rd Symposium with international participation entitled “Aortic stenosis” which will be held on December 2nd and 3rd, 2016, at the Sheraton Hotel in Zagreb.

The symposium is designed for physicians in different specialties, cardiologists and cardiology residents, cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, general practitioners, and for all who are professionally involved in the treatment of this common valvular disease. The aim of the symposium is to present everyday challenges in the approach, diagnosis and selecting the most optimal way of treating patients with aortic stenosis, implementing the latest research findings into clinical practice. Beside invited lectures by reputable speakers, more active participation will be enabled by
echocardiographic workshops on how to avoid pitfalls in assessing the severity of aortic stenosis and simulations oftranscatheter aortic valve implantation.

We hope that you will recognize the value of this symposium and we cordially invite you to come and actively participate in order to contribute to the quality and success of the symposium.

Symposium Directors:

Assist. Prof. Jozica Šikić, MD, Ph.D.
President of the Working Group on Valvular Diseases of the Croatian CardiacSociety

Prof. Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački, MD, Ph.D.
President of the Working Group on Echocardiography and Cardiac Imaging of the Croatian CardiacSociety