26th EACTS Annual Meeting
26th EACTS Annual Meeting
27-31 October 2012
CCIB, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract submission now open via the EACTS User Area
Abstract deadline 1 April 2012
Forthcoming Events
EACTS Academy - see all the 2012 Academy Courses (Scholarship information available here)
Fundamentals in Cardiac Surgery Part I is underway at EACTS House

Registration now open for:
Minimally invasive techniques in adult cardiac surgery, 13-15 February 2012, Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Advanced Module: Open & Endovascular Aortic Therapy, 21-23 March 2012, Windsor, UK
Advanced Module: Coronary Surgery, 26-30 March 2012, Windsor, UK
Thoracic Course I, 16-20 April 2012, Windsor, UK
Fundamentals in Cardiac Surgery Part II, 11-15 June 2012, Windsor, UK
The First EACTS & IACTS Joint Workshop, 8-9 February 2012
at 58th Annual Meeting of IACTS, Kolkata, 8-12 February 2012
4th International Chest Wall Interest Group Workshop on Chest Wall Diseases, 22-23 June 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
26th EACTS Annual Meeting, 27-31 October 2012, Barcelona, Spain
More information to follow
News and Recent Publications
NEW! - January issues of the EJCTS and ICVTS are now available online - click on the journal name to view
NEW! - Submit an eComment to the ICVTS: readers can read pre-published articles and submit eComments.
NEW! - Check out the Chest Wall Interest Group website HERE
Aortic Valve-Sparing Root Replacement has good long term results
Similar long-term results in off-pump and on-pump CABG ...
MitraClip less effective than Mitral Valve Surgery
Tricuspid Valve Repair for Tricuspid Annular Dilatation shows benefit
Aortic dissection open stent arch repair shows excellent early results
Training in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery debated
TAVI has equivalent survival to AVR ....
CABG in LV dysfunction reduces cardiovascular deaths and hospitalisations
Joint EACTS/ESC Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization
See an interview with David Taggart discussing these guidelines HERE
Transforming the future of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
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