Dear Colleagues,
The 11th Congress of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology with International Participation – CROINTERVENT 2025, will be held from March 6 to March 9, 2025, at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb.
Two years have passed since the last congress, during which there has been no shortage of news in the field of invasive and interventional cardiology. We have witnessed progress in all segments of this extremely dynamic branch of modern medicine. By following developments in the profession, the Croatian interventional community has successfully incorporated all newly-acquired knowledge into our clinical practice for the benefit of our patients. It cannot be emphasized enough that direct communication between colleagues is extremely important in this process, which is also the fundamental goal in organizing this congress.
We will retain the well-tested concept of providing an overview of current achievements in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures applied in modern interventional cardiology. The congress program will include invited lectures by eminent domestic and foreign experts, as well as oral and moderated poster presentations.
In addition to theoretical knowledge, a recognizable and extremely important part of the congress will be direct video transmissions of procedures from interventional laboratories with guidance and comments from confirmed experts. In addition, the practical aspect of the congress will addressed by presentations of previously performed procedures with discussion and conclusions.
An important part of the congress will be dedicated to pharmacotherapy as an inseparable part of interventional cardiology, the importance and value of which have been confirmed, both in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, as well as in optimizing primary outcomes and reducing the frequency of post-interventional adverse cardiovascular events.
CROINTERVENT 2025 is not conceived as an exclusively cardiological congress but is also intended for physicians in related specialties and members of other professions who are professionally associated with this important segment of modern cardiology.
The goal of the congress is to present the current state, scope, and possibilities of modern interventional cardiology, identify areas that are still insufficiently researched, harmonize positions on controversial topics, consider optimal treatment strategies, and discuss the difficulties we encounter in our clinical work.
This Supplement of Cardiologia Croatica – the official journal of the Croatian Cardiac Society – consists of selected original contributions from our participants in the form of abstracts, which will be presented at the meeting in the form of oral presentations and moderated posters.
With kind regards,
doc. dr. sc. Eduard Margetić | Assist. Prof. Eduard Margetic, MD, PhD
predsjednik Radne skupine za invazivnu i intervencijsku kardiologiju | President, Working Group on Invasive and Interventional Cardiology
Hrvatskoga kardiološkog društva | Croatian Cardiac Society