Prof. Jeroen Bax chaired a session dedicated to the risks of imaging in clinical cardiology. Big debate about the use of echo (contrast), as well as the use of nuclear cardio & cardiac CT and the risks & benefits of these techniques in clinical practice.
Prof. J.P. Bassand gives us his take on the highlights of the World Congress of Cardiology. Two major studies on epidemiology stood out, one being Interstroke which confirms many of the Interheart conclusions. Huge study on hypertension (150000 subjects, 70 countries) studying the prevalence and the awareness of hypertension.