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To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe through percutaneous cardiovascular interventions.

Stent for Life Forum 2012 Conference

The SFL FORUM 2012 Conference will be held on 1-2 March 2012 in Prague. Come and learn more about the Stent for Life Initiative, be part of the effort to increase patients’ access to primary PCI, the life saving reperfusion therapy. Learn how you can contribute to the initiative and shape a healthcare system in your country.

Find out more information about the conference program here.

New generation drug-eluting stents associated with lower mortality/restenosis than bare metal stents

A registry -which includes every patient in Sweden having percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of acute and stable coronary artery disease- has found that PCI implantations using a new generation of drug-eluting stents is associated with lower rates of relapse (restenosis), stent thrombosis and subsequent mortality than older generation drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents.

EAPCI at a glance

Publication: EuroIntervention	Congress: EuroPCR 15-18 May 2012 Paris	Membership: become a member

Stent for Life
Women In Innovations
Training & Research grants

The objective of this project is to define regions/countries in Europe with an unmet medical need in the optimal treatment of STEMI, countries where the use of primary PCI can be encouraged, and thereby the quality of care improved. Implement an action program to increase patient access to primary PCI where indicated.

Find out more about Stent for Life

EAPCI recently announced its endorsement of the Women in Innovations initiative. This Initiative was launched by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and is chaired by Prof Roxana Mehran and Dr Alaide Chieffo. WIN is a world-wide effort devoted to improving the overall approach to the medical treatment of women with cardiovascular disease, as well as increasing the quality and scope of professional opportunities offered to female interventional cardiologists.

Help us to better understand the radiation risks posed to female and male cath lab operators and staff by participating in a WIN-developed radiation safety survey. WIN aims to use the survey results to publish a subsequent report.

The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) offers 12-month training and/or research grants in interventional cardiology in the hospital of your choice (in an ESC member country) supported by a grant of 25,000€. Application now closed

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