SFL FORUM 2012 Conference Announcement
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
10 countries are part of the growing Stent for Life Initiative whose aim is to drive for equal access to life-saving indication of PPCI in STEMI patients across Europe
The Stent for Life Initiative supports implementation of local ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treatment guidelines, helps identify specific barriers to implementation of guidelines and defines actions to make sure that majority of STEMI patients have access to the life saving indication of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) . Dr William Wijns, past-president of EAPCI, and SFL founder explains “The new European myocardial revascularization guidelines released recently reinforce the importance of achieving best clinical practice and reflect the growing evidence for the benefit of prompt intervention in all patients with STEMI”.
The Stent for Life mission is to increase the use of PPCI to more than 70% of all STEMI patients, achieving PPCI rates of more than 600 per one million inhabitants a year. To do this the aim is to offer 24/7 PCI service at all relevant facilities to cover the country population need. Professor Petr Widimsky, Co-Chairman of SFL Initiative announces “Egypt, Italy and Romania have joined Stent for Life as they, like us, see the the need to promote lifesaving indications of PPCI in those patient groups who will benefit the most. We observed that a number of countries have succeeded in implementing PPCI for almost all patients in need and therefore we aim to support the rest of Europe in achieving the same goals”.