Aims
- Enhance knowledge of thrombosis in clinical cardiology in Europe.
- Stimulate postgraduate education in thrombosis both at the European Congress of Cardiology and beyond.
- Stimulate clinical research in thrombosis in clinical cardiology in Europe, to be performed preferably by young investigators.
- Stimulate basic research on thrombosis in order to increase our knowledge on the pathophysiology to initiate the development of new preventive and therapeutic tools.
- Bridge basic science in these areas with the clinical practice of Cardiology.
- Produce consensus in order to influence current clinical practice of Cardiology in Europe with regard to drugs or treatments intervening on vascular biology and blood vessel-wall interactions".
Such a definition of the scope and purpose of the Working Group, proposed by the Nucleus in May 1997 and updated in 2003, was circulated to all members to obtain full consensus.