As many of you will know, the British Cardiac Society changed its name recently to the British Cardiovascular Society to represent the fact that its members included clinicians and researchers who were involved in the entire vascular system.
Similarly, interventional cardiology has developed enormously over the last decade. Not only are interventional clinicians beginning to take on work outside of the heart, but the field of intervention for structural heart disease has come of age and is rapidly expanding. Moreover, BCIS feels that it is important to reach out to other professional societies who are also involved in interventional treatments in the entire vascular system, as we have many shared problems and challenges, and have much to learn from each other. Accordingly, BCIS Council has agreed that it is now time to change the name of our major UK meeting from “Advanced Angioplasty” to “Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention”. We have already registered a new website address and have set up a link to this from the BCIS website. Plans for “Advanced Cardiovascular Intervention 2009” are already well underway and details will be posted as soon as possible. Put the dates in your diary though – Wednesday 28th – Friday 30Th January 2009. We look forward to seeing you there.

Mark de Belder
President