Conference overview

St George’s University Hospitals is delighted to co-host the 2024 edition of the BCIS Interventional Trainees Course.

This is a recognised BCIS Course for Core and Advanced Trainees, and as such is considered by BCIS a core component of sub-specialty training in intervention.

Topics

The meeting will consist of case-based lectures and discussions concentrating on mainstream coronary and structural intervention. Topics include:

• The Golden rules of PCI
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Stent failure and design
• Complications sessions
• PCI complexity

Hands-on demonstrations

Plus, educational hands-on demonstrations, split into but not limited to the following sessions:

• Femoral access and closure
• Microcatheters and wires
• Rotablation and orbital atherectomy
• IVUS and OCT imaging
• PCI simulation

Hands-on demonstrations will run parallel. Delegates are to choose one stream ‘CORE’ or ‘ADVANCED’ according to their level of training, which is to be verified by superiors / supervisors.

A BCIS-exclusive

The course is exclusive to BCIS members. For details on joining BCIS, click here.

Overview

The British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) will collaborate in an hour-long webinar to provide an update on the UK TAVI registry. Join the proceedings live from 17:00 on Monday 2 September.

About BCIS
BCIS is dedicated to promoting education, training, and research in cardiovascular intervention. It strives to develop and uphold both clinical and professional standards in the field.

About NICOR
NICOR’s expertise and passion is helping the NHS, the government and regulatory bodies to monitor and improve the quality of care by checking that the care received by cardiovascular patients meets good practice standards. NICOR aims to enhance the care of patients by efficiently reviewing medical practice against clear and exact criteria and modifying it where necessary.

NICOR collects data and produces analysis to enable hospitals and healthcare improvement bodies to monitor and improve the quality of care and outcomes of cardiovascular patients. NICOR currently manages ten national clinical audits and health technology registries.

The BCIS Education Forum webinar — Intra-coronary Imaging Session: IVUS will take place on the second Tuesday of October from 19:00.

Topics include:

• Updates in Evidence
• IVUS 123
• Example cases with different pathology

The BCIS Education Forum — AHP Talk: Radiation Protection will take place virtually on the second Tuesday of September from 19:00.

Delivered by the BCIS AHP Working Group

Topics include:

• Importance of the operators role
• Diagnostic angiography: optimising image acquisition
• Best views – hints and tips
• How to protect yourself as operator and your team

The BCIS Cardiac Physiology Catheter Lab Course, aimed at cardiac physiologists, will take place on Thursday 24 – Friday 25 October 2024 at Bristol Delta City Centre.

The BCIS Education Forum — Complications 3: Coronary Perforation and Distal Wire Perforations will take place virtually on Tuesday 10 December 2024 from 19:00-20:00.

Speaker: Dr Mohamed Rahman

Topics include:

• Ellis classification of perforation
• Management of coronary perforation
• Stent loss – how to deal with it?

The BCIS Education Forum — Structural Talk: Complications in TAVI will take place virtually on Tuesday 12 November 2024 from 19:00-20:00.

Speaker: Dr Joao Martins

Topics include:

• Intra-procedure complications and how to manage them
• Post-procedure complications and how to manage them

Thursday 4 – Friday 5 July 2024 | Apex City of Bath Hotel

Come to learn, share and participate in the largest dedicated meeting for nurses and allied professionals in the UK!

The BCIS AHP Annual Conference features hands-on sessions and TWO streams of education: Core and Advanced.

Core is ideal for those with less than 12 months cath lab experience, while Advanced is suited to those with more than 12 months cath lab experience.

Whether you’re a newcomer, or experienced cath lab staff, the expanded meeting is designed for every member of the team, covering numerous topics relating to safe and effective practice.

The AHP Working Group and BCIS have developed this course specifically for YOU.

Who is this conference aimed at? The conference is ideal for cardiac physiologists, nurses and radiographers.

The course is exclusive to BCIS members. For details on joining BCIS, click here.

SAVE THE DATE

BCIS ACI is set to take place from Wednesday 29 – Friday 31 January 2025 at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel.