The BCIS Education Forum webinar — Preparing for PCI: Complex Anatomy and Access will take place on the second Tuesday of February from 19:00.

Topics include:

• Planning Complex Procedures
• Difficult Vascular Access
• Case Examples

The BCIS Education Forum webinar — Coronary Kit Review:  will take place on the second Tuesday of January from 19:00.

Topics include:

• Semi, Non Compliant & Cutting Balloons
• Different wires, micro catheters and their properties
• Case based examples where different kit is useful

Registration Deadline: 16:00 on Monday 9 December 2024

Once you register, the Zoom link for the webinar will be emailed to you closer to the start date of the webinar.

Course Director: Dr Shouvik Haldar, Vice President of Education, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS FT

Contact: Email courses@bcs.com or call BCS on +44 (0)20 7380 1946

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.