Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions (WCCI) 2019

On April 10-13, Eleven team took part in 23rd edition of the Warsaw Course on Cardiovascular Interventions (WCCI), one of the oldest Polish events devoted to this area.

Thanks to its attractive formula, WCCI has been attracting up to 1000 participants from Poland and abroad, participating in lectures, workshops, live cases, policy debates and meetings of the most important scientific societies.

 

This year, the most important elements of the event were two policy sessions - "Program for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Summary of the first months' experiences” with the participation of Łukasz Szumowski, Minister of Health, and "Familial hypercholesterolemia - is the current refund optimal?", co-organized by the Eleven ZETT Productions, and under the patronage of the Polish Cardiac Society. The present situation of treatment of this extremely dangerous genetic disease in Poland is discussed by: prof. Maciej Banach MD PhD, Director of the Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Lodz, Krzysztof Chlebus MD PhD, 1st Department of Cardiology, Gdańsk Medical University, prof. Piotr Jankowski, Secretary of the Polish Cardiac Society, Marek Kustosz, "Heart for cardiology" Coalition, Radosław Sierpiński MD PhD, Adviser to the Minister of Health, Andrzej Śliwczyński, Deputy Director of the Department of Health Care Services, National Health Fund, prof. Adam Witkowski MD PhD, President-Elect of the Polish Cardiac Society. The debate was moderated by Ewelina Zych-Myłek, Expert in Healthcare Communication and CEO IQ (Eleven ZETT Productions)