Dear Colleague, 

Welcome to the Pediatric & Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium – PICS/AICS 2008 featuring live case demonstrations from multiple international venues. This will be the most comprehensive symposium worldwide in the burgeoning field of interventional therapies for congenital and structural heart disease in children and adults. This symposium will give the attendees a unique opportunity to interact with a distinguished faculty during didactic lectures, interactive discussions, workshops, live case demonstrations and smaller breakout sessions.

This year’s course will demonstrate the latest technologies in devices, implantable valves, stents, balloons and will provide attendees the opportunity to learn about many new aspects of interventional cardiology. Special sessions will provide an in-depth focus on Embolization Therapy (a whole workshop on this topic is on Sunday, July 20th, 2008. Please register for this as soon as possible! Space is limited to the first 350), ASD Closure & Imaging of the septum using various approved and non-aproved devices (comprehensive workshop on sunday afternoon on the atrial septum and the imaging modalities. Space is limited to the first 400 attendees), Patent ductus arteriosus, Patent Foramen Ovale role in stroke and various devices, Ventricular Septal Defect Closure, implantable pulmonary and aortic valves, mitral valve disease, hybrid intervention for hypoplastic left heart syndrome and much more.

Once again we will be having Hot Debates, Meet the Expert and My Nightmare Case in the Cath Lab. There will be Oral Abstract Presentations on Sunday and daily Poster Abstracts displayed. Abstract submission deadline is March 15th, 2008 and for abstract online submission please visit our website at: www.picsymposium.com.

There will be daily breakout sessions for all professionals who work in Pediatric and Adult Cardiology, the catheterization lab and operating room.

We hope to see you in Las Vegas.

Sincerely,

Course Directors
Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD                        John P. Cheatham, MD
William E. Hellenbrand, MD              Carlos Pedra, MD