Seminar on complex coronary intervention
With a view to updating knowledge on challenging coronary interventions, recently Cardiology Department of Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital (SSMC and MH) organised a seminar in a local hotel in the city.
Seminar entitled "Complex coronary intervention: Focus on practical and clinical implication" was dedicated to the interventional cardiologists, especially to the budding cardiologists who will contribute to lessen the burden of heart ailment in near future. Young cardiologists congregated in the seminar to update knowledge with the newer modalities of coronary angioplasty, specially the complex and challenging one.
Percutaneous coronary intervention also known as coronary angiogram/angioplasty has become an efficient and cost-effective modality of revascularisation in coronary heart disease. Renowned interventional cardiologist of the country Prof Dr Md Afzalur Rahman, and also head of the Cardiology Department of SSMC and MH spoke as the keynote speaker in the seminar.
He said "We have to go a long way to make the state-of-the-art cardiac interventions versatile in every nook and corner of the country. In order to keep pace with the rapidly advancing world, we are bound to continuously update our knowledge, acquire newer skills and adopt latest technology. We have to nurture our budding cardiologist with utmost priority to shape the future of interventional cardiology in Bangladesh."
Prof Brig (Retd) Abdul Malik was present as chief guest while Prof M Jalaluddin, former Director NICVD delivered welcome address. Several more distinguished interventional cardiologists of the country spoke on the occasion. Dr Jairaman Lingamanaicker of Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre of Singapore, spoke as a guest lecturer.
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