EPCCS: The only European society with a single focus on cardiovascular disease in primary care
EPCCS 2010 Annual meeting
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Third Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (EPCCS) to be held on September 23-24, 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal.
The 2010 EPCCS Annual scientific meeting will consist of a Clinical Masterclass where key areas in cardiovascular disease will be addressed such as: hypertension, lipid management, heart failure, obesity & cardiometabolic disease, diabetes, multiple risk management, lifestyle and guidelines.
The 2010 meeting will also include presentations and publications of original scientific papers and also smaller interactive working group sessions.
We look forward to welcome you as a participant at our Third Annual meeting in Lisbon. |
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Register now for the 2010 annual meeting in Lisbon
EPCCS 2009: coverage
Over 400 health care professionals registered for the 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society.
The meeting took the form of a “clinical masterclass’ with discussion on key areas of cardiovascular disease of importance to primary care.
The EPCCS is pleased to provide its members with the following coverage of the annual meeting. |
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It was a great success, with presentations from expert speakers, lively discussion, and well-attended sessions throughout the two days
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Please find here
summaries of the different master class sessions, or go here directly to your session of interest:
Hypertension & Stroke Master Class
Antiplatelet therapies in ACS
Heart failure Master Class
Cardiovascular Biomarkers
Diabetes Master Class
Reducing CV risk Master class
Some faculty members agreed to share their presentations with the EPCCS members, please see
here to view and download.
Become a member of the EPCCS (Free)
Join us and become a member of the EPCCS. With the increasing role of primary care physicians, as well as practice nurses, in addressing the burden of cardiovascular disease, it is of increasing importance to expand the educational activities of the EPCCS. Therefore we encourage all who are active in the field of primary care and cardiovascular disease to apply for a membership.
Membership of the EPCCS is FREE to all primary care physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals in Europe.
Welcome to the EPCCS
The First Pan-European society for healthcare professionals focusing on the management of cardiovascular disease
Welcome to the website of the
European
Primary
Care
Cardiovascular
Society(
EPCCS). The EPCCS, founded in 2000, aims to provide a focus of support, education, research, and policy on issues relating to cardiovascular disease within primary care settings.
The EPCCS is a Wonca Europe Special Interest Group (WESIG).
The focus of the EPCCS is directed on the interests of those working within primary care and aims to utilise the considerable evidence base that currently exists and to contribute to extending the evidence base where appropriate.
About EPCCS
Cardiovascular disease represents the single most important disease presenting to primary care physicians in Europe, based upon its position as the number one cause of death (through myocardial infarction and stroke), the commonest cause of premature death (before the age of 65) and the major cause of disability. Furthermore, cardiovascular disease is a consequent high cost to health care systems throughout Europe, with two of the commonest manifestations of cardiovascular disease, namely stroke and heart failure, occupying the top two most costly conditions to treat.
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