BHI Opening Symposium and Public Lecture

Keynote Lecture: NHS Cardiovascular strategy
Professor Roger Boyle CBE, National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke

Pathophysiology of plaque rupture
Professor A C Newby, British Heart Foundation Chair of Vascular Biology, Bristol Heart Institute

Primary PCI; Current evidence and local experience
Dr Andreas Baumbach, Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute

Coronary surgery: state of the art
Professor Raimondo Ascione, Chair of Cardiac Surgery & Translational Research, Bristol Heart Institute

Current status of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Professor Carlo di Mario, Chair of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital and President of the European Association of Percutaneous Intervention

Minimally invasive valve surgery
Dr Mattia Glauber, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, CNR Massa Carrara, Italy

Advances in Ablation treatment for arrhythmia
Dr Tim Cripps, Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute

Intervention for congenital and structural heart disease
Dr Mark Turner, Consultant Cardiologist, Bristol Heart Institute

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cardiac Disease
Professor Stefan Neubauer, Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford

Hypertension in coarctation and beyond
Professor Julian Paton, Chair of Physiology, Bristol Heart Institute

Interventions for aortic disease; surgery and endovascular therapy
Mr Gavin Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Heart Institute

The cardiac anaesthetist’s extended role
Dr Ian Ryder, Consultant Anaesthetist, Bristol Heart Institute