VIII.World Congress of Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound

INVITATION

On behalf of the International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, I cordially invite you to attend and participate in the VIII. World Congress of Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound to be held in Antalya, Turkey on May 6-9, 2004. This Congress is sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and organized by the Turkish Society of Cardiology. An excellent scientific program encompassing various aspects of interest to participating physicians and surgeons has been planned. It will include invited lectures by world famous echocardiographers as well as presentations of oral abstracts and scientific posters from several ultrasound laboratories throughout the world. The emphasis will be on the latest advances in echocardiography, vascular ultrasound and allied techniques. The previous Congresses held in 1996 (Beijing, China), 1998 (Rio de Janaeiro, Brazil), 2000 (Cairo, Egypt), 2001 (Seoul, South Korea) and 2002 (New Delhi, India) were a tremendous success. The VII. World Congress will be held between October 10 - 12, 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Over the past two decades, echocardiography has taken significant strides including the improvement of ultrasound image resolution and development of myocardial contrast echocardiography and three and four dimensional echocardiography. Faculty from all over the world will be invited to share their experiences in echocardiography and this will contribute to the exchange of scientific information among all attendees. We encourage the submission of abstracts describing the scientific work done by the participants.

The major aim of the international Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound is to promote an exchange of ideas and information amongst members of various countries, advance the science and art of cardiovascular ultrasound, and encourage and further the knowledge of this subject. The society serves to disseminate in a rapid manner recent advances and developments in the field by sponsoring or cosponsoring educational and scientific meetings including World Congresses in various parts of the world. The Society publishes in the Echocardiography Journal news and other items of interest to its members and promotes its aims and objectives as well as through their website, http://www.iscu.org.

We look forward to the pleasure of meeting you in Antalya. Sincerely,

Navin C. Nanda, M.D.
International President, VIII World Congress of Echocardiography and
Vascular Ultrasound and President, International Society of
Cardiovascular Ultrasound (ISCU)

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