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    Final Announcement Brochure
    Consumer IT SHOW 6-9 March 2008
Singapore hosts 4 regular IT shows a year, spaced out at quarterly intervals. The IT show is a MEGA event with participation from almost all major computer and electronic storage products, as well as camera manufacturers, TV and Video and home consumer products.
You can get discounted memory cards from scandisk, wireless routers from Linksystems, and laptops from all major vendors including Sony, Apple, Toshiba and many others. Larger bulky items at steeply discounted prices include all-in-one printers, and full HD LCD and plasma televisions. Other products include mobile phones, digital cameras, headphones, ipod accessories, and even camera lens.
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    PCI Stars
KLAUS MATHIAS
Professor Mathias is well known to SingLIVE participants.  He has been a regular past guest faculty with us. Professor Mathias is world renown for his expertise in peripheral and neurovascular interventions, particularly in carotid artery stenting.  He is the Director of the Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology at the Teaching Hospital of the City of Dortmund and a Professor of Radiology in the University of Münster, Germany.  He has been involved in the organization of numerous congresses and symposia.  He is also the associate editor of several scientific journals.  To date, he has about 900 scientific presentations and about 240 scientific publications
KAZUAKI MITSUDO
Dr Mitsudo is the Chief Director, Cardiology and Vice President of the Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan.  He is one of the top interventional cardiologists in Japan, and is extremely skilled in both coronary and peripheral specialities.  His meticulous techniques and skills  in CTO cases is always very well received by our SingLIVE delegates. Dr Mitsudo is the course director of the very popular annual Kurashiki PCI course, running for almost two decades now.
SHIGERU SAITO
A transradialist and interventionalist par excellence! We are always amazed at his skill and the speed in which he does his interventions.  Dr Saito is very known to everyone. He  is the director of cardiology and catheterization laboratories at Shonan Kamakura General Hospital in Kamakura, Japan, as well as Vice-Director of the hospital.   He travels extensively to  contribute to the development of interventional cardiology and transradial angioplasty in Asia and around the world.  Dr Saito runs his own annual live course at Kamakura, as well as being one of the course directors for CCT, Japan.

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    Cardiac Morphology Course (Pre-Congress Programme)

DATE & TIME: 05 – 06 MARCH 2008, WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY · 0800 – 1730 HR
VENUE: NATIONAL DENTAL SINGAPORE ·AUDITORIUM

Singapore LIVE 2008 and the world-renowned Royal Brompton Hospital bring the first cardiac morphology course to the region! Cardiac morphologist par excellence, Dr Yen Ho uses her collection of high quality videos of rare heart specimens to illustrate and illuminate structural and functional relationships in the heart with clarity and authority. This unique course integrates morphology with multi-modality cardiac imaging, and applies these to percutaneous and surgical interventions of congenital and acquired heart disease.
  3rd Fellows Course (Special Session)
DATE & TIME: 06 MARCH 2008, THURSDAY · 0830 – 1730 HR
VENUE: SUNTEC SINGAPORE · MEETING ROOM


An entire one-day course targeted to interventional fellows in training, as well as those who wish to be updated on the latest developments in interventional cardiovascular medicine. Top international faculty will deliver key points and tips throughout the course. Hands-on sessions will compliment the learning experience. This year, the course will be held one day before the main programme. As the course is well subscribed, ensure you register early.
Programme Directors

Dr Philip Wong

Dr Victor Lim
 
    Complications Session (Concurrent Session 1-3)

DATE & TIME: 07 MARCH 2008, FRIDAY · 0900 – 1230 HR
VENUE: SUNTEC SINGAPORE · MEETING ROOM

TIPS AND TRICKS OF PCI
An original SingLIVE presentation, this is another popular session, where rare pearls and tips of the interventional trade are revealed. Learn how to overcome difficulties and ensure that your intervention ends in success.

COMPLICATIONS AND BAIL OUT CASE PRESENTATIONS
This is a very popular component of the Singapore LIVE programme, and is very well received. We have Prof Eric Eeckhout from Lausanne Switzerland who will lead this programme. Besides running the complications session at EuroPCR, he also has a 2 day course on complications in his Lausanne. If you like the contents of this programme, make a date with his meeting in June 2008 website…… Don’t miss this!
Programme Directors

Dr Lim Soo Teik

Dr Eric Eckhout
    Clinical PTCA Course I & II (Concurrent Session 1-6 & 2-1)
DATE & TIME: 07 MARCH 2008, FRIDAY · 1200 – 1730 HR
                         08 MARCH 2008, SATURDAY · 0830 – 1230 HR
VENUE: SUNTEC SINGAPORE · MEETING ROOM

New course curriculum ensures that this course stays relevant for our participants from the region. Clinical points and tips in the use of current PCI techniques and devices will be discussed. This course aims to highlight the various pearls and tricks that will improve your everyday practice. A panel of international faculty will be on hand to discuss the Asian viewpoint.
Programme Director

A/Prof Koh Tian Hai
    3rd Annual CTO Course (Concurrent Session 3-1 & 3-4)

DATE & TIME: 09 MARCH 2008, SUNDAY · 0830 – 1230 HR & 1400 – 1730 HR
VENUE: SUNTEC SINGAPORE · MEETING ROOM

The 3rd iteration of our popular one day CTO course involves the incorporation of transmissions and case presentations.  Top Japanese and other international faculty contribute to make this a “must attend”. The latest CTO equipment and techniques will be shown live, as well as in didactic lectures.  The latest retrograde CART and our faculty will demonstrate other methods. Key tips and tricks for both beginning and advanced practitioners of CTO recanalisation will be discussed. Our Asian key opinion leaders will provide a local Asian perspective to practices around the Asian-Pacific basin. Course materials will be supplied. The course is part of the main Singapore LIVE programme.  No extra registration is required.
Distribution of CART DVD! You can see the practical techniques to overcome CTO’s in this DVD. Don’t miss the hottest CART™ Technique by Dr. Osamu Katoh (Toyohashi Heart Center, Japan) with innovative devices from Asahi Intecc!

Note: DVD only distributed during CTO course on 9th March 2008, first-come-first-served.

Some of the top CTO experts coming include the following: Dr Shigeru Saito, Dr Kazuaki Mitsudo, Dr Masahiko Ochiai, Dr David Kandzari, Dr Toshiya Muratmatsu, Dr Sunao Nakamura, Dr Nanto Inoue, Dr Masato Nakamura.

    LIVE Integrated Cardiac Imaging Sessions (Special Session)

DATE & TIME: 08 - 09 MARCH 2008, SATURDAY - SUNDAY · 0830 – 1730 HR & 0830 – 1230 HR
VENUE: SUNTEC SINGAPORE · MEETING ROOM

This is a combined effort of Cardiac CT angiography sessions with case presentations, with echocardiographic and nuclear cardiology sessions.  Top-notch experts like Joao Lima from John Hopkins will discuss the newest 320-slice Cardiac CT technology! Three top MSCT international experts will be on hand to provide the latest details on the topics that are currently relevant to cardiac MSCT practitioners,
complemented by local experts.  In the area of echocardiographic imaging, we showcase the new real time 3D TEE modality by Prof Mani Vannan from USA and strain imaging for myocardial ischaemia and viability.To top it all, we have a world-class international faculty and an extensive Asian-Pacific group of key opinion leaders.  This will surely enhance the learning experience.
    Nursing and Paramedical Symposium (Concurrent Session 3-2)

DATE & TIME: 09 MARCH 2008, SUNDAY · 0830 – 1230 HR
VENUE:SUNTEC SINGAPORE · MEETING ROOM

We have revised our topics to stay up to date on the latest issues facing nurses and our paramedical colleagues in the interventional field. A practical hands-on breakout session will solidify the learning points put forward during the lectures by our Asian faculty.
Programme Director

Dr Aaron Wong
    Transradial Simulator Sessions
Learn how to do your case via the transradial route and perfect your transradial technique! These simulators are specially brought in for the benefit of our participants. Registration (no additional charges) is required on site for these sessions. Places are limited per session to ensure an adequate opportunity for hands-on practice.
    Satellite Live Transmissions

See PCI as performed in other sites across Asia. A variety of complex cases from top overseas centers will be shown during the 3 days of the SingLIVE meeting. Live transmissions include those from Mount Elizabeth Hospital in HongKong, Wockhardt Heart Institute from Banglore in India, and Harapan Kita (National Heart Institute) from Indonesia. Don’t miss these highlights!
    Simultaneous Live Broadcasts to both theatres

Enjoy 2 for 1! Watch two simultaneous live cases in the main theatre! The concurrent live transmission programmes in the clinical PCI/Peripheral Vascular Interventions rooms will be beamed live into both theatres, so that participants can derive the most benefit.

Remember to get your headset!
    Best of Young Interventionalists Competition

A shootout of the best cases submitted by Asia’s young interventionalists. See who will win this year’s competition. A distinguished panel of judges will critique the presentations. Prizes will be awarded!
    Young Investigator's Award (Abtracts Presentation)
SingLIVE is please to announce that the 3 best abstracts (Poster format) for SingLIVE 2008 will be entitled to this award. First prize USD 1,000 and second prize USD 600 and third prize USD 400. *Cash prizes are proudly sponsored by Chien Foundation
*The Chien Foundation was founded by Mr. Teddy Chien specifically for the education and training of young cardiologists, particularly in the field of Interventional Cardiology. The foundation has been active in the Asia Pacific Region providing support in various educational and training opportunities.
    Free Desktop Calendar & Pocket Calendar of Cardiovascular Events 2008
A very useful desktop calendar specially crafted for the interventional
community. Remind yourselves effortlessly of the major international meetings with this calendar! Pictures will help you explain the procedure to your patients in your practice.
The pocket calendar provide you with a handy list of major international meetings especially prepared with particular reference to major Asian and ASEAN cardiac meetings.

Get your free copy with your registration.
    2 DVD SingLIVE Set
Get your 2 DVD SingLIVE set. Featuring selected interesting live cases and lectures from 16th SingLIVE, Factoids, and other educational material.
    News Flash! Press Releases!
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