PREFACE
26th
Congress of the
European Society of Cardiology Dear Readers,
The Editorial Board of the Netherlands Heart Journal is very pleased to present its annual supplement on this year's meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), held from 28 August - 1 September 2004. In this supplement, we report on the 21 most interesting sessions presented ath the ESC meeting: 3 hot line sessions, 6 main sessions, 2 diabetes tracks, 8 satellite sessions and 2 educational programmes have been fully covered. Most of the studies presented during the hot line session's were truly hot and revealed new data. A discussion by an expert in the field followed each presentation, which resulted in enjoyable and very useful sessions as both positive and negative studies were placed in perspective. In the main sessions, experts provided reviews of topics related to current basic and clinical cardiovascular research, epidemiology and clinical cardiology, as a perspective for daily clinical practice. In the satellite sessions, usually one major topic was discussed in depth by a prominent specialist.
The content of the sessions has been summarised by experts in the field. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the authors who were willing to write these reports. In this way, the supplement gives a good representation of the most important topics of the ESC Congress in Munich. We hope that you will once again enjoy reading the ESC supplement. U
ChiefEditor Netherlands Heart Journal, E.E. van der Wall, MD, FESC, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden.
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26th
Congress of the
European Society of Cardiology Dear Readers,
The Editorial Board of the Netherlands Heart Journal is very pleased to present its annual supplement on this year's meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), held from 28 August - 1 September 2004. In this supplement, we report on the 21 most interesting sessions presented ath the ESC meeting: 3 hot line sessions, 6 main sessions, 2 diabetes tracks, 8 satellite sessions and 2 educational programmes have been fully covered. Most of the studies presented during the hot line session's were truly hot and revealed new data. A discussion by an expert in the field followed each presentation, which resulted in enjoyable and very useful sessions as both positive and negative studies were placed in perspective. In the main sessions, experts provided reviews of topics related to current basic and clinical cardiovascular research, epidemiology and clinical cardiology, as a perspective for daily clinical practice. In the satellite sessions, usually one major topic was discussed in depth by a prominent specialist.
The content of the sessions has been summarised by experts in the field. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the authors who were willing to write these reports. In this way, the supplement gives a good representation of the most important topics of the ESC Congress in Munich. We hope that you will once again enjoy reading the ESC supplement. U
ChiefEditor Netherlands Heart Journal, E.E. van der Wall, MD, FESC, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden.
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