site.btaOver 300 Participants Gather in Ruse for Interventional Medicine Forum

More than 300 medical professionals are taking part in the seventh Ruse Interventional Days, which opened in the northern Bulgarian city on Friday and will continue until September 13, the organizers said.

The three-day forum brings together Bulgarian specialists and guests from Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Poland, Serbia and the United States for discussions and exchange of experience in interventional medicine.

Among the international participants are Prof. Juan Luis Gutierrez-Chico, Prof. Gianluca Rigatelli, Prof. Christoph Hammerstingl, Prof. Robert Gil, Prof. Slawomir Golebiewski, Prof. Vladimir Mitov, Dr Aleksandar Jolic, Prof. Yves Louvard and Prof. Ravi Nair.

This year's cardiology programme focuses on complex coronary interventions and decision-making in the era of precision medicine. In vascular surgery, discussions centre on vascular access, while the neurology and neurosurgery programme addresses the organization of modern care for patients with ischaemic stroke and the development of Medica's stroke centre.

The conference is organized by Medica healthcare facilities together with Angel Kanchev University of Ruse and the Bulgarian Society of Interventional Cardiology.