Dear National CVD Prevention Coordinator,

On behalf of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), we would like to draw your attention to the educational training course on “Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Rehabilitation & Sports Cardiology - From Set-up to New Frontiers” from 20 to 23 November 2017 in Bern, Switzerland, which might be interesting for you and your colleagues.

We would be very grateful if you could upload the attached flyer of the course on your website and/or to do a mailing to all your members in order to promote the course.

Please indicate in the mailing, that the early registration fee ends on October 9th, 2017 and that special discount of 10% for EAPC Silver members and 5% for EAPC Ivory members is available.

For registration, please use the secure Online Registration.

View more information the course on the EAPC webpage.

Course objectives

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death and disability in most European countries. Secondary prevention has become a cornerstone of treatment, but a majority of patients do not achieve guideline standards, predisposing them to progression of disease, recurrent events, and heart failure. Modern preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation programmes, appropriately adapted to medical and cultural settings, have the potential to effectuate a healthier lifestyle, better risk factor control and adherence with cardioprotective medication. However, in most European countries,

less than 50% of cardiac patients attend these programmes. There is a clear need to improve the situation by increasing the number of programmes, facilitating the access to these programmes, and tailoring these programmes to the requirements of the patients. Moreover, the fixed-term and often centre-based programmes have to be modified based on patients preferences and provide concepts for long-term management. The World Health Organisation underscores in their action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases the importance of improving quality and coverage of secondary prevention and rehabilitation following heart attacks and stroke.

Target audience

This course is addressed to the multidisciplinary team of specialists working in the field of secondary prevention, cardiac rehabilitation, and sports cardiology, encompassing cardiologists, sports physicians, physiotherapists, sports scientists and nurses.

The event “Preventive Cardiology, Sports Cardiology & Exercise based Rehabilitation: From Set-up to New Frontiers” is accredited by the European Union of Medical Specialists - The European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME) for 24 hours of External CME credits.

We thank you in advance for your support.

We are happy to announce that the 10th International Symposium on Diabetes, Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome and Pregnancy (DIP 2019) will take place in Florence, Italy, May 29 – June 1, 2019

Since the 1st meeting, the DIP Symposium has grown tremendously, dealing with over 80 years of knowledge, innovative research and the most up-to-date tools, techniques and integrative approach. DIP is considered a leading symposium in the field of Maternal and Fetal medicine, presenting data and management protocols to ensure the optimal outcome of pregnancies complicated by diabetes, hypertension and metabolic syndrome.

The 10th DIP Symposium will highlight the progress of pregnancy - from pre-pregnancy, trimester by trimester, to labor, delivery and post-partum care. Focus will be placed on the prediction and prevention of pregnancy complications – hyperglycemia, hypertension - preeclampsia, preterm birth, NCD’s (Non-Communicable Diseases) and pregnancy, fetal growth and others, as well as the cycle of future NCD’s that begins during the intrauterine life - onto mother and offspring.

You are invited to visit the Symposium website: http://www.comtecmed.com/DIP

We believe that the support of the Hungarian Society of Hypertension will make a significant contribution to what we expect to be a highly successful Symposium.

Please advise if you would be interested in collaborating on a promotional exchange basis and if it would be possible to do the following:

· To publish the DIP 2019 banner on your website and/or social media platforms

· To display/insert DIP 2019 flyers at your upcoming events

In return, we would be happy to display your logo and link on the DIP 2019 website and provide you with the opportunity to send promotional material for inclusion in the delegate bags and/or display table.

We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience