BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION SOCIETY
(Charity No: 1073454)
(Web Site: www.bcis.org.uk)
AUTUMN MEETING
will be held on
Friday 21 September, 2007
in the
Burlington Hotel, Dublin
REGISTRATION FORM
and PROGRAMME
Organiser:
Professor David Foley
For Further Details please contact: -
BCOS Ltd., P.O. Box 20710, London E3 5UE
Tel: 020 8980 0679
Fax: 020 8980 0725
E-mail: autumnmeeting@bcos.demon.co.uk
The 2007 BCIS Autumn meeting will be held on Friday 21st September in the
Burlington Hotel, Dublin
As during previous years, the meeting will focus on clinical aspects of interventional cardiology,
and an interesting programme of presentations, case reviews and debates, with ample time for
discussion, has been compiled by our Dublin hosts for the education and entertainment of their
BCIS and Irish Cardiac Society colleagues.
As in previous years, early registration is advised.
You are also invited to the drinks reception and dinner, which takes place on the evening of
Thursday 20th September.
Registration for drinks reception and dinner, as well as for the
conference, must be made in advance, using the enclosed registration form.
Attendance at the 2007 BCIS Autumn Meeting is free of charge to all BCIS members, and
members of the Irish Cardiac Society. However a nominal charge is made towards the
Thursday evening social event, for those who wish to attend. A BCIS membership application
form is attached for anyone wishing to attend the Autumn Meeting, but who is not yet a
member. Please note that the deadline for membership application, to qualify for attendance at
the 2007 Autumn meeting, is 15th August, 2007.
Delegate accommodation has been arranged at the Burlington Hotel (please send the attached
accommodation registration form directly to the hotel) and other neighbouring hotels are available
via the Dublin Tourist Office.
Conference Venue: The meeting, drinks and dinner will be held at the Burlington Hotel. This is
a high quality 4-star Dublin hotel, it’s a genuine Dublin institution, always at the heart of the
action and central to the whirl of Dublin life. The Burlington Hotel is Dublin's largest and, indeed,
liveliest hotel. Centrally located in the heart of Georgian Dublin, it is just a five-minute stroll to the
city centre.
The combination of local Dubliners and guests from abroad gives the hotel its lively, cosmopolitan
atmosphere. Coupled with their dedication to service and commitment to excellence, the
Burlington is sure to exceed even the highest of expectations.
Burlington Hotel, Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Tel: (+353 1) 660 5222 Fax: (+353 1) 660 8496
www.jurys-dublin-hotels.com/theburlington_dublin
Accommodation:
Accommodation has been reserved in the Burlington Hotel, and should be
booked directly, using the enclosed form. Single room bed and breakfast accommodation is
available at Euros 196 per night, with double accommodation available for Euros 221. Subject to
availability, the hotel has also offered this rate into the weekend for those delegates wishing to
extend their stay in Dublin.
All rooms are equipped with Data Port, Multi-Channel TV, 24-hr Sports & News Channels,
Trouser Press, Voice Mail, Workdesk/Lamp, Tea/Coffee Tray, Hairdryer
For other enquiries and alternative hotels, please contact the Tourist Office.
www.visitdublin.com
In addition to reserving hotel accommodation, please do ensure that you book your place at
the conference, and dinner if required, using the enclosed registration form.
Location: Dublin is easily reached air, sea, rail and road.
For directions to the hotel by road please refer to the hotel website.
Parking: On site parking is available for delegates staying in the Burlington Hotel
Air: Dublin Airport is 8 miles from the Burlington Hotel. You can take the Aircoach located just
outside the arrivals hall, which will drop you outside the hotel for a cost of €6. A taxi will cost up
to €25.
Rail:
Connolly Station A taxi should cost in the region of €7.
Heuston Station 3 miles to the Burlington Hotel. A taxi should cost in the region of €10.
Sea: Dublin Port, 2 miles to the Burlington Hotel. Leaving Dublin Port, head for the city centre until you
reach the East Link Bridge. Turn Left onto the bridge. Coming off the bridge, take a right onto York Road
and at the end of the road, take a right onto Bremen Grove. Turn left onto Bath Avenue, then Haddington
Road, reaching Mespil Road with the canal on your right hand side. Take the last left before you reach the
traffic lights, onto Sussex Road, and continue along for 400m. The hotel is located on the left hand side.
Dun Laoghaire Ferry Port, 8 miles to the Burlington Hotel. Follow the signs heading for the city centre. As
you pass through the Ballsbridge area, take a left off of Pembroke Road onto Upper Baggot Street. Take the
fourth left at the traffic lights, taking you onto Mespil Road with the canal on your right hand side. Take
the last left before you reach the traffic lights, onto Sussex Road, and continue along for 400m. The hotel is
located on your left hand side.
Transport within Dublin
The Dublin Pass - the best way to see it all! With FREE transport from the airport to the city, FREE
entrance to over 30 of Dublin’s top attractions and special offers in over 25 of Dublin’s top shops,
restaurants, tours and entertainment venues. Order online from the Tourist Office: www.visitdublin.com
DUBLIN CITY CENTRE MAP
Dublin
For further information please contact the Tourist Information Centre: www.visitdublin.com
If you have time after the meeting, consider staying on in Dublin. The Burlington Hotel will
continue the BCIS rate for the Friday and Saturday night, if you wish to extend your stay.
Top 10 things to do – from the Dublin Tourist Board!
1. Visit the Dublin Tourism Centre in the former Saint Andrews Church on Suffolk Street (just off Grafton Street)
in the city centre. Apart from giving you the opportunity to view this beautifully restored building, we have a
wide range of services to assist you in planning your visit to Dublin City, Dublin County and your holiday in
the rest of Ireland. You can even pick up your souvenirs! Click here to find out more about our visitor centres.
2. See more for less - The Dublin Pass is your passport to Dublin giving you loads of great features in one great
value package, including; FREE entry to over 30 of Dublin’s top visitor attractions, FREE airport transfer to
Dublin city with Aircoach and over 25 special offers for eating, shopping, entertainment and tours. All this and
an 84-page guidebook to Dublin and you can jump the queues too!
3. Tour Dublin – Discover more of the city on one of the hop-on-hop-off bus tours or if you want to get away
from the hustle and bustle coach tours will take you to the surrounding countryside or coastal villages, just a 20minute drive. If you prefer to discover the city for yourself, download an iWalk to your MP3 player and take
things at your own pace. If you don’t want to download a walk why not try the ‘Rock & Stroll’ self-guided tour
that stops at the many significant sites associated with Dublin’s world famous musicians, rock group and pop
artists.
4. Visit a Castle – Ireland is synonymous with castles and you can step back in time and visit a selection of
ancient and historic fortifications situated both in the city and throughout Dublin County
5. Discover the story of Dublin – A wealth of museums hold an array of information and artifacts recounting to
you the history of this ancient capital.
6. Visit Georgian Dublin – The Georgian door is a well recognized symbol of ‘Welcome’ in Dublin. In the 18th
century (Georgian Era) the city acquired this beautiful and distinctive style of architecture. Stroll through the
elegant streets of Merrion and Fitzwilliam Squares, as fine examples of the great Georgian period.
7. Dine with the locals – We Dubliners like to eat, and the last ten years has seen the emergence of a
cosmopolitan and chic food culture, which is mirrored in the hundreds of restaurants you will find throughout
the Dublin region.
8. Sample some local brews. - Have a pint of Guinness or a shot of whiskey in one of Dublin's 1000 pubs!
Discover how our ‘national drinks’ are made with visits to the Guinness Storehouse and Old Jameson Distillery.
9 Shop 'til you drop! - Dublin offers a wonderful array of products ranging from the traditional to the more
contemporary. You can easily explore on foot the central shopping area from Henry Street to O' Connell Street
and across the river to Grafton Street. You will also fine many extensive shopping centres throughout the city
and county.
10. Party the night away! - Dublin has one of Europe's most vibrant and exciting nightlife cultures. So whether
it's the traditional pubs with Irish music, or the hip and trendy bar and club scene that you're after, you'll find it
all in here! Dublin is also famous for its playwrights and choice of theatres so if drama's your thing why not
check out what's on?
For Further Details on the BCIS Autumn meeting: Please contact BCOS Ltd, PO Box 20710, London E3 5UE
Tel: 020 8980 0679 Fax: 020 8980 0725 E-mail: autumnmeeting@bcos.demon.co.uk
Sponsors: BCIS would like to thank the British Cardiovascular Industry Association for their continued
sponsorship and support of the BCIS Autumn Meeting.
Diary Date: Advanced Angioplasty 2008 (incorporating Left Main Stem 6)
23-25 January, 2008 Hilton London Metropole Hotel, Edgware Road, London W2
Details from info@millbrookconferences.co.uk
Autumn Meeting 2007
Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Programme
Thursday 20 September
19.30
20.00
Drinks Reception
Dinner
Friday 21 September
07.15-07.30
Pembroke Suite
Pembroke Suite
Lansdowne Suite
Registration
08.00–8.10 Welcome and Opening address
08.10–8.30
Stent thrombosis in daily practice in UK and Ireland
Is there a problem or is it all hype?
08.30–08.50
Stent thrombosis associated with DES: are the trials
providing trustworthy information for the practitioner?
08.50-09.10
Stent thrombosis in daily practice
– insights from OCT Pathology
09.10-09.30
The role of Platelets – can we measure our therapies
or have we any idea what we are dealing with?
09.30-09.50
B.C.I.S. Audit Update
09.50-10.00
Optimal Anti-platelet regimes post DES, strategies
for Patients on Warfarin and interruption for
surgical procedures
Panel Discussion
10.10–10.40
Coffee
Herbert Suite
10.40–11.00
New and emerging stent technology
Bioabsorbable Stents: The Future starts today
11.00–11.20
Advances in “high-tec” non invasive cardiac imaging
- what impact on the interventionalist?
11.20-1140
Coronary Physiology in the Cath Lab every day
Complete Diagnostic Capability and user friendliness
11.40-12.10
Increasing Need for IVUS guidance of PCI in the
“DES era”
12.10-12.30
Enhancing Endothelial Repair after
Vascular Interventions
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30-13.50
Expanding indications for PFO closure:
Evidence for who benefits:
can we see through the MIST?
13.50–14.10
Coronary Stenting Techniques: Bifurcation Stenting:
As vexatious as ever!
New technologies, optimal techniques?
14.10-14.30
Coronary Stenting Techniques:
The Evolving role of Adjunctive devices,
thrombus aspiration, distal protection devices,
“cutting balloons”, etc?
14.30-15.30
Case review session: Horrendoplasty, heroics
What not to do and how not to do it!!!
15.30-16.00
Tea
16.00-16.20
Optimal peri-procedural anti-thrombotic therapy?
Heparin, LMW heparin, bivalirudin,
16.20-16.40
Left main and multivessel disease:
the perennial Debate: stenting or surgery?
16.40-17.00
Chronic total occlusion:
The Last Frontier to be conquered in PCI
New Tools, techniques,
17.00
Close of Meeting
Herbert Suite
Herbert Suite
AUTUMN MEETING
The Burlington Hotel, Dublin
20th and 21st September, 2007
REGISTRATION FORM
Please complete, using capital letters, and return to:
BCOS Ltd., P.O. Box 20710, London E3 5UE
Fax: 020 8980 0725
Attendance at the BCIS Autumn Meeting on Friday 21st September is free of charge to all BCIS and Irish Cardiac
Society members. However, a nominal charge of £30 is made as a contribution towards the Thursday evening
dinner. Early registration is recommended, and will be confirmed in writing.
Name:
Position:
Hospital:
Preferred Mailing
Address:
Tel:
Fax:
Please include
your BCIS
Membership No:
Special Dietary
Requirements
Email Address:
BCIS and Irish Cardiac Society Members Registration
 Dinner on Thursday evening 20th September:
 Meeting on Friday 21st September:
 I enclose payment towards dinner of £30 (£25.54 + VAT @ 17.5%)
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(VAT Registration No: 583 3652 22)
Payment should be made by cheque or by credit card (VISA or MASTERCARD only)
Cheques should be made in favour of “BCOS Ltd Conference Account”
If paying by credit card, please provide details below
Card number:
Expiry Date:
Signature:
3 Digit code on reverse of card:
AUTUMN MEETING
The Burlington Hotel, Dublin
20th and 21st September, 2007
ACCOMMODATION REGISTRATION FORM
Please be sure to register for the conference by contacting BCOS Ltd.
Please return the accommodation form prior to 8th August, 2007 directly to the Burlington Hotel to
ensure your reservation at the agreed conference rates
If booking by telephone please quote the hotel code listed below:
Name:
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Arrival Date:
……………………
Departure Date:
………………………….
Approximate Time of Arrival: ……………………………………………………..
Room Type: (please circle as appropriate)
Single
Double
Twin
Smoking
If double/twin, sharing with:
Burlington Hotel***
Non-smoking
Disabled Access
..…………………………..………………………..
Please note that prices are listed in Euros, are per
room per night and include breakfast and VAT.
Single
Double/Tw Ref. Code
Room
in Room
€196.00
Upper Leeson Street,
Dublin 4,
Ireland
Tel: (+353 1) 660 5222
Fax: (+353 1) 660 3172
€221.00
BCIS
Autumn
meeting
Email : Burlington@jurysdoyle.com
www.jurys-dublin-hotels.com/theburlington_dublin
Credit Card No:
………………….………………………… Expiry: ..…..……
Last three security digits (on reverse of card): …………………………………….
Signature:
……………………………………… Date: ……………………...
Address:
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*** PLEASE NOTE ***
THE FINAL CUT-OFF DATE FOR BOOKING IS THE 8th August, 2007
FOLLOWING THIS DATE ALL BOOKINGS WILL BE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY
Reservations must be made using this form in order to avail of this special conference rate.
In the event of cancellation and avoiding cancellation charges
please cancel accommodation directly with hotel and acquire a cancellation number. Delegates may cancel their booking up until 72
hours prior to arrival, without penalty. A 100% cancellation fee will apply to any bookings cancelled by delegates, less than 72
hours in advance.
To qualify for BCIS membership in order to attend the Autumn meeting 2007, please complete and
return this form, before 15th August, 2007
BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR
INTERVENTION SOCIETY
Registered Charity No. 1073454
STANDING ORDER INSTRUCTION
To
THE MANAGER
Bank Name
Address
Postcode
Please pay
Barclays Bank PLC
10 Market Street
BRADFORD
West Yorkshire
BD1 1NR
Account Name
British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
Account Number
70762393
Sort Code
20-11-81
The sum of
£75.00 (seventy five pounds) CONSULTANTS
£25.00 (twenty five pounds) ALL OTHER MEMBERS
now and then yearly thereafter on 1st October until further notice and debit my/our account
accordingly.
PLEASE CANCEL ANY PREVIOUS STANDING ORDER OR STANDING ORDER IN FAVOUR OF THE
BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION SOCIETY (BCIS)
ACCOUNT TO BE DEBITED: (Please use BCIS No in payment reference where possible)
Account Name/s
Member Name
BCIS No
Account Number
Sort Code
Signature/s
Date
Please complete both the membership form and this form and forward both to:
BCIS Secretariat, c/o British Cardiovascular Society, 9 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 5HW
Tel: 020 7692 5414
Email: bcis@bcs.com
Web: http://www.bcis.org.uk
BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR
INTERVENTION SOCIETY
Registered Charity No. 1073454
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Are you a Consultant/SpR/nurse/Technician/Radiographer/other
Title
Dr/Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other
First Name
Surname
Job Title
Hospital
Address
Postcode
Tel
Email
Signature
Date
This section is to be completed with the proposer’s details,
who must be a fully paid up member of BCIS
Name
Job Title
Signature
BCIS No
Hospital
Date
Subscription to BCIS is payable annually by standing order, a mandate form is included with this
booklet, please complete both the membership and standing order form and forward both to:
Lulu Ho
BCIS Secretariat
c/o British Cardiovascular Society
9 Fitzroy Square
London
W1T 5HW
Tel: 020 7692 5414
Email: bcis@bcs.com
Web:www.bcis.org.uk