DELIVERY OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION: HOW CAN WE ENSURE PATIENTS’ NEEDS ARE BEING MET? Registration: 12:30 - 13:00 World Café: 13:00 - 16:30 WACRA Christmas dinner: 17:00 at Raffles Hotel, Applecross This workshop will be facilitated by experts in cardiovascular care. Areas for table top discussion include: Improving referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation Principles of assessment Addressing long-term behaviour…

CONFERENCE GOAL This programme will focus on the evaluation and treatment of primary tumours of the heart. Topics will cover imaging modalities used in diagnosis, surgical options and operations, chemotherapeutic treatments and options and pathological considerations of sarcomas of the heart. OBJECTIVES By the end of the conference, the participant will be able to: *…

Assoc. Professor Matthew Worthley, Interventional Cardiologist, will discuss ‘Dissolving scaffolding systems – dissolvable stents’. Shirley Chui FMC, Cardiology Department Pharmacist, will provide an update on 'medications for heart failure plus broader CVD medications'. All welcome. More info to come shortly! For any questions, please contact SACRA directly sacra@acra.net.au.

State evening seminar at John Hunter Hospital, during heart week. Topic: Hypertension. More info to be provided shortly! For any questions, please contact CRA NSW/ACT directly cranswact@acra.net.au.

Heart Foundation Heart Week The Health Professional Seminar will be held at the Education Development Centre at Hindmarsh. The theme for Heart Week is 'hypertension', more information to come on resources available to promote this event. All welcome. For any questions, please contact the SACRA Committee directly sacra@acra.net.au.

The Resus @ The Park Conference 2017 will be held at Luna Park, Sydney from the 1 – 2 June 2017. This is Sydney’s largest and most innovative Conference on the art and science of resuscitation and emergency medicine. The Conference is designed to inform, educate and excite all who work in the field of…

Members Annual Dinner again kindly sponsored by Astra Zeneca! With invited speaker Dr Alicia Chan who will speak on 'Iron Deficiency and clinical implications for patients’ cardiac function and dysfunction, diagnosis, assessment, treatment and management, plus new infusion (Ferinject) now available. Venue: planning for Ayres House.