CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER OPENS SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGISTS

Belgrade, 9 April 2011 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended official opening of the Seventh International Summit of Interventional Cardiologists today at Hotel M, Best Western. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II officially opened the congress which is held from April 9-12, 2011.

Beside His Royal Highness, the gathering was also addressed by Professor Miodrag Ostojic, President of The Serbian Heart Foundation, Prof. Nedeljkovic, Doc. Dr. Nevena Karanovic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Dr. Finci from Geneva, Switzerland.

In his speech the Crown Prince emphasized: “I am proud that my wife, Crown Princess Katherine is a member of the board of the Foundation “For Your Heart“ which will help reduce the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease.

Being fully aware of the times we live in and that mortality of cardiovascular diseases is very high, I hope that this four day event will provide some new knowledge and new skills to its participants.

Those new methods should help you to better, faster and more efficiently treat your patients. I hope that you will discuss the ways of prevention of cardiovascular diseases, as well, because it is extremely important”.

The Seventh International Summit of Interventional Cardiologists (BASICS+) is held under the auspices of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine.

During the Summit, there will be training courses on bifurcations, multivessel diseases and thrombus aspiration; the top international experts from this field will perform numerous interventions on Serbian patients.

The Summit will be attended by a large number of domestic and international experts who will be guests of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine at a reception at the Royal Palace, on Saturday, April 9, at 7 pm.