So, Dr Wes, your fellow blogging comrade has landed! 
I suspect the majority of planes landing in Atlanta this weekend have been packed with cardiologists (and surgeon!…what a brave man Dr Bradeley is from Sheffield and welcome!!). Would be interesting to see what happened if the cabin crew requested ‘is there a doctor onboard!?’
I have to [...]

Cardiosmart, the ACCs patient education website and the ACC Georgia Chapter are co-hosting a healthfair on 13 March to empower the local residents to improve their lifestyle……can only help as we see an increasing trend towards obesity in future generations! The British Heart Foundation website has some excellent information on how to keep your heart [...]

If you are ploughing through the programme (and check out your programme and planner here!) here is a little light relief..a trailer for the show in Atlanta! Doesn’t tell you much but does give an insight into the dress code for doctors in the US..white coats (long sleeves..!) with ties (have they heard of infection [...]

So with 1 week to go the programme is out on my desk and planning begins. There is a huge amount of educational material and trying to create a manageable timetable is difficult!
First stop has to be the ‘Late Breaking Clinical Trials’ (LBCT).
Meetings like the ACC allow you to catch up on the very latest in [...]

The ACC and the BCS have always enjoyed a special relationship.
Dr Huon Gray, previous President of BCS, is currently the Chair of the ACC International Affairs Committee. A UK Chapter of the ACC for Fellows of the ACC resident in the UK is being set up and is the first of its kind outside the USA. Importantly, [...]

Welcome to the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) blog for the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta, USA, 14 – 16 March 2010.
This blog has been developed as part of an increasing collaboration between the ACC and BCS.
This year I will be in Atlanta to learn all about the ‘Future of cardiology’, keep you up-to-date and look forward [...]