CASCADE successfully kicked-off in two day event at Hamlyn Center for Robotic Surgery, London
The CASCADE kick-off meeting took place on 24-25 April, 2013. The meeting consisted of a technical and clinical part spanning the two days of the event. Both days were extremely well organized by partner ICSTM, and more in particular, by Dr. Stamatia Giannarou (Matina) and Dr. Su-lin Lee, both under supervision of Prof. G-Z. Yang. The technical meeting on the 1st day took place at the Hamlyn Centre of robotics. The clinical aspects of the procedure were presented in detail during the 2nd day. To this end a program was compiled by ICSTM featuring an impressive list of top clinicians. All clinicians gave a detailed account of their lengthy expertise, together covering virtually every aspect of trans-catheter aortic valve implantation and the current clinical state-of-the-art in computer and robot-assisted catheterization. The clinical insights acquired during this unique day left a deep impression upon all the participants and provided a great direction to steer further CASCADE developments.
