Newsletter No#1 65th ESCVS , Serbia

The European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery

International Congress 21-24 April, 2016 of the European Society Belgrade, Serbia Congress venue: for CardioVascular and Crowne Plaza [email protected] Endovascular Surgery [email protected] Joint event www.escvs2016.org ACST 2 collaborators meeting Joint sessions Working group for Pacemaker of the Serbian Society for Cardiology Heart Failure Society of Serbia

Abstract submission deadline: 01.12.2015.

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