OPENING STATEMENT

THE 10TH ZAJECAR SYMPOSIUM OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY-ZASINK 2024 WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS and under the name of: DIFFUSE ATEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE

Dear colleagues,

The 10th Zaječar Symposium of Interventional Cardiology, ZASINK 2024, will take place this year in the well-known setting of the Stara Planina Hotel, but it will also be available online through the website www.zasink.com. The congress is organized with the help and support of the Cardiology Society of Serbia, led by Prof. Dragan Simić, and the Zaječar Branch of the Serbian Medical Society (SLD), led by Prim. Mr. Sc. Med. Bratimirka Jelenković, as well as the Health Center Zaječar, under the leadership of General Director Dr. Miroslav Stojanović and Director of the Hospital Sector Dr. Ivica Milosavljević. Thanks to the dedicated staff of the Zaječar Department of Invasive Cardiology , this event will include live video transmissions of invasive procedures from the Zaječar Invasive Cardiology Department, modeled after the most important national and European professional meetings. The interventions will be performed by Prof. Aleksandr Osiev from Moscow, with the support of our team led by Dr. Milan Nikolić. Prof. Osiev, along with Prof. Ailin Barseghian from Irvine, California, will deliver lectures in a session during the official opening. Dr. Oktay Maksudov and Doc. Nadelin Nikolov from Bulgaria will conduct a live case transmission of a peripheral angioplasty procedure for leg arteries from our operating room in Zaječar. This year, we will also have a live transmission of a coronary angioplasty case from the Angio Suite at UMBAL Medica Ruse, to be performed by Prof. Dobrin Vasilev. We will organize the now traditional sessions presented by the Institute for Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Patients, Radon, Niska Banja, led by Prof. Marina Deljanin Ilić, as well as case presentation sessions, which have already made our congress well-known. This year, these sessions will be led by Prof. Milovan Petrović. For the 10th ZASINK, sessions have been prepared by Prof. Ivana Nedeljković, Prof. Svetlana Apostolović, Prof. Vladimir Zdravković, Prof. Ilija Srdanović, Prof. Nemanja Đenić, Prof. Valeri Gelev, and the DLUMS Association, with their teams, for which we are very grateful. In this way, our friends and mentors will again enable us, through their presence and lectures, to hear and learn what is new in cardiology in 2024. For the 10th ZASINK, we have also prepared two accredited courses on the interpretation of ECG in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), as well as in bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias, as well as a course dedicated to IVUS (Intravascular Ultrasound). Special thanks go to Prof. Milan A. Nedeljković, Prof. Siniša Stojković, and Prof. Branko Beleslin, who have been with us throughout the process, advising, guiding, and directly participating in the development of ZASINK. We also express our gratitude to the Mayor of Zaječar, Boško Ničić, for his many years of support and assistance in organizing the congress. Welcome!

Invasive Cardiology Department, Zajecar

Prim Vladimir Mitov, MD, PhD, FACC,
Aleksandar Jolic, MD, FACC