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Dear colleagues, dear friends,

It is my great pleasure as president of the BSC, to welcome you to the 37th Annual Congress of the Belgian Society of Cardiology.

The annual meeting of the BSC is your meeting. It will offer you the opportunity to gather together in central Brussels for 2 days of intensive education and networking and meet renowned experts in their specialities.

The overall theme of this edition is: “Modern cardiology in the picture”

Cardiology is pre-eminently a discipline with ongoing scientific and technological discoveries resulting in new diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms, which need to be implemented in daily practise. In addition, our way of working will undergo profound changes in view of the pending legislation on hospital networking.

The congress programme will cover all different aspects of modern cardiology and we will introduce some new formats such as the audience voting system, speakers corner, the clash of the Titans in order to increase the interactivity between the audience and the experts.

What can you expect in the 37th edition of the BSC Congress:

Dedicated BSC Working Group sessions, with best abstract presentations highlighting new information of the different cardiac subspecialities.

The ESC-BSC joint session will not only present but also challenge the new guidelines on valvular heart disease.

The College of Cardiology will present an update of quality handbook with focus on heart failure clinics.

Socio-economical sessions will cover organisational aspects of the cardiology profession.

Laureate lectures and awards ceremony; Best Poster, Young Investigator, Leon Dumont prize, Jacqueline Bernheim prize,the new Belgian research prize.

Industry-supported satellite symposia will give the floor to high-level international speakers, presenting different cardiologic topics

The final session, the “clash of the Titans”, will be a lively knowledge competition between teams and the audience.

We design this annual meeting to meet your expectations and be a source of new scientific and educational discoveries, allowing for continuous investments in the care of patients with cardiovascular problems, still the number one killer in the Western world.

The BSC congress is “the place to be” on 8th and 9th February 2018!

With enthusiastic and kind regards,

Prof Dr Marc Claeys, MD, PhD

President of the Belgian Society of Cardiology  

Prof. Marc Claeys

BSC - President

Prof. Patrizio Lancellotti

BSC - President-elect & Scientific Secretary

Dr. Peter Geelen

BSC - Treasurer

Prof. Agnès Pasquet

BSC - Past-president & Councillor

Prof. Walter Desmet

Belgian Working Group on Interventional Cardiology Imaging Function

Dr. Yves Vandekerckhove

Belgian Heart Rhythm Association

Dr. Lieven Herbots

Belgian Working Group on Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging

Dr. Pierre Troisfontaines 

Belgian Working Group on Heart Failure and Cardiac Function

Dr. Raymond Kacenelenbogen

Belgian Working Group on Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Dr. Patrick Coussement 

Belgian Interdisciplinary Working Group on Acute Cardiology

 Prof. Antoine Bondue

Belgian Working Group on Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Dr. Laura Anghel 

Young Cardiologists Club

Prof. Steven Droogmans

Young Cardiologists Club

Dr. Frank Cools

Board Member

Dr. Georges Mairesse

Board Member

Prof. Guy Van Camp

Board Member

EUR

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

For this event we collaborate with the Hilton Grand Place in close vicinity to the congress venue, SQUARE Brussels. 

Hilton Grand Place

Carrefour de l'Europe 3

B-1000 BRUSSELS

Submission Info

TITLE

Maximum 200 characters typed in lower-case letters, except for abbreviations and study names. Please be careful that your title might be truncated if you copy and paste it into the field.

TOPIC

Select one topic from the list of topics presented, which best describes the abstract content (for Abstract Evaluation). Make sure you select the appropriate topic, as this choice will determine which graders will review your abstract.

OPTIONS

No Option - Standard submission or Young Investigators Award (YIA): You may choose to submit your abstract to be considered for the Young Investigator Award. Note that if you submit your abstract for this Award, you have to complete the specific requirements, as is specified in the ”Young Investigator Award"– Guidelines document. 

ABSTRACT AUTHORS AND INSTITUTIONS

Authors list: Your abstract must list at least 1 author in order to be submitted. Please note that the first author should be the abstract presenter by default. Nevertheless, it can be changed through the agreement form process at a later stage. In all cases, the presenter must be part of the authors list included in the submitted abstract. The submitter certifies that he has permission from all persons he enters as co-authors to be listed in this abstract and that they are aware that their names will appear in all publications.

The names of authors will be published as listed on the submission form. Please make sure the information given for each author is correct. NB If none of the authors are able to present the abstract during the congress, the abstract should be withdrawn.

INSTITUTIONS

You will be requested to add the name of the institution in addition to the name of the authors.

ABSTRACT CONTENT

All abstracts must be submitted (and will be presented) in English using UK English. Submitted abstracts should not have been published in any other journals and/or online publications, nor presented at any previous international congress. Content presented in a national meeting is however allowed.

The following structure of your abstract is compulsory as is the template that can be downloaded via following link: template

Background/Introduction

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion(s)

There is not a specific maximum of words, but rather a maximum total size: the abstract including table or picture must be totally include in the space proposed.

The maximum abstract size is 35 lines. (average 3600 characters)

The abstract could not contain more than one table and/or one picture

Abstract picture: Your picture file must meet the following criteria:

Format: JPEG or GIF

Size: less than 1 MB

Measures no larger than 600 pixels(x) x 800 pixels(y)

Please make sure that any pictures/images are of good quality

All sources of financial support (including governmental grants) for this research should be listed under this heading. All grant funding agency abbreviations should be spelled out. This information will be published.

Important: As the grading and selection process is blinded, the title and body text must not contain identifying features, ie information such as:

Names (authors or others)

Names of institute (hospitals, medical schools, clinics,...)

Cities

ALSO NOT AUTHORISED

Trademarks. Use generic drug names. The use of commercial drug names, brands and registered trademarks is strictly prohibited. Drugs should be referred to by the active substance or pharmacological designation.

Company names and location

Web sites and email addresses

Failure to comply with the above requirements may lead to automatic rejection of the submission. Limit use of acronyms and abbreviations. Define at first use with acronym or abbreviation in parentheses.

Please note that any medical research involving human subjects must conform to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association. We remind you that patient’s photo’s should be avoided and the patient must never be identifiable in your presentation.

Abstract submitted on animal studies: Study must follow the "Principles of laboratory animal care" (NIH Publication no. 85-23 revised 1985) and according to the national law if applicable.

ABSTRACT PREVIEW AND SUBMISSION

Please read through your abstract carefully before submitting it, as you cannot change it once submitted and we can not modify the content / author list / topic / picture for you once it has been submitted. 

Draft Status: If you do not click on the submit button, your abstract will be saved in Draft Status. You will then be able to review it and submit it at a later time (but only before the deadline). NB: Abstracts that are in draft status after the deadline will not be considered for selection.

Do not forget to click on the Submit button to validate your abstract submission. You will receive an automatic confirmation by email. 

There is no limit to the number of abstracts an author may submit, but you should not submit the same research twice, even under a different topic. If you submit two abstracts with the same content, the abstract submission service will automatically keep the most recent abstract submitted and withdraw the other.

Changes and corrections: Once submitted, it is not possible to make any corrections to the abstract content or information (such as authors details, topic, correction of typos in the text, etc.). What can be done:

During Submission Period - Online Submission service is open -

In order to correct your abstract you must withdraw it and submit a new corrected version prior to the deadline (See below for withdrawal procedure).

After submission deadline - Online Submission service is closed -

Replacement of your abstract is not possible. Changes can not be made to the submitted version. In case of errors in your abstract, you may indicate the correction during the presentation at the congress (on your poster or oral presentation). However, changes will not be included in any of the publications (online, final programme, abstract-book).

Withdrawal - If you want to withdraw an abstract already submitted, please notify us as quickly as possible at via email:

bsc@downtowneurope.be stating the title and number of the abstract to be withdrawn.

Note that, withdrawals are still accepted after the submission deadline and Abstracts may still appear in publications. All Abstracts withdrawal requests must be received in writing (via e-mail) by the end of November 2017 to avoid publication in the Abstract Book.

ABSTRACTS RESULTS

All abstracts will be reviewed by the members of the BSC Board. The final selection will be made by the beginning of December 2017 and the results will be communicated shortly after. 

The best abstracts in each category will be scheduled for an Oral Presentation, others will be presented as Posters, if accepted. The Board of the BSC will determine day and time of presentation during 8th and 9th Feb 2018. 

NB Allocated presentation times cannot be changed. 

An email message will be sent to each abstract submitter informing them of the status of the abstract. If the abstract is accepted, the submitter will receive further instructions concerning the presentation format.

PUBLICATION OF ABSTRACTS

All accepted abstracts will be published online or/and as an abstract in Acta Cardiologica.

AFFIRMATION OF ORIGINALITY AND COPYRIGHT TRANSFER STATEMENT

By submitting your work to the BSC, you consent to have authors’ names, affiliation and biographical material being used in connection with the publication of your work.

Author(s) represents and warrants that he/she/they is/are sole author(s) of the work, that all authors have participated in and agree with the content and conclusions of the work, and that the work is original and does not infringe upon any copyright, proprietary, or personal right of any third party.

The submitter hereby affirms that the work submitted is original, except for extracts from copyrighted works fully authorized by the copyright holders, and that all statements declared as facts are based on thorough examination and investigation for accurateness.

The submitter signs for all co-authors. He/she accepts responsibility on the present rules for submission and presentation on behalf of all co-authors.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The BSC requests speakers, chairpersons and poster presenters to disclose potential conflict of interest. Abstract presenters are requested to disclose potential conflicts of interest regarding their presentation in the first slide. Poster presenters are requested to disclose potential conflicts of interest regarding poster presentation at the bottom of their poster. This will allow the audience to take potential conflicts of interest into account when assessing the objectivity of the presentation.

DATA PRIVACY

By certifying that you have read these Submission rules, you also confirm having received the prior approval, from the co-authors to provide their data to the BSC.

SUBMISSION

By submitting your work you certify that you read, understand and agree the submission rules.

INFO

General questions can be addressed to the secretariat of the Belgian Society of Cardiology:

Email: bsc@bscardio.be or phone nr. +32 (0)2 644 62 32.

Any queries regarding the working of the submission system, may be taken up with Downtown Europe:

Email: bsc@downtowneurope.be or by phone nr. +32 (0)2 732 35 20.

Abstract submission deadline 2017-11-23

The BSC Congress attracts more than 900 specialists from the Belgian cardiology community.

With 18 sessions spread over 2 days and 4 awards this year, the congress will offer companies an excellent opportunity to meet with cardiologists in all fields, and to present them their products and services in attractive Exhibition Foyers closely located to the sessions meetings rooms.

Information and guidelines on the exhibition will be available from 23rd October 2017.

The sooner you book the best prominent location you get !

If you are interested by a an industry pass without a booth, please contact the organising secretariat.

For further information, please contact: bsc@downtowneurope.be

Contact No.: +32 (0)2 644 62 32

Email: bsc@bscardio.be