Eurocor GmbH, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Opto Circuits India, hosted live cases and a successful symposium on its new drug-eluting angioplasty technologies at the 3-day Acute Myocardial  Infarction (AMI) Course 2010 and Workshop on ‘New Frontiers in Cardiology 2010’ held in Gurgaon.

The programme was organized by Dr Praveen Chandra, Chairman – Interventional Cardiology, Medanta Medicity Hospital. Leading Interventional Cardiologists from around the country and abroad gathered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel to discuss latest concepts in the treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), commonly known as a ‘Heart Attack’.

The AMI Course, 2010 which is a 3-day comprehensive course includes live demonstration, imparting of techniques and discussions on Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).

Live cases were broadcast from treatment sites within India and Malaysia. The case for bifurcations and small vessels was performed by Dr Dato Rosli and Professor Wan Aazman from IJN hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia using Dior, Eurocor’s drug-eluting balloon. They also demonstrated, for the first time, the use of Magical, a bare metal Cobalt Chromium stent pre-mounted on a drug eluting balloon. Its advantages and reasons for use were also discussed extensively. The second case for AMI was performed by Dr M S. Hiremath in Pune using DIOR. Dr. Praveen Chandra also used a Dior in a case broadcast from Medicity Hospital. Dr. Shivkumar from Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad and Dr. Pratap Kumar from Trivandrum used Taxcor which is  Eurocor’s polymer-free drug-eluting stent.

The symposium ‘New Devices for AMI Intervention – Will DEB replace DES?’ was hosted by Eurocor GmbH at AMI 2010. Dr. Pravin Chandra of Medanta Medicity Hospital presented the concept and shared his personal experience and results with DIOR. This was followed by an update on the historic Valentines trial by Dr. Fazila Malik form Dhaka, Bangladesh. The symposium concluded with a case presentation on AMI in which DIOR was used by Dr Vijay Trehan from G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi.