PCR London Valves: focus on TAVI

Dear colleagues,

The month of October saw the beginning of an impressive new endeavour in medical education. In the early part of the month, one of the first dedicated European meeting on valves was held in London, ushering in what we believe to be the start of a new era for transcatheter valve implantation as it is seen increasingly as state-of-the-art clinical practice, and not as an only experimental option and procedure.

When Jean Marco, Martyn Thomas and I began this meeting, we were pleasantly surprised to find ourselves addressing a full auditorium with all 850 seats occupied. The ...