ICC 2021
Bad Nauheim, Germany

The first hybrid ICC conference was held in December 2021 in the historical Jugendstil setting of the spa town Bad Nauheim in Germany. With 300 participants joining on-site or virtual, yet another ICC meeting concluded successfully. We would like to thank all participants for their contribution and the fruitful discussions and all sponsors for their kind support.

 

Programme
The programme for ICC 2021 covered many aspects of the disease, ranging from pathophysiology and epidemiology, to diagnosis and surgery, interventional treatment, medical and multimodal therapy. The possible influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on CTEPH incidence was considered and the final session was devoted to current hot topics in the field. The ICC 2021 programme is available here.

 

Press release
The press release from ICC 2021 can be viewed here.

 

Poster prize and abstracts
Warmest congratulations to the winners of the ICC 2021 poster award:

• Bruno Degano et al. (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France)
  Exercise hyperventilation and pulmonary gas exchange in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: effects of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (ICC2021-30)
• Takeshi Ogo et al. (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Osaka, Japan)
  Selexipag for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: outcome from the Phase 3 study (ICC2021-46)
• Stefan Söderberg et al. (Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden)
  Dyspnea after pulmonary embolism: a nation-wide population based study (ICC2021-23)
• Jenny Yang et al. (University of California San Diego, La Jolla, US)
  Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy after balloon pulmonary angioplasty: single center USA experience (ICC2021-27)

The abstract book containing all submitted abstracts can be viewed and downloaded following this link.

 

Presentations
The presentations are available for ICC participants until 10 February 2022 on the conference platform.

 

About Bad Nauheim
Bad Nauheim is nestled in the foothills of the Taunus, in the middle of the picturesque Wetterau. Bad Nauheim is famous as a spa town and much of its architecture follows the Art Nouveau style. Bad Nauheim is also home to the Kerckhoff Klinik, where Prof. Eckhard Mayer sees and operates CTEPH patients.

 

Previous ICCs
The ICA organises the International CTEPH Conference every three years. Visit Past Events for further information.