Welcome Address

Dear Colleagues and Friends: On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to welcome you to the 9th Kamakura Live Demonstration Course that is held on December 14th and 15th, 2002 in Yokohama, Japan. The Kamakura Live Demonstration Course makes a feature of Trans-Radial Coronary Intervention (TRI). We hope that we could share our knowledge and development about TRI and update our professional skills each other during this meeting. Ten years have already passed since Dr. Kiemeneij first introduced TRI in the world. During these 10 years, TRI has already established its most important position in the recent advance in percutaneous coronary intervention. This course has definitely continued to contribute to the spread of TRI in Asian countries, especially in Japan. This year, we decided not only to introduce the advanced techniques of TRI but also to come back again to the beginning of TRI. As one of the special sessions, on December 14 from 5PM to 9PM, we would like to hold "The 2nd Dr. Sakai's View on TRA/TRI", which gathered favorable comments last year. As a new attempt, we will also provide a Co-medical session on December 14 from 1PM to 5PM in Nisseki Hall just next to Hamagin Hall. A new technique will be used to provide simultaneous live broadcasts from two sites. During these sessions, we hope that we could encourage young physicians to share their knowledge about TRA and TRI, to promote and / or start TRA and TRI. We believe that all of the attendants would find the 9th Kamakura Live Demonstration Course as the most informative and worthwhile educational experiences. We would like to express our sincere thanks for your participation and hope you are encouraged to share your clinical experiences each other.
Shigeru Saito, M.D., FACC		Ichiro Michishita, M.D.
Director, Organizing Committee of Kamakura Live Demonstration Course		Chairman, Kanagawa PTCA Conference

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