Four finalists selected from the highest scoring abstracts presented their unpublished work in this dedicated session. The winner of the ACVC Research Prize in Acute Cardiovascular Care was announced at the end of the session and the prize (3000 Euros) and diploma was handed over by ACVC Past-President Dr Maddalena Lettino.
The ACVC Research Prize in Acute Cardiovascular Care is a highly competitive and prestigious annual prize for unpublished research. The young and fast growing Acute Cardiovascular Care Association is the primary scientific community for research in the field of acute cardiovascular care. With the successful establishment of the annual research prize, ACVC confirms its role as the leading scientific association in acute cardiovascular care leveraging clinical and translational research in the field.
The ACVC research prize was released for the first time in Geneva 2014.
Discover the Winner
Dr Claudio Montalto, (Pavia, Italy)
Abstract: " Prospective validation of ACVC quality indicators on optimal medical therapy in consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction of a tertiary care center"
And the 3 finalists
Doctor Krishnaraj Sinhji Rathod
Abstract: Inter-hospital transfer for primary PCI has worse outcome compared with direct admission to a heart attack centre: an study of 25,315 patients with STEMI from the London Heart Attack Group
Associate Professor Marek Gierlotka
Abstract: ECG to PCI time delays - ESC recommendations and STEMI networks performance
Doctor Ferran Rueda Sobella
Abstract: Growth differentiation factor 15 in early neurological prognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest