Dear Colleagues and Friends,

The Organizing Committee takes great pleasure in inviting you to participate in the 5th International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease - from Prevention to Intervention, which will be held on October 19-22, 2003 in Florence, Italy.

The Florence meeting will follow the format of the very successful previous Coronary Artery Disease meetings and will provide a comprehensive update on coronary disease in all its aspects. Keynote lectures will be delivered by a distinguished international faculty, while a large number of selected free communications will report new data from basic research laboratories and clinical centers around the globe.

The program will use a bench to bedside approach, and include sessions on molecular mechanisms, gene therapy and angiogenesis, epidemiology and prevention, pharmacology and clinical trials. We will discuss new frontiers in interventional cardiology and new approaches to the surgical management of coronary disease. We are certain that you will enjoy the state of the art scientific program in this very fascinating and beautiful environment.

We look forward very much to welcoming you to ICCAD 5 - the 5th International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease in Florence, Italy, in October 2003.

Yours sincerely,

Basil S. Lewis, MD, FESC, FACC
Chairman, Organizing Committee