Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Once again, the annual “Cheng Hsin Live” international conference is almost upon us. This year’s “Cheng Hsin Live” upholds the spirit of the past conferences whereby we set a special theme of cardiovascular disease to provide a unique platform for experience sharing, discussion and learning. Experts and colleagues also have the opportunity to maintain old friendships and develop new relationships.

This year the congress has been switched to virtual meeting due to the outbreak of COVID-19. We sincerely hope all our colleagues around the world are safe and well during this difficult time. The first day’s (Dec. 5) topic will focus on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and the second day’s (Dec. 6) topic will focus on complex and high-risk indicated procedure/patients (CHIP).

In the era when interventional therapy has become so popular, HCM seems to be a heart disease that has been easily ignored. In order to increase the understanding and treatment of HCM disease, we are honored to invite the Mayo Clinic HCM Center to co-organize an expert forum, and we also have the experts from Beijing Fuwai, Xi'an Xijing Hospital, and other Taiwan’s experts to join our discussion.

The program will cover the topics such as the latest treatment guidelines, imaging diagnosis, prevention of sudden cardiac death, cardiovascular 3D printing, surgery, trans-catheter intervention, and team setup in HCM disease. Through these comprehensive discussions, we wish all participants will receive informative feedback. The CHIP conference on the second day will focus on problematical coronary intervention in high risk patients. Through lectures and live demonstrations from different practitioners, the participants will be able to share wide-ranging experiences.

We are sure that your participation would greatly contribute to a high quality and successful conference. Please save the date in your diaries, and we look forward to seeing you around the world, both in-person and virtually.

Best and warm regards,

Jeng Wei, M.D., M.S.D.
Chairman, “2020 Cheng Hsin Live”
Superintendent, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan