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Scientific Sessions is a meeting that I've
been coming to for years because it brings
together the best in science and clinical
medicine.
And really allows you to do a lot of cross
talk that you don't get anywhere else in any
other meetings.
I like the American Heart Association's clear
clinical focus but also the fact that they
have been strong in basic science research
for many, many years now.
And more recently, I've started to notice
an appreciable change towards what we call
primordial prevention extending the reach
of atherosclerosis prevention all the way
down to pediatric age groups.
The fact that its so broad allows the pediatric
cardiologist to see what the adult cardiologist
are doing, for the basic scientist to see
what the clinical science people are doing
and vice a versa.
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