Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you about “WOMEN CARDIAC CARE & INTERVENTIONAL UPDATES 2015(WCC&IVUS2015)” conference on 7th and 8th March 2015 by Dept of Cardiology at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on the eve of “world women’s day”. We conducted WCC conference annually 2007 onwards. With this annual conference we wanted to spread the need of awareness of heart disease to the general physicians and obstetrics &gynecologists who take care of women population. So interesting topics which are common in women like Takayasu’s arteritis, rheumatic mitral stenosis, degenerative aortic stenosis….etc. and specific only to women like pregnancy related heart diseases will be discussed. The program is especially for women of all ages. Whatever is the woman’s age, she needs to take action to protect her heart health. Heart disease can begin early, even in the teen years, and women in their 20s and 30s need to take action to reduce their risk of developing heart disease. Pregnancy related heart diseases require special attention. Older women also require attention as it's never too late to take action to prevent and control the risk factors for heart disease, especially degenerative aortic valve diseases. Even those who have heart disease can improve their heart health and quality of life. Nearly 40% of our cardiac interventions were in female patients, we require special attention as the complication rates are more in females. So, this time onwards we added interventional component also to WCC. We will have live case transmissions from International and National Institutions and complex case presentations covering various topics of interest. Our primary care and secondary care physicians and cardiologists who participate in care of many of these patients will be updated through advancement of knowledge and evidence based guidelines through a special track. This conference will bring together all experts, scientists and postgraduate students from the field of cardiology to a single platform and will provide opportunities to exchange ideas and experiences with the pioneers and experts in their respective fields.WCC & IVUS2015 will include Guest lectures, CME and live cases along with oral & poster presentations. We are welcoming you to WOMEN CARDIAC CARE & INTERVENTIONAL UPDATES 2015(WCC&IVUS2015) on 7th and 8th March 2015 at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS). Yours sincerely, Prof. Maddury Jyotsna Organizing Secretary