Establishing a standardized foundation for treating heart valve disease in Vietnam
For the first time in Vietnam, an in-depth forum on the technique of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) will be held, opening expectations to shape a coordinated, effective, and safe treatment approach for heart valve disease.
The Vietnam Valves 2025 scientific conference, organized by the University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City in cooperation with the Vietnamese Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the National Heart Association of Vietnam, and Yonsei University (South Korea), will take place over two days, July 11–12, in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vietnam Valves 2025 conference brings together leading experts from home and abroad, aiming to update medical advancements, share practical experience, and work towards building the first professional recommendation in Vietnam on TAVI technique.
Associate Professor, PhD, Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bac, Director of the University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City emphasized that Vietnam Valves 2025 is the first conference gathering experts on the TAVI technique.
Associate Professor, PhD, Dr. Nguyễn Hoàng Định, Deputy Director of the Hospital shared that the conference is not only an update, but also a multi-disciplinary, multi-generational connection point, to standardize heart valve treatment, focusing on patients.
Vietnam Valves 2025 is expected to be an in-depth academic forum with high applicability, contributing to expanding access to TAVI techniques and promoting professional consensus in the treatment of heart valve diseases in Vietnam – a new step in the journey of standardization, modernization, and placing patients at the center of cardiovascular treatment strategies.