It is a great pleasure and honor to welcome you to the International Society of Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure (ISCHF) Congress 2016, to be held in Kyoto, Japan at the Kyoto International Conference Center from December 2-4, 2016.
Established in 2007, the ISCHF has held regional and international congresses, and established working groups and task forces to facilitate much-needed cooperative research in these fields among our members worldwide and with other societies and related groups in the fields of cardiomyopathies and heart failure.
Our goal is to advance the scientific understanding of cardiomyopathies and heart failure, clarify the etiology of these diseases, and promote and organize scientific activities through publications, symposia, workshops, and seminars, and actively participate in other congresses. Plans for activities include establishing task forces for specific research, including registries, multicenter research projects, treatment trials, and prevention.
We invite you to join with us to reach these goals, as well as establish diagnostic criteria, develop standardized detection, and preventive methods. A future goal is to use this knowledge to create training programs to teach the detection and treatment of patients, especially in developing regions.
We eagerly look forward to your active participations in the congress, where we are sure that you will enjoy the most up-to-date scientific program, entertaining social and cultural events, and the unique atmosphere of historic Kyoto.