This is not the first time that a International Meeting on Myocardial and Pericardial diseases takes place in A Coruña. For many years, members of our Working Group have asked if we would continue “the tradition”, remembering the extraordinary success of the previous meetings hold in our city: the first in 1993, the second in 1996 and the third in 1999.

After eleven years we think we are lucky to be able to recover the spirit of that meetings. This year the oficial annual meeting of the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial diseases of the European Society of Cardiology will gather in A Coruña most of the European experts in these fields.

The meeting will review from the basic aspects of these diseases, to the most recent clinical and research advances. The meeting will focus in practical issues, combining short presentations and the discussion of clinical cases. The scientific level is granted by the quality of the participants, but A Coruña provides also something special. Our city is nice, open, friendly and “tasty”. This environment promotes the informal communication between the participants and facilitates all kinds of possitive interactions. Moreover, this year we will have an excellent opportunity to visit Santiago de Compostela (60 km far from A Coruña) in a Holy Year.