This event is held every two years in alternance with the CLAHT (Latin-American Congress of Haemostasis and Thrombosis).
This is an event of the highest standard attended by almost 800 visitors including first-class foreign speakers. The objective is to share the scientific activity with Argentinian colleagues (clinicians and clinical scientists) through scientific presentations over the three-days congress.
The congress was also the occasion to award the Jury prize of the best oral presentations on « clinical research » as well as « fundamental research ».
For the first time a workshop was held on the « analytical quality in Haemostasis », which was very useful to ensure best standard practices and continuous improvement in the laboratory.
The CATH congress also included a national conference to honour the former founder and president of the Group in 1983-1984.
The partnership between the ISTH and the CAHT continued with a presentation based on clinical cases and about the role of Haematology in Stroke accident: laboratory and clinical aspects, and also on the new anticoagulants in the « real » world.
In parallel to the congress, there was also a commercial exhibition which our Stago distributor (Bernardo Lew) attended with a stand showing the different instruments and promotion tools of their product ranges including the STA Compact Max® which was introduced for the first time on the Argentinian market.