Tunis: The Lead In -Lead Out (LI-LO) Symposium will be held for the first time in Africa and Tunisia, on June 7-8. Organised on the initiative of the Rabta University Hospital Cardiology ward, under the aegis of the Tunis Faculty of Medicine and the Health Ministry, this high-level international scientific event will bring together world experts in rhythmology, especially in cardiac stimulation and defibrillation, Professor of Cardiology and Interventional Rhythmology Professor at the Rabta University Hospital and President of the Organising Committee Sana Ouali told TAP. The first edition of this event was held in Belgrade in 2023, she added. "Tunisia was chosen to represent the African Continent and organise this cutting-edge international event in the field of cardiac stimulation and defibrillation," she added. Ouali said a major international scientific meeting devoted exclusively to cutting-edge rhythmology had never been organised in Africa. Eighteen world-renowned international experts from Europe and the USA were invited to lead the symposium. Six very high-level simulation workshops incorporating new cardiac stimulation and defibrillation technologies such as implantation of pacemakers without leads and automatic subcutaneous defibrillators, some of which have never been used in Africa, are on the agenda. Experts from Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tanzania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Cameroon, Benin, Senega and Guinea will partake in this symposium. "We are very proud that Tunisia is the host country for this international symposium, which will help us shine in the rhythmology field in Africa and internationally, thereby building bridges for South-South collaboration and developing a national and international programme in the field," she said. "As such, the Rabta University Hospital can become an international reference and training centre for probe extraction in Africa," she concluded. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse