The Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology (SOLACI) was created to advance and promote cardiovascular interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 1994, SOLACI has strived for excellence through several strategies that include:

• Education and training

• Research promotion,

• Guidelines development

• Regular meetings, regional sessions

• Constant exchange between members.

Today, SOLACI represents hemodynamics in 20 countries, has more than 2500 active members and strong alliances with the main interventional cardiology societies, both regional and international; among others, ESC (European Society of Cardiology), SCAI (Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions), ACC (American College of Cardiology), EAPCI ( European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions), CRF (Cardiovascular Research Foundation), and Sociedad Española de Cardiología (SEC).

The values ​​that guide SOLACI’s work consist of:

• SOLACI aims at the integration of the Latin American and the Caribbean countries

• The promotion of education, and the growth of interventional cardiology, fostering professional cooperation among our experts

• Encouraging imagination and supporting the development of interventional cardiologists in our region. •

We remain faithful to the history and ideals of our Society, in keeping with our strong ethical values of solidarity and integration.

En toda Latinoamérica, contamos con un personal médico y administrativo altamente comprometido con la misión y
visión de SOLACI.

In June 1993, a small group of Latin American interventional cardiologists gathered at the Cardiology Institute in Mexico, decided to create GLACI (Grupo Latinoamericano de Cardiólogos Intervencionistas) The Latin American Group of Interventional Cardiologists, a group of friends that reckoned the need to share experiences and knowledge, to contribute to the growth of our specialty in all Latin American countries.

In December 1994, the group held their first International Symposium at Calafate, in the South of Argentina; about one hundred interventional cardiologists from Latin America, USA, Europe and Asia, gathered in the vicinity of Perito Moreno glacier.

From that moment on, the group saw a fast growth, till in 1995 it turned into a Scientific Society, giving birth to SOLACI, the same year the first Congress was organized in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

SOLACI’s commitment to research and training resulted in increasingly important meetings and courses, the registry of interventions and procedures, research protocols, our web page, education and training grants, and continuous exchange between members.

The Society’s work has translated into a strong development of interventional cardiology in all countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

SOLACI will represent cardiovascular interventionism in Latin America: an active, transparent and dynamic organization of high impact on its members’ everyday life and high value for interventional cardiologists, the National societies and the industry.

To integrate, educate, promote research and normalize cardiovascular interventionism in Latin America.