What a week at #WCC2026 and the 81st Brazilian Congress of Cardiology in Rio de Janeiro! 🇧🇷 It was great to see so many members of the IAS community together, presenting, chairing, and leading the conversation on inflammation and cardiovascular risk. 🎓 Inflammation Academy fellows took the stage, with Guilherme Gaia, MD, presenting his abstract and @AndreZimerman, MD, PhD, co-chairing the Lp(a) session alongside IAS Member @marciominame, MD, PhD. Inflammation Academy 2026 fellow Daniel Valle, MD, also joined the IAS delegation in Rio. 🦠 Together with GSK Brazil, IAS hosted a joint symposium on Viral-Induced Inflammation: Mechanisms and Cardiovascular Implications, moderated by Otávio Rizzi Coelho, MD, PhD, with IAS Immediate Past President Peter Libby, MD; Otávio Rizzi Coelho Filho, MD, PhD; and Rosana Richtmann, MD, PhD. 💉 IAS and @GSK Brazil also hosted a Masterclass on Vaccines Recommendations for CVD Patients with IAS Secretary Viviane @zorzanelli Rocha Giraldez, MD; and Peter Libby, MD. 🫀 IAS Board Member Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, MD, presented on the efficacy and safety of intensive cholesterol-lowering therapy, bempedoic acid in clinical practice, and risk enhancers in primary prevention. IAS voices were also featured across sessions on Lp(a), dyslipidemia, and residual cardiovascular risk. 🤝 The week also strengthened IAS partnerships across the region. IAS joined the @worldheartfed Regional Roundtable on Improving Lipid Management in Latin America and welcomed leaders from the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SIAC) to dinner, including @SIAC_cardio President Ricardo López Santi, MD; SIAC Past President Fernando Wyss, MD, PhD, FACC; and Patricio López-Jaramillo, MD, PhD. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to @rauldsf_santos, MD, PhD, MSc; Rodrigo @KarleziAlonso, MD, PhD; Sarah Fagundes Grobe, MD, PhD; Maria Cristina Izar, MD, PhD; Paulo Behr, MD, MSc; Fabiana Hanna Rached, MD, PhD; Henrique Tria Bianco, MD, PhD; Renato Jorge Alves, MD, PhD; and Andrei Sposito, MD, PhD, for sharing their expertise. Até a próxima, Rio! 💙 #WorldCongressOfCardiology #CBC2026 #Inflammation #CardiovascularHealth #Lpa