The Joint Scandinavian Conference in Cardiothoracic Surgery, also called the SATS meeting, is an annual conference hosted by one of the Nordic countries, being a part of the Scandinavian Association of Thoracic Surgery. Since 2009, the conference has been a joint meeting together with the Scandinavian Association for Extracorporeal Technology (SCANSECT) and the Scandinavian Association of Thoracic Nurses (SATNU).