European Society of Cardiology

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The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is the European specialist society of cardiologists , which was founded on September 2, 1950 on the occasion of the first World Cardiology Congress in Paris. The seat is in Sophia Antipolis ( European Heart House ) in the south of France . In addition to the further development of cardiology, the ESC serves the technical exchange, personal contacts and quality assurance of education and training in the specialist area. In 2011 it comprised 54 national professional associations, 5 communities ("Associations"), 5 committees ("Councils") and 19 working groups. According to its own information, the ESC represents 95,000 cardiologists.

activities

Congresses

The annual ESC Congress took place in 2011 in Paris, France.

With almost 33,000 participants recently. the "ESC Congress" is the largest congress for cardiology in Europe. It takes place annually in changing cities. In addition, the communities of the ESC organize their own congresses on their respective priorities. The congresses are a social event and at the same time a performance show that presents the latest trends and developments in experimental and clinical cardiology.

Trade journals and guidelines

The ESC publishes seven cardiological journals with different focuses. The European Heart Journal achieved the highest impact factor with a circulation of 15,203 (2014). In addition, the ESC publishes guidelines on important cardiological topics. These are available to everyone.

List of published journals

history

President

Surname	Country of origin	Term of office
Gustav Nylin	Sweden	1950-1956
Evan Bedford	United Kingdom	1956-1960
Jean Lenègre	France	1960-1964
Luigi Condorelli	Italy	1964-1968
Pavel Lukl	Czechoslovakia	1968-1972
Herman Snellen	Netherlands	1972-1976
Henri Denolin	Belgium	1976-1980
Franz Loogen, EFESC	Germany	1980-1984
Paul Hugenholtz, EFESC	Netherlands	1984-1988
Hans-Peter Krayenbühl	Switzerland	1988-1990
Attilio Reale	Italy	1990-1991
Michel Bertrand, FESC	France	1991-1994
Philip Poole-Wilson	United Kingdom	1994-1996
Günter Breithardt, FESC	Germany	1996-1998
Lars Rydén, FESC	Sweden	1998-2000
Maarten Simoons, FESC	Netherlands	2000-2002
Jean-Pierre Bassand, FESC	France	2002-2004
Michał Tendera, FESC	Poland	2004-2006
Kim Fox, FESC	United Kingdom	2006-2008
Roberto Ferrari, FESC	Italy	2008-2010

Web links

www.escardio.org - Official website

Individual evidence

↑ escardio.org: "Who we are" , accessed on January 3, 2017
↑ Press release of the ESC ( Memento of the original from March 17th, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 19, 2011 @1@ 2
↑ Guidelines of the ESC , accessed on December 21, 2016 (English)

[1] scardio.org: "Who we are" , accessed on January 3, 2017

[2] Press release of the ESC ( Memento of the original from March 17th, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 19, 2011 @1@ 2

[3] Guidelines of the ESC , accessed on December 21, 2016 (English)