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Welcome to the European Society of Cardiology. Our mission: to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe
 
Special Lectures of the ESC

Special Lectures of the ESC

The four special-named Lectures that are given at the Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology

They cover the areas of Clinical Cardiology, Population Science and Basic Science. 

The ESC chooses renowned scientists who,through original contributions and qualified investigation, are accepted by their peers as leading experts in their fields of knowledge.

 

Special Lectures 2

 

Special Lectures 1

 W.J. McKenna, FESC &
 T.F. Luescher, FESC
 P. Puska and P. Carmeliet


 The ESC Rene Laennec Lecture on Clinical Cardiology:

 William J McKenna, FESC, from London, United Kingdom, entitled “The role of
genetic testing in cardiomyopathy”.
 Webcast of The ESC Rene Laennec Lecture on Clinical Cardiology


The ESC Andreas Grüntzig Lecture on Interventional Cardiology:

Thomas F Lüscher, FESC, from Zurich, Switzerland. His topic will be “Coronary interventions – where mechanics meets biology”.


The ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences

Pekka Puska from Helsinki, Finland, entitled “How to influence risk profile of a nation?”

The ESC William Harvey Lecture on Basic Science

Peter Carmeliet from Leuven, Belgium. The title of the lecture is “Angiogenesis: from genetic insights to therapeutic application”