The four Special named Lectures that are given at the Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology 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.
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W.J. McKenna and T.F. Luescher
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The ESC Rene Laennec Lecture on Clinical Cardiology:
William J McKenna 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 from Zurich, Switzerland. His topic will be “Coronary interventions – where
mechanics meets biology”.
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P. Puska and P. Carmeliet |
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”
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