Austrian Society of Cardiology

The Austrian Society of Cardiology is a member of the European Society of Cardiology

Austria, AT

As a member of the Austrian Society of Cardiology, you are automatically a member of the European Society of Cardiology and the ESC Community.

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Board 2025-2026

President: Prof. Dr. Daniel Scherr, FESC

President Elect: Prof. Dr. Axel Bauer, FESC

Secretary: Dr. Lukas Fiedler, FESC

Treasurer: Dr. Markus Stühlinger

Past President: Dr. Georg Delle Karth, FESC

Key information

Number of Members: 933

Year of Foundation: 1968

ESC Member since: 1969/1970

Journal

The first issue of the Austrian Journal of Cardiology was published in 1993. The journal is issued 6 times a year, in German. Editor in chief: is Prof. Kurt Huber.

You can register online via the 'Newsletter Abo' section here.

Working Groups

The activities of the society are driven by 15 Working Groups:

Congenital and Acquired Heart Defects in Adolescents and Adults – OÄ Dr. Barbara Wichert-Schmitt, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Lore Schrutka
Cardiologists of Tomorrow – Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Reindl, Priv.-Doz. DDr. David Zweiker
Echocardiography – OA Dr. Hermann Blessberger, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Stefan Kastl
Cardiac Surgery – Assoz. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Andreas, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Johannes Holfeld
Heart Failure – Prim. Dr. Anna Rab, Prof. Priv.-Doz. DDr. Markus Wallner
Interventional Cardiology – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Niessner, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Andreas Schober
Cardiac Psychosomatics – OÄ Dr. Elisabeth Schönherr, OA Doz. Dr. Martin Bischof
Cardiac Nursing and Medical-Therapeutic-Diagnostic Health Professions – RT Roland Graf, Karin Hinterbuchner, BScN, MSc
Cardiopulmonary Working Group – Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Nika Skoro-Sajer, Ap. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Gerges
Cardiovascular Basic Research – Priv.-Doz. Dr. Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Assoz. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jolanta Siller-Matula
Cardiovascular Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine – Assoz. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Bernhard Richter, Dr. Tina Muhr
Multimodal Cardiac Imaging – Ass. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sebastian Reinstadler, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Andreas Kammerlander, PhD
Private Practice Cardiologists – Dr. Claudia Sebald, Dr. Gerald Schnürer
Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology – Ap. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Roza Badr Eslam, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christoph Weiser
Rhythmology – OA Dr. Georgios Kollias, MSc, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Manninger-Wünscher

Scholarships and Research grant: The Society actively supports research and young investigators with a yearly budget of approx. 60.000,00 Euro. The application form can be downloaded from the home page.

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines endorsed by your National Society

Date

Title

Topic(s)

Date: 2025

Title: Valvular Heart Disease

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Surgery; Diagnostic Methods; Interventional Cardiology; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Treatment; Valvular Heart Disease; Prevention; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Clinical;
Date: 2025

Title: Dyslipidaemias

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care; Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology; Basic Science; Treatment; Hypertension; Lipids; Risk Factors and Prevention; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy;
Date: 2025

Title: Myocarditis and Pericarditis

Topic(s): Cross-Modality and Multi-Modality Imaging Topics; Coronary CT Angiography; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Cardiovascular Surgery; Syncope and Bradycardia; Myocardial Disease; Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology; Imaging; Device Therapy; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Myocardial Disease; Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiac Computed Tomography; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Treatment; Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease; Echocardiography; Late Gadolinium Enhancement; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Nuclear Imaging; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Extracardiac Findings; Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations: Pediatric Cardiology; Pericardial Disease; T1 and T2 Mapping; Chronic Heart Failure; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Acute Heart Failure; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Pericardial Disease; Diagnostic Methods; Hybrid and Fusion Imaging; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy; Prevention; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance; Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly; Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations; Extracellular Volume;
Date: 2025

Title: Mental Health and CVD

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Cardio-Oncology; Acute Cardiac Care; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Valvular Heart Disease; Chronic Heart Failure; Acute Heart Failure; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy; Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly; Acute Coronary Syndromes;
Date: 2024

Title: Elevated Blood Pressure and Hypertension

Topic(s): Treatment; Preventive Cardiology; Prevention; Hypertension; Clinical Skills; Clinical; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Risk Factors and Prevention; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Diagnostic Methods;
Date: 2024

Title: Atrial Fibrillation

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Device Therapy; Atrial Fibrillation; Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy; Stroke; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy; Heart Failure;
Date: 2024

Title: Peripheral Arterial & Aortic Diseases

Topic(s): Diseases of the Aorta; Prevention; Peripheral Vascular and Cerebrovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery; Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology; Imaging; History of Cardiology; Cardiac Computed Tomography; Clinical; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Hypertension; Echocardiography; Clinical Skills; Nuclear Imaging; Peripheral Artery Disease; Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Stroke; Risk Factors and Prevention; Diagnostic Methods; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance; Diseases of the Aorta, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Stroke; Treatment; Non-coronary Cardiac Intervention;
Date: 2024

Title: Chronic Coronary Syndromes

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic);
Date: 2023

Title: CVD and Diabetes

Topic(s): Diabetes and the Heart; Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Diseases of the Aorta; Diagnostic Methods; Peripheral Vascular and Cerebrovascular Disease; Stroke Prevention; Chronic Heart Failure; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Treatment; Diagnostic Methods;
Date: 2023

Title: Endocarditis

Topic(s): Treatment; Infective Endocarditis; Myocardial Disease; Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Prevention; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Valvular Heart Disease; Pericardial Disease; Clinical; Diagnostic Methods; Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure; Cardiac Implantable Device-related Endocarditis;
Date: 2023

Title: Cardiomyopathies

Topic(s): Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Arrhythmias, General; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Transesophageal Echocardiography; Imaging of Cardiac Morphology, Dimensions, Volume, and Mass; Stroke Prevention; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: Morphology, Dimensions, Volumes and Mass; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Myocardial Disease; Imaging of Systolic and Diastolic Function; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Echocardiography; Echocardiography: Myocardial Disease; Prevention; Clinical Skills; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: Systolic and Diastolic Function; Imaging of Myocardial Disease; Doppler Echocardiography; Diagnostic Methods; T1 and T2 Mapping; Chronic Heart Failure; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Clinical; History Taking; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Morphology, Dimensions, Volumes and Mass; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Echocardiography: Morphology, Dimensions, Volumes and Mass; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: Myocardial Disease; Treatment; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Physical Examination; Echocardiography: Systolic and Diastolic Function;
Date: 2023

Title: Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)

Topic(s): Cardiogenic Shock; Pathophysiology and Mechanisms; Cardiac Arrest; Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome; Diagnostic Methods; Acute Coronary Syndromes;
Date: 2023

Title: Focused Update on Heart Failure

Topic(s): Chronic Heart Failure; Acute Heart Failure; Heart Failure;
Date: 2022

Title: Cardio-oncology

Topic(s): Coronary CT Angiography; Electrocardiography; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Valvular Heart Disease; Cardiology; Cardio-Oncology; Imaging; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Myocardial Disease; Cardiac Computed Tomography; Echocardiography; Clinical Skills; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Morphology, Dimensions, Volumes and Mass; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Pericardial Disease; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Coronary Calcium Score; Cardiac Computed Tomography: Systolic and Diastolic Function;
Date: 2022

Title: Non-Cardiac Surgery: Cardiovascular Assessment and Management

Topic(s): Cardiology;
Date: 2022

Title: Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death

Topic(s): Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Acute Cardiac Care;
Date: 2022

Title: Pulmonary Hypertension

Topic(s): Pulmonary Embolism; Pulmonary Circulation; Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease; Heart Failure;
Date: 2021

Title: CVD Prevention

Topic(s): Stress, Psycho-Social and Cultural Aspects of Heart Disease; Hypertension; Nutrition, Malnutrition and Heart Disease; Tobacco; Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise; Obesity; Prevention; Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly; Depression and Heart Disease;
Date: 2021

Title: Cardiac Pacing & CRT

Topic(s): Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT); Chronic Heart Failure; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy;
Date: 2021

Title: Heart Failure

Topic(s): Chronic Heart Failure; Acute Heart Failure; Heart Failure;
Date: 2020

Title: Sports Cardiology and Exercise in Patients with CVD

Topic(s): Preventive Cardiology; Exercise Testing; Sports Cardiology;
Date: 2020

Title: Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Topic(s): Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Pediatric Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations: Pediatric Cardiology; Adult Congenital Heart Disease; CV Surgery - Congenital Heart Disease;
Date: 2019

Title: Supraventricular Tachycardia

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Atrial Fibrillation; Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF);
Date: 2019

Title: Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Topic(s): Clinical; Pulmonary Embolism; Acute Cardiac Care; Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease; Pulmonary Hypertension; Venous Thromboembolism; Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure;
Date: 2019

Title: Dyslipidaemias

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care; Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology; Basic Science; Treatment; Hypertension; Lipids; Risk Factors and Prevention; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy;
Date: 2018

Title: ESC/EACTS Myocardial Revascularization

Topic(s): Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Cardiovascular Surgery; Acute Coronary Syndromes;
Date: 2018

Title: Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

Topic(s): Electrocardiography; Cardiovascular Surgery; Imaging; Acute Cardiac Care; Interventional Cardiology; Diagnostic Methods; Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly; Acute Coronary Syndromes;
Date: 2018

Title: Syncope

Topic(s): Syncope and Bradycardia; Arrhythmias and Device Therapy; Treatment;
Date: 2007

Title: The Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy in the Management of CVD

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Surgery; Myocardial Disease; Chronic Heart Failure; Heart Failure;
Date: 2002

Title: Neonatal Electrocardiogram (Guidelines for the Interpretation of the)

Topic(s): Electrocardiography; Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Pediatric Cardiology;

Upcoming events

Thursday 11 - Saturday 13 December 2025 (3 Days)
11/12/2025 00:00 13/12/2025 00:00 Europe/Paris EACVI 2025

European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

EACVI 2025
Vienna - Austria
Thursday 12 - Friday 13 February 2026 (2 Days)
12/02/2026 09:00 13/02/2026 17:00 Europe/Paris HFA Advanced Heart Failure Course 2026 Vienna - Austria Heart Failure Association of the ESC contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

HFA Advanced Heart Failure Course 2026
- Austria
A hands-on course covering identification, initial management, referral criteria and final treatment in advanced HF care centres with heart transplantation and ventricular-assist devices
Sunday 12 - Tuesday 14 April 2026 (3 Days)
12/04/2026 00:00 14/04/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris EHRA 2026

- Austria European Heart Rhythm Association contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

EHRA 2026
Paris - France
Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 June 2026 (3 Days)
18/06/2026 13:00 20/06/2026 15:00 Europe/Paris EHRA CIED Course Paris - France European Heart Rhythm Association contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

EHRA CIED Course
Vienna - Austria
The EHRA CIED Course (on cardiac implantable electronic devices, previously named “EHRA Cardiac Pacing, ICD and cardiac resynchronisation Course“) combines clinical lectures and advanced technical fine-tuning of devices from all major companies.
Friday 19 - Saturday 20 June 2026 (2 Days)
19/06/2026 00:00 20/06/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ESC Cardio-Oncology 2026 Vienna - Austria ESC Council of Cardio-Oncology contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

ESC Cardio-Oncology 2026
Vienna - Austria
Friday 28 - Monday 31 August 2026 (4 Days)
28/08/2026 00:00 31/08/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ESC Congress 2026

Vienna - Austria European Society of Cardiology congress@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

ESC Congress 2026
Munich - Germany
Tuesday 24 November 2026
24/11/2026 00:00 24/11/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris EACVI (TTE) Winter Online Certification Exam - Transthoracic Echocardiography Munich - Germany European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

EACVI (TTE) Winter Online Certification Exam - Transthoracic Echocardiography

Registration will open 3 months prior to exam date.

This exam can be started at any time between 11:00 and 14:00 CET, depending on slot availability.