Austrian Society of Cardiology

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

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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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.

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More information

P.A. Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin II Abteilung für Kardiologie Währinger Gürtel 18-20 - Vienna

Austria

+431404004616

Board

Associate Professor Markus Stuehlinger

Treasurer

Working Groups

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

Doctor Barbara Wichert-Schmitt

Chair - Adult Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease

Associate Professor Johannes Holfeld

Chair - Cardiac Surgery

Doctor Anna Rab

Chair - Heart Failure

Professor Alexander Niessner

Chair - Interventional Cardiology

WG 7 –
Chair:

Doctor Roland Graf

Chair - Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Health Professionals

Doctor Regina Steringer-Mascherbauer

Chair - Cardiopulmonary Working Group

Assistant Professor Can Gollmann-Tepekoylu

Chair - Cardiovascular Basic Science

Doctor Bernhard Richter

Chair - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Medicine

Doctor Claudia Sebald

Chair - Practising Cardiologists (Outpatient Care)

Doctor Roza Badr Eslam

Chair - Prevention, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology

Dr G. Friedrich

Magnetic Resonance and Cardiac CT

Doctor Georg Titscher

Psychosomatic Topics in Cardiac Disease

Doctor Otto Ambros

Psychosomatic Topics in Cardiac Disease

Associate Professor Manfred Wonisch

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention

Mrs Susanne Jaksch

Cardiac Nurses and Technicians

Mr Manfred Hangel

Cardiac Nurses and Technicians

Professor Meinhard Kneussl

Pulmonary Working Group

Doctor Peter Smetana

Non-invasive Electrophysiology

Doctor Doris Keroe

Cardiologists in Clinical Practice

Doctor A Wagner

Cardiologists in Clinical Practice

Professor Christian Pirich

Nuclear cardiology

Professor Fritz Hoppichler

Prevention and Atherosclerosis

Doctor Otto Traindl

Prevention and Atherosclerosis

Scholarships and Research grant: The Society actively supports research and young investigators with a yearly budget of approx. €250,000. The application form can be downloaded from the home page.

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines endorsed by your National Society

2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease

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Austrian Society of Cardiology

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

Key information

Journal

Newsletter

More information

Board

Working Groups

Doctor Anna Rab

Doctor Roland Graf

Doctor Claudia Sebald

Dr G. Friedrich

Doctor Georg Titscher

Doctor Otto Ambros

Associate Professor Manfred Wonisch

Mrs Susanne Jaksch

Mr Manfred Hangel

Professor Meinhard Kneussl

Doctor Peter Smetana

Doctor Doris Keroe

Doctor A Wagner

Professor Christian Pirich

Professor Fritz Hoppichler

Doctor Otto Traindl

ESC Congress

Munich & Online, 28-31 August 2026

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines endorsed by your National Society

2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease

2025 Focused Update of the 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias

2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy

2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis

2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes

2024 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Elevated Blood Pressure and Hypertension

2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases

2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies

2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

2022 ESC Guidelines on Cardiovascular Assessment and Management of Patients Undergoing Non Cardiac Surgery

2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

2022 ESC Guidelines: management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death

2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology

2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy

2021 ESC Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice

2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (previously Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease)

2020 ESC Guidelines on Sports Cardiology and Exercise in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

2019 Guidelines on Acute Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis and Management of)

2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias

2019 Guidelines on Supraventricular Tachycardia (for the management of patients with)

ESC/EACTS Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularisation

2018 Guidelines on Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis/Management of Syncope

Guidelines for the Interpretation of Neonatal Electrocardiogram