French Society of Cardiology

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

France, FR

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Board 2024

President: Prof. Bernard Iung, FESC

General Secretary: Prof. Jean-Claude Deharo, FESC

Vice-President: Prof. Hélène Eltchaninoff

Past President: Prof. Christophe Leclercq, FESC

Treasurer: Prof. Damien Logeart

Key information

Number of Members: 3447

Year of Foundation: 1937

ESC Member since 1949

Journals

Archives des maladies du cœur et des vaisseaux pratique is a journal of the French Society of Cardiology. The first publication was in 1908 and it is issued 10 times a year in French.
Editor in chief: Jean-Jacques Monsuez

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases is a journal of the French Society of Cardiology. The first publication was in 2008 in the current English version. The journal is issued 5 times a year in English.
Editor in chief: Ariel Cohen.

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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: 2025

Title: CVD and Pregnancy

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Coronary Artery Disease (Chronic); Clinical; Diseases of the Aorta; Cardiovascular Surgery; Preventive Cardiology; Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology; Stroke Prevention; Acute Cardiac Care; Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Interventional Cardiology; Hypertension; Echocardiography; Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD); Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy; Invasive Imaging and Functional Assessment; Valvular Heart Disease; Chronic Heart Failure; Acute Heart Failure; Allied Professions in Cardiovascular Care; Risk Factors and Prevention; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy; Cardiovascular Nursing; Treatment; Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF); Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance; Acute Coronary Syndromes; Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations;
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: 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

Wednesday 10 - Thursday 11 December 2025 (2 Days)
10/12/2025 13:00 11/12/2025 12:30 Europe/Paris Cardiovascular Health Summit organized by (EACH), with Secretariat provided by the ESC contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

Cardiovascular Health Summit organized by (EACH), with Secretariat provided by the ESC
Brussels - Belgium
Thursday 19 - Saturday 21 February 2026 (3 Days)
19/02/2026 14:00 21/02/2026 13:15 Europe/Paris EAPC Cardiometabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Obesity Course Brussels - Belgium European Association of Preventive Cardiology contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

EAPC Cardiometabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Obesity Course
Sophia Antipolis - France
We are pleased to announce our first in-person course on Cardiometabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Obesity that will take place from 19-21 February 2026 at the European Heart House (EHH).

This course addresses a growing need in preventive cardiology: managing complex metabolic comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, chronic kidney and liver disease, which significantly increase the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
Sunday 12 - Tuesday 14 April 2026 (3 Days)
12/04/2026 00:00 14/04/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris EHRA 2026

Sophia Antipolis - France European Heart Rhythm Association contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

EHRA 2026
Paris - France
Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 April 2026 (3 Days)
16/04/2026 12:00 18/04/2026 12:00 Europe/Paris EACVI Course on Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) 2026 Paris - France European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

EACVI Course on Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) 2026
Nice - France
The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the EACVI CCT Course taking place from 16 to 18 April 2026 in Nice, France. This face-to-face course, bringing faculty and participants together, will be an opportunity for valuable exchange.
Tuesday 28 April 2026
28/04/2026 00:00 28/04/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris EACVI/ACVC Focus cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) certification Nice - France European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

EACVI/ACVC Focus cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) certification

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.
Tuesday 19 - Friday 22 May 2026 (4 Days)
19/05/2026 11:00 22/05/2026 22:00 Europe/Paris EuroPCR Course 2026 Nice - France Europa Group europa@europa-organisation.com DD/MM/YYYY

EuroPCR Course 2026
Paris - France
Save the date for #EuroPCR!
Friday 12 - Saturday 13 June 2026 (2 Days)
12/06/2026 00:00 13/06/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ACNAP 2026

Paris - France Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP) contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

ACNAP 2026
Sophia Antipolis - France
Tuesday 23 June 2026
23/06/2026 00:00 23/06/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris EACVI (TTE) Spring Online Certification Exam - Transthoracic Echocardiography Sophia Antipolis - France European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

EACVI (TTE) Spring 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.
Friday 28 - Monday 31 August 2026 (4 Days)
28/08/2026 00:00 31/08/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ESC Congress 2026

Sophia Antipolis - France European Society of Cardiology congress@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

ESC Congress 2026
Munich - Germany
Friday 16 October 2026
16/10/2026 01:00 16/10/2026 01:00 Europe/Paris EACVI Online Certification Exam - Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) Munich - Germany European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

EACVI Online Certification Exam - Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT)

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.

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