German Cardiac Society
The German Cardiac Society is a member of the European Society of Cardiology
As a member of the German Cardiac Society, you are automatically a member of the European Society of Cardiology and the ESC Community.
Key Information
- Number of members: 11,526
- Year of Foundation: 1,927
- ESC Member since: 1,952
Journals
- Basic Research in Cardiology is an official journal of the German Cardiac Society. Language: English. Six issues per year (every other month).
- Clinical Research in Cardiology is an official journal of the German Cardiac Society. Language: English. Published monthly.
- Der Kardiologe is an official journal of the German Cardiac Society. Language: German. Six issues per year (every other month)
- Herzschrittmachertherapie und Elektrophysiologie. Language: German. Four issues per year
For all the above journals, detailed information is available online (contact details, submission of articles, subscription, online access, etc)
- Cardio News, and its supplement 'Cardio compact': 10 issues per year, in German. Print and online versions are available. (NB: Cardio News is not an official journal of the German Cardiac Society)
Working Groups
- Arbeitsgruppe Rhythmologie (AG1)
- Arbeitsgruppe Angiologie (AG2)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kardiovaskuläre Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin (AG3)
- Arbeitsgruppe Vaskuläre Biologie (AG4)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kardiovaskulärer Ultraschall (AG5) - Cluster B
- Arbeitsgruppe Interventionelle Kardiologie (AG6) - AGIK
- Arbeitsgruppe Genetik und Molekularbiologie kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen (AG8)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kongenitale Herzfehler im Erwachsenenalter (AG9)
- Arbeitsgruppe Chronische Herzinsuffizienz (AG10)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kardiomyopathien (AG12)
- Arbeitsgruppe Myokardiale Funktion und Energetik (AG13)
- Arbeitsgruppe Präventive Kardiologie (AG14)
- Arbeitsgruppe Thorakale Organtransplantation und mechanische Organunterstützungssysteme (AG17)
- Arbeitsgruppe Zelluläre Elektrophysiologie (AG18)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kardiovaskuläre Hämostase und antithrombotische Therapie (AG19)
- Arbeitsgruppe Nuklearkardiologische Diagnostik (AG20) - Cluster B
- Arbeitsgruppe Magnetresonanzverfahren in der Kardiologie (AG21) - Cluster B
- Arbeitsgruppe Klinische Pharmakologie (AG22)
- Arbeitsgruppe Herz und Diabetes (AG23)
- Arbeitsgruppe Cardio-CT (AG24) - Cluster B
- Arbeitsgruppe Pulmonale Hypertonie (AG25 )
- Arbeitsgruppe Aortenerkrankungen (AG26)
- Arbeitsgruppe Koronarer Fluss und myokardiale Perfusion (AG27)
- Arbeitsgruppe Gendermedizin in der Kardiologie (AG28)
- Arbeitsgruppe Psychosoziale Kardiologie (AG30)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kardiovaskuläre Regeneration (AG31)
- Arbeitsgruppe Sportkardiologie (AG32)
- Arbeitsgruppe Telemonitoring (AG33)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen und schlafbezogene Atmungsstörungen (AG35)
- Arbeitsgruppe Onkologische Kardiologie (AG40)
- Arbeitsgruppe Atherosklerose (AG41)
- Arbeitsgruppe Kardiopulmonale Reanimation (AG42)
- Arbeitsgruppe Arterielle Hypertonie (AG43)
Information concerning the chairs: http://dgk.org/ueber-uns/arbeitsgruppen/
More information
Address German Cardiac Society Grafenberger Allee 100 DE-40237 Düsseldorf +492116006920
Board
Professor Stefan Blankenberg
President
Professor Holger Thiele
Past-President
Professor Norbert Frey
President-Elect
Mr Peter Frohlich
Treasurer
Upcoming events in Germany
ESC Congress
Munich & Online, 28-31 August 2026
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