Hungarian Society of Cardiology

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

Hungary, HU

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

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Board 2025-2028

President: Prof. Laszlo Alajos Geller, FESC

Honorary Life President: Prof. Gyula Papp, FESC

Honorary President: Prof. Bela Merkely, FESC

President Elect: Prof. Zoltán Járai

Past President: Dr. David Becker, FESC

Secretary General: Assoc. Prof. Tamas Habon

Vice President: Prof. Zoltán Papp, FESC

Vice President: Assoc. Prof. Tamas Habon, FESC

Key information

Number of Members: 4710

Year of Foundation: 1957

ESC Member since: 1972

Journals

Cardiologia Hungarica is the official journal of the Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology. The first publication was in 1969. Language: Hungarian - four issues per year. An English edition is available simultaneously. Unlimited online full text access and abstracts are available for members on the web. In addition, thematical supplements are issued - 3 to 6 times per year.
Editor in chief: Kiss Róbert Gábor

Contact the editorial secretariat for more information.

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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: 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;

Upcoming events

Friday 17 - Sunday 19 April 2026 (3 Days)
17/04/2026 00:00 19/04/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris Frontiers in CardioVascular Biomedicine 2026

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Frontiers in CardioVascular Biomedicine 2026
Leuven - Belgium
Friday 28 - Monday 31 August 2026 (4 Days)
28/08/2026 00:00 31/08/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ESC Congress 2026

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ESC Congress 2026
Munich - Germany

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