Italian Federation of Cardiology

Italian Federation of Cardiology is a member of the European Society of Cardiology

Italy, IT

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

The Italian Federation of Cardiology (FIC) represents the Italian cardiology community in Europe and worldwide. It was founded in the year 2000 and it groups together the two main national cardiology societies, namely the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC) and the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO). The FIC Board of Directors includes three members from each cardiology society. The President is appointed for three years and is alternately a representative of one of the two constituent societies.

The primary aims of the FIC are:

To represent the Italian cardiology community within the European Society of Cardiology and to interact with the international cardiology community
To plan, develop and implement a common, unified policy for the promotion of:
- optimal patient care and cardiovascular disease prevention
- professional continuing education programmes
- standards and diagnostic/therapeutic guidelines
- relationships with local healthcare authorities and the healthcare national system

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Executive Board

President: Prof. Indolfi, FESC

Key information

Number of Members: 6075

Year of Foundation: 1998

ESC Member since: 1998

Journals

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia is the journal of Italian Federation of Cardiology issued 11 times a year in Italian. The first publication was in 2000.
Editor in chief: Giuseppe Di Pasquale.

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine is a monthly publication of the Italian Federation of Cardiology in English. It publishes original research articles, epidemiological studies, new methodological clinical approaches, case reports, design and goals of clinical trials, review articles, points of view, editorials and images in cardiovascular medicine.
Editor in chief: Livio Dei Cas

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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;
Date: 2002

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

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

Upcoming Events

Saturday 06 December 2025
06/12/2025 00:00 06/12/2025 00:00 Europe/Paris Cardiac CT Fellow Course: indications according to the EACVI position papers contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

Cardiac CT Fellow Course: indications according to the EACVI position papers

Endorsed by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Rome - Italy
Thursday 22 - Friday 23 January 2026 (2 Days)
22/01/2026 00:00 23/01/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris Multimodality imaging in Interventional Cardiology Rome - Italy contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

Multimodality imaging in Interventional Cardiology

Endorsed by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Milan - Italy
Wednesday 04 - Friday 06 February 2026 (3 Days)
04/02/2026 00:00 06/02/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris JIM GISE 2026 Milan - Italy contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

JIM GISE 2026

Endorsed by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions
Rome - Italy
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 March 2026 (2 Days)
20/03/2026 00:00 21/03/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2026

Rome - Italy Association for Acute CardioVascular Care contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2026
Lisbon - Portugal
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 Lisbon - Portugal 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.
Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 April 2026 (3 Days)
23/04/2026 00:00 25/04/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026

Nice - France European Association of Preventive Cardiology contact@escardio.org true DD/MM/YYYY

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026
Ljubljana - Slovenia
Friday 19 - Saturday 20 June 2026 (2 Days)
19/06/2026 00:00 20/06/2026 00:00 Europe/Paris ESC Cardio-Oncology 2026 Ljubljana - Slovenia 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

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