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Education & Research

Education and research related to Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function

ESC Congress resources on pulmonary circulation

Retrieve sessions of your dedicated Working Group, from resources presented by your experts in the past four years to planned sessions for next ESC Congress

Young researcher awards

Each year, the Working Group offers awards to young researchers in the fields of Pulmonary Hypertension & Venous Thromboembolism.

Awardees selection is based on the reviewers score of abstracts presented at the ESC Congress. The award, which includes a diploma and a financial prize, is announced during ESC Congress.

Access the page to submit your abstract and discover previous awardees.

Our Working Group's scholarly activities

Courses on Pulmonary Hypertension, European Heart House, France

Biennial European Spring School on the Science and Practice of Venous Thromboembolism, Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, University of Mainz, Germany

World Thrombosis Day initiative

World Thrombosis Day, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis – 13 October, every year

Endorsed scientific and educational events

The Working Group endorses many scientific and educational events, especially on Pulmonary Hypertension topics. To discover upcoming ones, access the Working Group Meetings page.

Working Group collaborations

Pulmonary EmbolIsm Thrombolysis (PEITHO) International Study Network

International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis: World Thrombosis Day

Trials and registries

Pulmonary EmbolIsm THrOmbolysis Study (PEITHO)-1: Two-Year Follow-Up

Pulmonary EmbolIsm THrOmbolysis (PEITHO)-2 Trial

Right Heart Thrombi European Registry (RIHTER)

European database on catheter directed treatment of pulmonary embolism (EuroPE-CDT)

Practice Guidelines track on pulmonary hypertension

Access Guidelines into Practice Tracks

Educational video

Discover how to use echocardiography to assess the probability of pulmonary hypertension on the ERS e-learning website thank to an algorithm derived from the ESC/ERS guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension (2015).