ESC Working Groups Awards

at ESC Congress 2026

4 Aug, 2026

Corporate

The ESC Working Groups support high-quality research at ESC Congress by selecting the two best abstracts by young members (under 40 years old) in their respective topic of expertise.

Each best abstract presented at the congress will receive a financial award of €500 (paid after the congress).

The abstracts below are in the ESC Congress 2026 Scientific Programme.

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ESC WG on Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Phenotyping for novel classification of adults with Fontan circulation by machine learning

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

Clinical outcomes and safety of SGLT2 inhibitor therapy in patients with a systemic right ventricle and heart failure: a pre-post analysis from the ACHIEVE-SGLT2i registry

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

WG on Aorta & Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Subcutaneous semaglutide and peripheral arterial occlusive disease in type 2 diabetes: network meta-analysis of randomized trials

Congress Presentation

31 Aug 2026

Flow displacement and increased circumferential wall shear stress predict ascending aortic dilatation: a prospective 5-year follow-up study

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

WG on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology

Novel histo-proteomic subtyping of coronary atherosclerosis identifies CAPG as a key inflammatory driver in plaque destabilisation

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

Asxl1 clonal hematopoiesis exacerbates abdominal aortic aneurysm through the IRAK2–IRF5 macrophage inflammasome axis

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

WG on Cardiovascular Regenerative and Reparative Medicine

Single-cell and extracellular vesicle profiling reveals fibroblast-macrophage crosstalk in epicardial adipose tissue during acute myocardial infarction

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac progenitor cells improve contractile function of long-term cultured failing human myocardium

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

WG on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology

Non-invasive electrocardiographic imaging of torsades de pointes in an ovine model of drug-induced QT prolongation: recovery dispersion sets the stage, and abnormal impulse formation pulls the trigger

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

Unravelling the role and mechanisms of SK4 channels in atrial fibrillation: the immune-cardiac crosstalk

Congress Presentation

31 Aug 2026

WG on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

Effects of a novel low-dose triple combination on blood pressure variability: results from the TRIDENT trial

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

Multi-gene translatable circular mRNA restores cardiac contractility and mitochondrial integrity in HF through a synthetic IRES-like pentamer translation platform

Congress Presentation

31 Aug 2026

WG on Cardiovascular Surgery

Everolimus-based immunosuppression in heart transplantation reduces cardiac allograft vasculopathy progression and preserves renal function: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

Prognostic value of the TRI-SCORE in concomitant surgery for secondary tricuspid regurgitation

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

WG on Cellular Biology of the Heart

TMEM65 ameliorates post-myocardial infarction heart failure by maintaining mitochondrial calcium homeostasis via inhibiting NCLX ubiquitination

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

Fbxo7 stabilizes PHGDH to maintain cardiac serine metabolism and prevent heart failure

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

WG on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation

Diet and unequal burdens of ischaemic heart disease in Central Europe: insights from the global burden of disease study

Congress Presentation

31 Aug 2026

Early bleeding risk prediction with the PRECISE-HBR score in PCI patients treated with cangrelor: the ICARUS registry

Congress Presentation

31 Aug 2026

WG on Development Anatomy and Pathology

Landscape of protein l-lactylation in murine heart development: insights from proteomic analysis

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

A circular RNA based biomarker for transposition of the great arteries(TGA) hsa-PHACTR4_0009 upregulates cell migration during TGA pathogenesis.

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

WG on e-Cardiology

Explainable artificial intelligence for diagnosis of Long QT syndrome

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

Artificial intelligence for detecting acute occluded myocardial infarction: fine-tuning and evaluation of an ECG foundation model

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

WG on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases

Impact of genetic testing on primary prevention ICD decision-making and clinical outcomes in dilated cardiomyopathy

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

Predicted deleterious cardiomyopathy genes prognosticate myocarditis: Insights from population-wide genome sequencing

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

WG on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function

Prognostic value of composite hemodynamic indices in congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary hypertension: insights from a national multicenter prospective registry study

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of super-low-dose edoxaban 15 mg compared with reduced dose 30 mg for high-bleeding-risk patients with venous thromboembolism: from the COMMAND VTE Registry-2

Congress Presentation

28 Aug 2026

WG on Myocardial Function

Paracrine fibroblast–endothelial dialogue promotes pulmonary vascular remodeling in cardiometabolic HFpEF

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

Co-targeting fibroblast mechanotransduction and cardiomyocyte metabolism wtih a Src family kinase inhibitor as a strategy to treat heart failure

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026

WG on Thrombosis

Impact of age on comparative outcomes of abbreviated versus standard antiplatelet therapy in patients at high bleeding risk: a pre-specified analysis from the MASTER-DAPT trial

Congress Presentation

30 Aug 2026

Effect of abelacimab vs. rivaroxaban on total bleeding events in patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from AZALEA–TIMI 71

Congress Presentation

29 Aug 2026