About the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice

Background

The Council for Cardiology Practice was created in 2000 and gathers cardiologists working in clinical cardiology. The qualifying aspects of the cardiologists in practice are:

1. interest in 'General Cardiology' 
2. mainly office-based profession 

Structure

• Over 1,700 members worldwide
• Over 20 volunteers on the Council Board
• ESC bylaws

Our Mission

The mission of the Council for Cardiology Practice is to: Improve the standard of care in the clinical cardiology practice of office-based general cardiologists.

As general cardiologists, we should not know 'everything about something’, but know 'something about everything’.

What we do

The Council is active in a number of areas, including :

• the development of the ESC Congress special track: General Cardiology for Physicians, Technicians & General Practitioners
• producing the CardioPractice.
• writing or collaborating on position papers and consensus statements.
• involvement in the reviewing of ESC Guidelines.
• producing educational content in general cardiology, such as webinars.
• conducting surveys within the ESC to understand today’s management of cardiovascular diseases.
• producing a regular newsletter for members and providing a social media platform for exchange of news.

Read more in the 2022 Council for Cardiology Practice Activity Report