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ESC press releases bring you the latest updates in cardiovascular science, clinical practice and public health issues, from peer reviewed, evidence-based sources you can trust.

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Press Releases

Cities@Heart - Tackling heart health and inequality in European cities

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14 Jan 2026

Vapes, pouches, heated tobacco, shisha, cigarettes: nicotine in all forms is toxic to the heart and blood vessels

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18 Dec 2025

Major project identifies shared mechanisms and biological pathways that explain why cardiovascular disease and depression can develop together

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17 Dec 2025

The European Society of Cardiology enthusiastically welcomes the Safe Hearts Plan

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16 Dec 2025

Fat tissue around the heart may contribute to greater heart injury after a heart attack

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12 Dec 2025

AI-based tool predicts future cardiovascular events in patients with angina

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11 Dec 2025

Valvular heart disease is common in cancer patients but interventions improve survival

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11 Dec 2025

Countdown to EU Cardiovascular Health Plan: Key Stakeholders Gather at EACH Summit

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10 Dec 2025

People with diabetes face higher risk of sudden cardiac death

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4 Dec 2025

Join EACH Cardiovascular Health Summit, Brussels, 10–11 December, online or onsite

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1 Dec 2025

Seeing the full picture – EACVI 2025 brings together the cardiovascular imaging community to discuss the latest techniques and technologies

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24 Nov 2025

From smartphone stethoscopes to voice-detected heart failure,innovations take centre stage at ESC Digital & AI Summit

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21 Nov 2025

ESC and ABC Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Equity and Innovation in Cardiology

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20 Nov 2025

ESC Digital & AI Summit: Experts convene to shape the future of AI and ethics in cardiovascular care

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17 Nov 2025

New European Research Institute on Simulation (ERIS) to coordinate currently fragmented simulation training in Europe

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4 Nov 2025

First ever ESC Digital & AI Summit to take place in Berlin in November

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28 Oct 2025

Female bodybuilders at risk of sudden cardiac death

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21 Oct 2025

Walking further and faster is linked to a reduced risk of heart attacks, heart failure and stroke in people with high blood pressure

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7 Aug 2025

Treatment for sleep apnoea is good for the heart in some patients but bad for others

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6 Aug 2025

EU Pharmaceutical Reform: ESC calls for clinical expertise to be bedrock of effective regulation - not an afterthought

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31 Jul 2025

What are the most anticipated trials at ESC Congress 2025?

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30 Jul 2025

New tool using AI for heart failure incorporates views of patients, clinicians and other stakeholders in three different continents

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29 Jul 2025

Keeping the ambition high for cardiovascular health and care in the next EU budget

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17 Jul 2025

ESC calls for action on nicotine harm

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16 Jul 2025

Vaccination as a new form of cardiovascular prevention: an ESC Clinical Consensus Statement

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30 Jun 2025

New EEA 2025 Noise Report Confirms: Environmental Noise is a Medical Emergency

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25 Jun 2025

Common pregnancy complications may be a signal of future stroke risk

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24 Jun 2025

Clinical trial of innovative health app reimagines care for elderly women with breast cancer therapy induced cardiac toxicity

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20 Jun 2025

Phase II clinical trial to test simple intervention to help cancer survivors avoid heart failure

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20 Jun 2025

Breast cancer patients’ microbiome may hold key to avoiding damaging heart side-effects of cancer therapies

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20 Jun 2025

Mechanism behind life-threatening cancer drug side-effect revealed

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20 Jun 2025

ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid: Cardiology beyond borders with a spotlight on global health

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17 Jun 2025

EuroHeartPath project launched to transform cardiovascular care across Europe

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16 Jun 2025

Are the rest of podcasters history? AI-generated podcasts open new doors to make science accessible

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14 Jun 2025

Online education can enhance clinical guideline use by over 50%

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13 Jun 2025

First ever ESC Cardio-Oncology Conference to take place in Florence, Italy

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11 Jun 2025

Beyond the pandemic: Nurses on a mission to defeat the world’s deadliest disease

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4 Jun 2025

Male bodybuilders face high risk of sudden cardiac death, especially those who compete professionally

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21 May 2025

Two out of five patients with heart failure do not see a cardiologist even once a year and these patients are more likely to die

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18 May 2025

Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence

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18 May 2025

No cardiac safety concerns reported with a pharmaceutically manufactured cannabidiol formulation

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17 May 2025

AI-enabled ECG algorithm performs well in the early detection of heart failure in Kenya

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17 May 2025

Launch of the GREG initiative to Impact Real-World Evidence practices in Europe

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13 May 2025

Shingles vaccine lowers the risk of heart disease for up to eight years

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6 May 2025

World’s leading heart failure congress, Heart Failure 2025 to take place in Belgrade, Serbia

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5 May 2025

New Joint Scientific Statement on Ejection Fraction Released by Leading Heart Failure Organisations

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22 Apr 2025

Pre-eclampsia is Associated with Earlier Onset and Higher Incidence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors

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4 Apr 2025

Planetary health diet and mediterranean diet associated with similar survival and sustainability benefits

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4 Apr 2025

Signs identified that precede sudden arrhythmic death syndrome in young people

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4 Apr 2025

Low neighbourhood walkability is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

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3 Apr 2025

Atrial fibrillation diagnosed in midlife is linked to a 21% increased risk of dementia at any age and a 36% higher risk of early-onset dementia

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31 Mar 2025

Using artificial intelligence to calculate the heart’s biological age through ECG data predicts increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular events

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31 Mar 2025

Use of antidepressant medication linked to substantial increase in risk of sudden cardiac death

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30 Mar 2025

Groundbreaking consensus statement on conduction system pacing released: a major milestone in the evolution of pacing therapy

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30 Mar 2025

The European Society of Cardiology Calls for Revision of Medical Device Regulation

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27 Mar 2025

EU project combining European cardiology data in different formats and languages to create easy-to-use cardiology toolbox moves into second phase

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25 Mar 2025

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025 congress to focus on today’s risk factor realities

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21 Mar 2025

Experts in arrhythmia management to gather in Vienna, Austria, for annual EHRA congress

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18 Mar 2025

Burden of cardiovascular disease caused by extreme heat in Australia to more than double by 2050

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17 Mar 2025

Resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – it’s how quickly it is done, rather than who does it

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14 Mar 2025

Global experts in life-or-death cardiac emergencies to gather in Florence, Italy, for ESC annual congress on Acute CardioVascular Care

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3 Mar 2025

Global surge in serious heart rhythm disorders sparks urgent call to action from experts: 1 in 3 people at risk

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1 Mar 2025

EU Flagship project DORIAN GRAY to use pioneering AI and avatar technology to uncover links between cardiovascular disease and mild cognitive impairment to improve healthy ageing and survival

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27 Feb 2025

Mothers of twins face a higher risk of heart disease in the year after birth

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3 Feb 2025

Fatty muscles raise the risk of serious heart disease regardless of overall body weight

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20 Jan 2025

Morning coffee may protect the heart better than all-day coffee drinking

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8 Jan 2025

50th episode of ESC TV Today explores the complex link between depression and heart disease

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19 Dec 2024

Study using more reliable measure of wine consumption finds protective effect for low to moderate drinking in people at risk of cardiovascular disease

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18 Dec 2024

Heart-related side effects of cancer treatment must be addressed as early as possible

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13 Dec 2024

European Commission announces EU Cardiovascular Health Plan

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3 Dec 2024

European Society of Cardiology: Vaping must be included in the next EU smoking ban

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26 Nov 2024

Risk of internal bleeding doubles when people on anticoagulants take NSAID painkiller

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18 Nov 2024

Accurate prediction of sudden cardiac death following heart attack is currently not feasible, shows study of more than 140,000 patients across 20 cohorts

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31 Oct 2024

Babies born after fertility treatment have higher risk of heart defects

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27 Sep 2024

ESC Congress 2024 reaches pre-COVID delegate numbers

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4 Sep 2024

Widely performed ‘additional’ ablation procedure targeting diseased heart muscle not effective in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

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2 Sep 2024

Simplified atrial fibrillation ablation technique benefits heart failure patients

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2 Sep 2024

Stent implantation should remain the preferred strategy for previously untreated non-complex coronary artery disease

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2 Sep 2024

Novel bioadaptor as good as contemporary drug-eluting stent for treating coronary artery disease in challenging patient population, and significantly reduces adverse events

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2 Sep 2024

Mainstay ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation shows substantial benefit over sham procedure

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2 Sep 2024

Optical coherence tomography outperforms conventional angiography for stent guidance in complex cases

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2 Sep 2024

Novel point-of-care heart attack test leads to shorter emergency department stays for some patients

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2 Sep 2024

AI to support heart attack diagnosis in the emergency department does not improve patient outcomes

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2 Sep 2024

PROTEUS Trial suggests AI for heart scans may benefit decision making for less-experienced clinicians

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2 Sep 2024

Edoxaban vs. edoxaban plus an antiplatelet agent in patients with atrial fibrillation and stable coronary artery disease

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1 Sep 2024

Wearable heart monitor increases diagnoses of common heart rhythm disorder by 50%

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1 Sep 2024

Asundexian inferior to apixaban for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

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1 Sep 2024

The benefits of complete revascularisation confirmed in older patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

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1 Sep 2024

SENIOR-RITA trial investigates the use of an invasive strategy to treat older patients after a NSTEMI

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1 Sep 2024

A pooled analysis of over 18,000 participants supports the benefits of finerenone across cardio-kidney-metabolic conditions

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1 Sep 2024

Improved outcomes with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists across different types of heart failure

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1 Sep 2024

Mass screening for atrial fibrillation using ECG together with heart failure biomarker does not prevent stroke in older adults

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1 Sep 2024

SCOFF trial confirms that fasting is not needed before cath lab procedures

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1 Sep 2024

Results from the ESC’s first randomised trial shows education for healthcare professionals can improve guideline implementation

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1 Sep 2024

Finerenone improves outcomes in a common type of heart failure

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1 Sep 2024

Village doctors with telemedicine support reduce risk of cardiovascular death in patients with atrial fibrillation by 50%

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1 Sep 2024

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair is non-inferior to surgery in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation

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31 Aug 2024

Trial investigates how to manage coronary artery disease in patients undergoing valve implantation

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31 Aug 2024

No difference in ischaemic events if aspirin is interrupted or continued in patients with coronary stents undergoing non-cardiac surgery

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31 Aug 2024

A single tablet with 4 blood pressure-lowering drugs can be more effective than taking 3 drugs in separate pills

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31 Aug 2024

ESC Statements

Recommendations for EU-wide cardiometabolic health checks

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15 Jan 2026

The European Society of Cardiology enthusiastically welcomes the Safe Hearts Plan

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16 Dec 2025

ESC and ABC Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Equity and Innovation in Cardiology

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20 Nov 2025

EU Pharmaceutical Reform: ESC calls for clinical expertise to be bedrock of effective regulation - not an afterthought

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31 Jul 2025

Keeping the ambition high for cardiovascular health and care in the next EU budget

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17 Jul 2025

ESC calls for action on nicotine harm

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16 Jul 2025

New Joint Scientific Statement on Ejection Fraction Released by Leading Heart Failure Organisations

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22 Apr 2025

Groundbreaking consensus statement on conduction system pacing released: a major milestone in the evolution of pacing therapy

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30 Mar 2025

The European Society of Cardiology Calls for Revision of Medical Device Regulation

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27 Mar 2025

European Commission announces EU Cardiovascular Health Plan

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3 Dec 2024

European Society of Cardiology: Vaping must be included in the next EU smoking ban

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26 Nov 2024

ESC on EU Pharma Legislation: improvements welcomed,but gaps need bridging post EU elections

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27 May 2024

ESC Statement on the War in Ukraine

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10 Mar 2022

Event Announcements

Countdown to EU Cardiovascular Health Plan: Key Stakeholders Gather at EACH Summit

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10 Dec 2025

Join EACH Cardiovascular Health Summit, Brussels, 10–11 December, online or onsite

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1 Dec 2025

ESC Digital & AI Summit: Experts convene to shape the future of AI and ethics in cardiovascular care

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17 Nov 2025

First ever ESC Digital & AI Summit to take place in Berlin in November

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28 Oct 2025

What are the most anticipated trials at ESC Congress 2025?

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30 Jul 2025

ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid: Cardiology beyond borders with a spotlight on global health

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17 Jun 2025

First ever ESC Cardio-Oncology Conference to take place in Florence, Italy

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11 Jun 2025

Beyond the pandemic: Nurses on a mission to defeat the world’s deadliest disease

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4 Jun 2025

World’s leading heart failure congress, Heart Failure 2025 to take place in Belgrade, Serbia

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5 May 2025

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025 congress to focus on today’s risk factor realities

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21 Mar 2025

Experts in arrhythmia management to gather in Vienna, Austria, for annual EHRA congress

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18 Mar 2025

Global experts in life-or-death cardiac emergencies to gather in Florence, Italy, for ESC annual congress on Acute CardioVascular Care

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3 Mar 2025

Heart-related side effects of cancer treatment must be addressed as early as possible

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13 Dec 2024

Be in the know! Press Conference Schedule for ESC Congress 2024 released!

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20 Aug 2024