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2025 - Vienna; After the 2017 ESC Congress, Barcelona became the city with most congresses since 1988(6), followed by Stockholm (5) and then by Amsterdam and Vienna and Munich (4 times each as of 2018). Some congresses (1994 and 2006) were organised jointly with the World Heart Federation [2] under the name of "World Congress of Cardiology".
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is an independent non-profit, non-governmental professional association that works to advance the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and improve scientific understanding of the heart and vascular system. [2]
Tejas M. Patel is a cardiologist from Ahmedabad, India and chairman and chief interventional cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad. [1] [2] Patel, who has received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award, [3] was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award. [4]
Later, he became the Chief of Cardiology at the VA Boston Healthcare System and, subsequently, the Interventional Cardiovascular Programs executive director at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Additionally, he was a Senior Investigator in the TIMI Study Group and Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Heart Letter. [ 8 ]
Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter .
Percutaneous Interventions in Women. Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2012 ISBN 9781455744114; Gidwani U, Sharma S, Kini A. Cardiovascular intensive care. Preface. Cardiol Clin 31(4):ix, 2013. ISBN 9780323242172; Kini A, Narula J, Sharma S. Practical manual of interventional cardiology. Springer 2015. ISBN 978-1-4471-6581-1
Cardiac catheterization (heart cath) is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart.This is done both for diagnostic and interventional purposes. A common example of cardiac catheterization is coronary catheterization that involves catheterization of the coronary arteries for coronary artery disease and myocardial infarctions ("heart attacks").
Computing in Cardiology (formerly known as Computers in Cardiology) is a scientific conference held annually since 1974. It brings together scientists from medicine, bioengineering, and other related fields, focused on the application of computational methods in cardiology .