World Congress of Cardiology

The World Congress of Cardiology is a regular meeting of cardiologists from across the world for the purpose of promoting research, training, and treatment of diseases of the heart, organized by the World Heart Federation.

History

The first World Congress of Cardiology was convened in Paris in September 1950 under the aegis of the International Society of Cardiology, which had itself been founded four years previously. Subsequent congresses were held at four-year intervals until 2006; since then, they have been held at two-year intervals.[1]

In 1978 the International Society of Cardiology merged with the International Cardiology Federation (which had been founded in 1970) to form the International Society and Federation of Cardiology. This body changed its name in 1998 to the World Heart Federation. The World Congress of Cardiology is still a main, but not the only, activity of the World Heart Federation.

List of Congresses

A preliminary and somewhat informal international meeting of cardiologists was held in Prague in 1933, but the advent of Nazism and World War II prevented further international cooperation in the field until 1946, when a Cardiological Congress took place in Mexico City. The first true World Congress was held in 1950.[2]

Congress Dates Location President(s)
I Sept 1950 Paris Dr Charles Laubry
II 12–17 Sept 1954 Washington Dr Paul Dudley White
III 14–21 Sept 1958 Brussels Dr Pierre Rijlant
IV 7–13 Oct 1962 Mexico City Dr Ignacio Chávez
V 16–22 Oct 1966 New Delhi Dr S. Padmavati
VI 6–12 Sept 1970 London
VII 1–7 Sept 1974 Buenos Aires
VIII 17–23 Sept 1978 Tokyo Dr Chuichi Kawai
IX 20–25 June 1982 Moscow
X 14–19 Sept 1986 Washington Dr Thomas N. James
XI 11–16 Feb 1990 Manila
XII 10–14 Sept 1994 Berlin Dr David T. Kelly
XIII 26–30 April 1998 Rio de Janeiro Dr Mario Maranhão
XIV 5–9 May 2002 Sydney Dr David T. Kelly
XV 2–6 Sept 2006 Barcelona Drs Michal Tendera and Valentin Fuster
XVI 18–21 May 2008 Buenos Aires Drs Horacio Faella and Shahryar Sheikh
XVII 16–19 June 2010 Beijing Drs Gao Runlin and Tse Tak-Fu
XVIII 18–21 April 2012 Dubai Dr Sidney C. Smith, Jr.
XIX 4–7 May 2014 Melbourne Dr K. Srinath Reddy
XX 4–7 June 2016 Mexico City
WORLD CONGRESSES OF CARDIOLOGY

References

  1. http://www.world-heart-federation.org/about-us/history/ (accessed 28 April 2008).
  2. Herman A. Snellen, "Birth and Growth of the European Society of Cardiology". European Heart Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, pp 5-7.

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