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A total of 33,800 healthcare professionals from 170 countries participated in ESC Congress 2026, the largest ever flagship meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). This year’s congress took place in Munich, Germany, and focused on the spotlight theme of artificial intelligence.
“ESC Congress 2026 highlighted that artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept, but a reality in everyday cardiovascular healthcare. The serious question is how we can use it well as a co-pilot,” Prof Tomasz Guzik, ESC Congress Programme Committee Chair, said.
The congress featured more than 1,750 sessions covering the latest developments in cardiovascular science and patient care. Highlights included practice-changing findings presented in 12 Hot Line sessions and 30 Late-Breaking Science sessions. Three ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines were released, along with the Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction, created in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the World Heart Federation.
“The scientific community’s response to ESC Congress 2026 was truly outstanding. I would like to thank colleagues worldwide for this. We received a record number of trial submissions, with almost 700 entries from 125 countries. In addition, more than 180 studies were published simultaneously in leading scientific journals, underlining the congress’s pivotal role in advancing cardiovascular science,” Prof Guzik added.
ESC Congress 2027 will take place in Milan, Italy, from 27 to 30 August 2027.
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