Letter from the ESC Congress Programme Committee Chairs

Dear Colleagues,

In this issue of ESC Congress 2019 in Review, we are pleased to share with you the peer-reviewed highlights
from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2019, held in the heart of Paris, France, at the Paris
Expo Porte de Versailles. Over the 5 days of the congress, with over 33,500 healthcare professionals attending
from 146 different countries, over 4,500 abstracts were presented and 6 centre-stage Hot Line sessions
featured many practice-changing trials presented at ESC Congress 2019.

Also new this year, the ESC sessions were joined by the World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) 2019, which
is departing from its every-2-years solo meeting format to be held annually in conjunction with other major
cardiology meetings. Accordingly, the combined congress has taken on "global cardiovascular health" as its
theme, with recognition that the majority of cardiovascular death today occurs in low- and middle-income
countries, as underscored by the PURE and HOPE 4 trials. In addition, many other large trials reported their
results at the congress, such as the DAPA HF, COMPLETE, and ISAR-REACT 5 trials, which will likely change
aspects of daily practice.

Five new ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines updates were released during the congress, namely diabetes,
pre-diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; acute pulmonary embolism; supraventricular tachycardia; chronic
coronary syndromes; and dyslipidaemias. In-depth sessions with Guideline Task Force members presented
the underlying science behind the Guideline changes and are covered here as well.

We hope that you find the articles and practical perspectives that are contained in the pages of this issue
of ESC Congress 2019 in Review helpful in integrating this new information and providing fresh perspectives
on your cardiology practice. Please be reminded that ESC 365, presenting all the congress resources in one
online library, provides access to all abstracts, slides and videos. To access this unique source of up-to-date
information, visit www.escardio.org/365.

We hope you will enjoy this issue of ESC Congress 2019 in Review and look forward to seeing you next year
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for ESC Congress 2020.

ESC Congress Programme Committee Chairs

Marco Roffi, FESC
University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland

Silvia Priori, FESC
University of Pavia, Italy



Posted on 9 March 201912 March 2021