Barcelona set to host world’s largest cardiology congress

The next edition of the world’s largest cardiology congress returns to Barcelona for the sixth time. Starting on August 26, the five-day congress is set to break previous attendance records in the Catalan capital by attracting more than 31,000 professionals — including doctors, nurses and engineers — from 140 countries around the world.

“This is no longer just a European congress, but is becoming the world’s number one congress,” said Jeroen Bax, president of the European Society of Cardiology, the organization behind the event. “From Japan, to India, to Russia, to Canada, to the US,they are coming from everywhere to attend this,” he added.

Not only will the congress include a wide range of professionals from all over the world, but the topics included will cover the entire spectrum of areas linked to cardiovascular disease, from pacemakers, public health and heart failure to hypertension and sports medicine.