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.

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.

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.

WORLD CONGRESSES OF CARDIOLOGY

Congress	Dates	Location	President(s)
I	Sept 1950	Paris	Dr Charles Laubry Charles Laubry Charles Laubry was a French cardiologist best known for his work on congenital heart disease and the significance of blood pressure in cardiovascular disease. He founded the French Society of Cardiology in 1937, and served as its first president...
II	12-17 Sept 1954	Washington	Dr Paul Dudley White Paul Dudley White Paul Dudley White , American physician and cardiologist, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Herbert Warren White and Elizabeth Abigail Dudley. White's interest in medicine was sparked early in life, when he accompanied his father, a family practitioner, on rounds and house calls in a...
III	14-21 Sept 1958	Brussels	Dr Pierre Rijlant
IV	7-13 Oct 1962	Mexico City	Dr Ignacio Chávez Ignacio Chávez Sánchez Dr. Ignacio Chávez Sánchez was a prominent Mexican physician.-Education and professional career:...
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 Thomas Naum James Thomas Naum James was a leading American cardiologist during the last half of the twentieth century. He was chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and then president of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston...
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