The CNIC at the European Cardiology Congress 2025
The European Society of Cardiology is holding its annual congress in Madrid from August 29 to September 1
Madrid will host the European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC Congress 2025), the world's largest gathering of specialists in the field, which will take place from August 29 to September 1.
The central theme of this edition is “Global Health: Cardiology Without Borders,” highlighting the changing role of cardiovascular disease in global health. The congress will focus on new emerging threats and opportunities, how to address health inequalities, strategies to take advantage of therapeutic advances, and adapt to diverse healthcare environments around the world.
The Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) will play a prominent role, with numerous presentations and lectures by its researchers.
Check out the CNIC's outstanding participation here:
FRIDAY
29 August • 09:27
2025 ESC Consensus Statement on Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease - Héctor Bueno (CNIC). Session: 2025 ESC Guidelines and Document overview
29 August • 11:00
Young Investigator Award Session in Valvular Heart Disease – Ana García-Álvarez (Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona – CNIC)
29 August • 12:25
2025 ESC Consensus Statement on Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease - Héctor Bueno (CNIC). Session: ESC Guidelines and Documents Press Conference
29 August • 13:45
Predicting cardiovascular risk: new horizons - Inés García Lunar (CNIC)
SATURDAY
30 August • 09:18
MAPLE-HCM: aficamten vs metoprolol in oHCM - Pablo Garcia-Pavía (Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda - CNIC). Session: HOT LINE 2
30 August • 11:00
REBOOT-CNIC: betablockers after infarction with LVEF greater than 40% - Borja Ibáñez (CNIC and Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital). Session: HOT LINE 3
30 August • 11:20
REBOOT/BETAMI/DANBLOCK/CAPITAL-RCT: Beta-Blockers after MI with Mildly Reduced EF (an IPD meta-analysis) - Xavier Roselló (CNIC and Hospital Son Espases de Mallorca) Session: HOT LINE 3
30 August • 12:15
Ask the Trialists - MAPLE-HCM - Pablo García-Pavía (Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda - CNIC). Session: Ask the Trialists - MAPLE-HCM
30 August • 13:15
Novel diagnostic approaches in heart failure - Pilar Martín (CNIC)
30 August • 13:45
Ask the Trialists - REBOOT-CNIC - Borja Ibáñez (CNIC y Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital). Session: Ask the Trialists - REBOOT-CNIC
30 August • 13:45
State of the art lecture of new predictors of sudden cardiac death - Silvia Giuliana Priori (University of Pavia - CNIC). Session: New predictors of sudden cardiac death
30 August • 14:15
Cardiomyocyte ploidy and regeneration - Miguel Torres (CNIC). Session: The Holy Grail: cardiac regeneration
30 August • 14:30
Stabilisers, silencers, and depleters: how should I use them? - Pablo Garcia-Pavia (Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda - CNIC). Session: Treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy: on the path to a cure?
30 August • 14:45
Imaging in cardio-oncology - Chairperson: Borja Ibáñez (CNIC y Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital). Presenters: Ana Devesa (CNIC) / Javier Sanchez-Gonzalez (Spain) / Andrea Moreno Arciniegas (CNIC)
30 August • 15:30
ESC TV Roundtable - From policy to patients: the national cardiovascular health plans - Héctor Bueno (CNIC)
30 Agosto • 16:15
What counts as convincing? Revisiting levels of evidence for ESC Guidelines - Silvia Giuliana Priori (University of Pavia - CNIC)
30 August • 17:30
Primordial prevention: an unexplored window of opportunity - Valentín Fuster (CNIC / Mount Sinai Health System). Session: Cardiovascular risk reduction in the young
SUNDAY
31 August • 08:15
Treating TImothy Syndrome (TTS) - Silvia Giuliana Priori (University of Pavia - CNIC). Session: Late-Breaking Basic & Translational Science
31 August • 09:09
DapaTAVI: dapagliflozin in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation CNIC - Borja Ibáñez (CNIC y Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital). Session: A year in review: key trials in coronary and structural interventions shaping guidelines and patient care
31 August • 09:11
CRISPR activation to treat cardiomyopathy - Enrique Lara-Pezzi (CNIC). Session: Late-Breaking Basic & Translational Science
31 August • 09:30
ESC TV Conversations - Mindful cardiologists: integrating mental health into cardiac care - Héctor Bueno (CNIC). Session: ESC TV Conversations - Mindful cardiologists: integrating mental health into cardiac care
31 August • 13:45
Advances in gene therapy and gene editing in the heart and vasculature - Silvia Giuliana Priori (University of Pavia - CNIC)
31 August • 13:50
WHF Oration lecture – AWARD to Valentín Fuster (CNIC / Mount Sinai Health System). Session: World Heart Federation Oration Lecture and Global Grants
MONDAY
1 September • 08:15
Genetics, syndromes, and early detection in arrhythmias - Silvia Giuliana Priori (University of Pavia - CNIC)
1 September • 08:45
Microvesicle markers of pulmonary hypertension - Ana García-Álvarez (Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona – CNIC). Session: Pulmonary hypertension: evolving strategies in diagnosis and management
1 September • 11:00
Great Debate: family screening in cardiomyopathy - Pablo Garcia-Pavia (Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda - CNIC)
1 September • 11:15
Genetic determinants of clonal haematopoiesis - José Javier Fuster (CNIC). Session: Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential: a novel cardiovascular risk factor
1 September • 15:39
Acute cardiac care - Borja Ibáñez (CNIC y Fundación Jiménez Díaz Hospital). Session: Key takeaways from ESC Congress 2025 together with World Congress of Cardiology (2)
Check out the full program for the ESC Congress 2025 here.
