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European Heart Journal 2003 24(24):2237-2238; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.10.017
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Special ESC report

The relations between the ESC and the European UnionMajor initiatives to come in health and cardiovascular research

Excerpts from the presidential address at the opening ceremony of the Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, Vienna 2003

Jean-Pierre Bassand*

* Corresponding author: J.-P. Bassand, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz, Department of Cardiology, Boulevard Fleming, 25030 Besancon, France. Tel.: +33-381-66-85-39; Fax: +33-381-66-85-82
E-mail address: jean-pierre.bassand@ufc-chu.univ-fcomte.fr

Received 20 October 2003; accepted 23 October 2003

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The Vienna congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) was a resounding success, with even more active participants than in Berlin in 2002. This increasing attractiveness of the congress of the ESC is due to a range of factors including the venue of the congress, the quality of the programme, and its special ‘European’ flavour. The annual congress was, therefore, the best forum to announce a series of major initiatives that are in the pipeline in health and cardiovascular research. These projects will be driven by the ESC in partnership with the European Commission in one project, and the Irish Department of Health and Children for the other two projects, during the Irish Presidency of the European Union from January to June 2004.

Despite the remarkable progress, unprecedented in human history, that has led to dramatic changes in the management . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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