Welcome to the website of the European Council for Cardiovascular Research (ECCR). The ECCR was established in 1997 to create within Europe a unique forum for clinical and non-clinical researchers in the important field of blood pressure and cardiovascular research.

The ECCR is a member of the Council for Basic Cardiovascular Science of the European Society of Cardiology, whose aims are to enhance the importance of basic science to clinical cardiology and to act as a Europe wide forum for cardiovascular research societies and a conduit for positive collaboration.

The annual conference held in October covers a broad range of subjects, including genetics of cardiovascular diseases, vascular biology, cardiac and renal aspects as well as modern strategies of prevention and therapy in cardiovascular disease.

This highly dynamic field is characterized by the rapid accumulation of new information that contributes to our understanding of the aetiology and pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease processes as well as to the development of better therapeutic strategies.

Particular emphasis is put on the participation of both basic scientists and clinicians to foster the transmission of new scientific findings into clinical practice. Besides including invited keynote lectures, free oral presentations, workshops and hot topic sessions, the programme provides ample time for discussion both within and outside the scientific sessions.

Member societies of the CBCS do not usually hold their own conferences in the same year as a FCVB conference. Accordingly, the ECCR will not hold its own meeting in 2012, the next meeting being scheduled for October 2013 in Nice.

In 2012, the ECCR will have two major activities:

(1) Contribution to Frontiers in Cardiovascular Biology (FCVB), London, March 2012.

(2) Contribution to 24th Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), 29 Sept - 4 Oct 2012.

Further information is available on our Annual Meeting page.