ESC Congress
The ESC Congress is the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the largest medical congress in Europe. It gathers over 30,000 active participants (mainly cardiologists) and takes place every year in August/September in a different European city.
In 2017, the ESC Congress takes place from 26 to 30 August in 
Barcelona, Spain
The first ESC Congress was held in 1950 and from then on every 4 years until 1988, when it became an annual event.
The city to hold the ESC Congress the next year is known:
After the 2017 ESC Congress Barcelona became the city with most congresses since 1988(6), followed by 
(5) and then by Amsterdam 
and Vienna 
and Munich 
(4 times each as of 2018). Some congresses (1994 and 2006) were organised jointly with the World Heart Federation under the name of "World Congress of Cardiology".
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