Patron: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie-, Herz- und Kreislaufforschung e.V.
Congress for Interventional Heart Medicine, Munich
Progress, Safety and Controversial Care Concepts
We look forward to welcoming you back to Munich on December 3–4, 2026. This year’s congress presidency will be held by Prof. Dr. Norbert Frey from Heidelberg. heartlive 2026 presents the most important developments in interventional cardiology. Technical and procedural innovations—particularly for elderly and multimorbid patients—are in focus, as well as their scientific evaluation. More than 20 live cases from leading centers will be complemented by state‑of‑the‑art lectures addressing current therapeutic challenges.
Under the motto “Progress, Safety and Controversial Care Concepts”, we will also explore new topics, including a look ahead at the future role of AI in the cath lab, the impact of outpatient care pathways in cardiology, and the recurring question of how we will work ten years from now.
The accompanying workshop program “heartdays” offers practical insights into numerous subfields of interventional cardiology and fosters personal exchange of experience. We warmly welcome you and wish you an inspiring and collegial meeting.
We look forward to welcoming you to Munich!
Electrophysiology
Chairpersons Prof. Steven (Cologne) and Prof. Tilz (Lübeck) focus on ablation strategies and exciting fields like cardiac pacing, electrophysiology and other cardiac rhythm disorders.
Heart valve therapies
Focus of valvelive are TAVR innovations, as well as options for mitral- and tricuspid valve therapy, including procedural and post procedural aspects like optimal access ways or correct follow-up care.
Complex coronary interventions
pci live: focus on the handling of risk patients with regard to coronary heart disease and heart failure. Complex coronary interventions (CTOs, bifurcations, left main ... ) are demonstrated live from several centres.