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‣ Fields of Interest and Area of ExpertiseIndividuals can choose as many Fields of Interest as they wish from a list of 30 categories (which mostlyreflect the ESC core syllabus categories). Following feedback from last year‟s congress regarding the lack of acategory for Interventional Cardiology, this new category was added in October 2010. The average number ofcategories chosen per attendee for both years is close to 6.5. The information was provided by 67% ofattendees.Fields of Interest and Areas of Expertise 2008 2009 2010 2011Heart Failure (HF) 60% 61% 55% 55%Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) 59% 58% 53% 52%Hypertension 41% 41% 41% 41%Atrial Fibrillation 30% 30% 36% 36%Arrhythmias 38% 37% 36% 36%Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) 35% 35% 36% 36%Non-invasive imaging - Echocardiography, CMR, CT and NuclearTechniques49% 48% 35% 36%Valvular Heart Diseases 35% 34% 30% 30%Myocardial Disease 25% 24% 25% 25%Diabetic Heart Disease 24% 24% 25% 25%Invasive imaging - Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography 26% 25% 23% 21%Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention – LongtermManagement36% 35% 22% 23%Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation 22% 22% 21% 21%Syncope 20% 20% 21% 21%Clinical Pharmacology 18% 18% 17% 18%Infective Endocarditis 16% 15% 16% 16%Basic Science (since March 2008) 14% 15% 15% 17%Thromboembolic Venous Disease 12% 13% 15% 16%Peripheral Arterial Diseases 13% 13% 14% 14%Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) 12% 13% 13% 14%Congenital Heart Disease 11% 11% 13% 13%Pericardial Disease 13% 12% 12% 13%Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology 12% 13% 12% 12%Pregnancy and Heart Disease 10% 10% 11% 12%Cardiac Consult (since March 2008) 1% 2% 10% 11%Diseases of the Aorta and Trauma to the Aorta and Heart 10% 10% 9% 10%Other 4% 4% 8% 8%Genetics 8% 9% 8% 8%Cardiac Tumours 7% 6% 5% 6%Average Fields of Interest per person 6.6 6.8 6.4 6.6Notable variances include:Non invasive Imaging and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention(slight increase in 2011) Atrial Fibrillation (increased in 2011) Cardiac Consult (increased in 2011 )Evaluation Report ESC Congress 2011 Page 18