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‣ Abstract submission and acceptance by countries “top 30 list” for ESC CongressesAbstracts bycountryESCCONGRESS2009ESCCONGRESS2010ESCCONGRESS2011ESCCONGRESS2012SUBMITTED+/- 2011 &2012Acc Subm Acc Subm Acc Subm Acc Sub n° %mJapan 236 628 318 783 463 1 213 517 1 243 30 2.47%Germany 520 871 546 936 514 962 571 904 -58 -6.03%Italy 454 1054 425 913 385 998 378 764 -234 -23.45%Spain 200 587 204 526 257 594 242 601 7 1.18%United276 545 242 449 243 527 248 476 -51 -9.68%KingdomPoland 160 548 173 507 158 524 147 409 -115 -21.95%Greece 260 612 235 559 198 483 180 388 -95 -19.67%France208 400 238 443 226 481 198 349 -132 -27.44%(IncludingGuadeloupe)Portugal 102 308 113 337 78 328 86 329 1 0.30%Russian52 243 51 243 71 363 66 326 -37 -10.19%FederationUnited States150 286 175 284 201 387 169 319 -68 -17.57%of AmericaKorea,64 191 97 229 89 221 130 315 94 42.53%Republic ofTurkey 53 259 48 233 58 218 80 303 85 38.99%Netherlands 249 412 221 368 215 363 169 277 -86 -23.69%Brazil 62 190 65 204 88 304 67 208 -96 -31.58%China, (Inc57 150 72 174 55 184 59 173 -11 -5.98%Hong Kong)Switzerland 96 152 116 185 90 180 98 173 -7 -3.89%Sweden 49 99 82 172 77 154 89 163 9 5.84%Denmark 66 97 50 69 72 106 79 112 6 5.66%Ukraine 14 66 14 68 11 82 14 98 16 19.51%Australia 51 102 64 115 93 184 57 96 -88 -47.83%Austria 78 150 75 131 52 116 47 96 -20 -17.24%Romania 36 156 33 127 31 101 29 93 -8 -7.92%Taiwan, ROC 18 44 25 53 40 92 50 91 -1 -1.09%Serbia 19 97 19 94 24 106 31 90 -16 -15.09%Czech29 95 29 73 39 107 32 87 -20 -18.69%RepublicHungary 22 63 24 71 26 97 26 85 -12 -12.37%Belgium 64 111 69 133 47 86 49 82 -4 -4.65%Israel 41 87 41 86 36 93 32 82 -11 -11.83%Norway 66 107 61 93 42 74 38 62 -12 -16.22%17