Competing with strong opponents among the largest metropolises in Europe, such as Athens, Geneva and Budapest, the capital of Serbia was conferred the organization of the prestigious congress of the European Association for Cardiac Insufficiency to be held in 2012. The cardiology in Serbia was given a great honour.

Beside its educational value, the international meeting will also have an important economic effect on Belgrade, estimated at about five million Euros of profit, convening almost 5,000 European and world renowned cardiologists.

51 members of the European Association of Cardiologists were interested in organizing this Congress. Out of 17 members, all unanimously agreed that Belgrade should be the host.

This is one of the most important cardiology congresses where new frontiers are opened, expert and clinical knowledge is improved, and answers to some of the most current issues in cardiology are discovered.

Extremely important too is the activity in the field of studying new drugs for heart failure, with some of the studies that have greatly improved the treatment procedures for the diseased. Heart and blood vessel sicknesses around the world, and in Serbia in particular, are the most frequent cause of illness and it is the killer No. 1.

The treatment of such an illness is long and expensive, as it is a grave state.