The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published last November the 3rd completely redisigned edition of the ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.

The textbook now involves two issues with 64 sections and 792 chapters written by experts in the field from around the world covering the whole spectrum of cardiovascular medicine.

The new edition is also endowed with a sophistcated electronic version, ESC CardioMed, which is accesible as a membership benefit to professional members of the ESC. Is provides a search system, videos and 3D animations.

In August 2019, the ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine was awarded as the best textbook in cardiology by the British Medical Association (BMA) with Braunwald’s Heart Disease as the runner up.

^{Figure: The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine with its editors (from left to right: Thomas F. Lüscher, John A. Camm, Gerald Maurer and Patrick W. Serruys) and the BMA Award (right)}