SFCARDIO

What SFCARDIO does

SFCARDIO (legal name: Société Française de Cardiologie, SFC) is a French non-profit learned society (Association déclarée loi 1901) founded in 1937 by Charles Laubry and headquartered in Paris. It serves as the primary scientific society for cardiovascular medicine in France, with over 5,000 cardiologist members, governed by a Bureau of 9 volunteer cardiologists and currently presided by Pr Hélène Eltchaninoff (CHU de Rouen) since January 2026. SFC is the umbrella body for 18+ specialized communities covering cardiology subspecialties (heart failure, interventional cardiology, hypertension, cardio-oncology, rhythmology, pediatric cardiology, imaging, and others), plus three targeted circles: Cercle Cardio-IA (AI, 2024), Cercle 3C (cardiac surgery, 2022), and Cercle Cœur & Sommeil.

Its core products and platforms include Cardio-online (a digital training and information platform for the francophone cardiology community developed with logistics support from Europa Digital & Publishing), the peer-reviewed journal Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases published in English, French-language textbooks and reference works distributed via Elsevier Masson and Éditions Frison-Roche, and a flagship annual portfolio of congresses led by JESFC (Journées Européennes de la SFC) plus ten specialized annual congresses. It also operates the Fondation Cœur & Recherche, a public-utility research foundation created in 2010 to fund cardiovascular research through donations and grants.

SFC monetizes through annual membership subscriptions (with benefits including discounted congress access, journal access, and European Society of Cardiology affiliation), transaction-based congress and event registration fees, one-time publication sales, donations and corporate sponsorship to the Fondation Cœur & Recherche, and DPC (Développement Professionnel Continu) continuing professional development programs organized through the ODP2C structure registered with ANDPC. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: professional society engagement, scientific congresses, and digital content distribution via the website, Cardio-online, and weekly bibliographic surveillance ("La SFC a lu pour vous"). Customer segments span practicing cardiologists, trainees and young cardiologists (Collège des Cardiologues en Formation), allied health professionals (Collège des Paramédicaux), cardiology educators (CNEC), cardiovascular researchers, and healthcare facilities recruiting cardiologists. SFC is affiliated with the European Society of Cardiology and works in close partnership with French regulatory bodies (CNU, ANDPC), positioning it as the recognized institutional voice of French cardiology.

Name

SFCARDIO

Legal name

SOC FRANCAISE DE CARDIOLOGIE

Website

https://sfcardio.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Société Française de Cardiologie (SFC) is a French non-profit learned society founded in 1937 that supports over 5,000 cardiology professionals through research, education, congresses, clinical guidelines, journals, and a digital training platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cardiology Professional Society and Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

General Cardiology (Consultative) (HLAKABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Preventive Cardiology & Lipidology (HLAKABAF), Cardiac Rehabilitation & Secondary Prevention (HLAKABAJ), Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology (HLAKABAD), Interventional Cardiology (PCI/Structural Heart) (HLAKABAB)

Keywords

• Cardiology professional society
• Cardiovascular continuing education
• Medical scientific congresses
• Cardiology research funding
• Medical professional membership

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership subscriptions: Annual membership fees provide access to exclusive benefits including Cardio-online premium content, discounted JESFC attendance, SFC journal publications, eligibility for prizes and grants, and ESC affiliation.
2. Congress and event registration fees: Registration fees for major congresses including JESFC, Cardio-Onco, CNCH, FCPC, Cours Avancé USIC, JFIC-CAT, JHTA, and others.
3. Publications sales: Sale of scientific textbooks and educational works (Traité d'imagerie cardiovasculaire, ECOS La compil' 2, Prévention et réadaptation cardiovasculaire) published by or under the auspices of SFC and its communities.
4. Donations and philanthropy: Donations from individuals and corporate sponsorship/mécénat (financial or skills-based) to the Fondation Cœur & Recherche, which funds cardiovascular research projects.
5. DPC training programs: Continuing Professional Development (DPC) programs for healthcare professionals, registered with ANDPC, organized through the ODP2C structure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

SFCARDIO (Société Française de Cardiologie) is a French non-profit cardiology learned society that provides individual healthcare professionals with membership, continuing medical education (DPC programs), peer-reviewed scientific publications (Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases, textbooks), annual and specialized scientific congresses (JESFC, Cardio-Onco, CNCH, FCPC, USIC, JFIC-CAT, JHTA), research grants and prizes via the Fondation Cœur & Recherche, and access to the Cardio-online digital training platform. Its customers are individual cardiologists, cardiology trainees, allied-health professionals, educators and cardiovascular researchers, primarily in France.

Product overview

SFCARDIO (Société Française de Cardiologie) operates primarily as a professional medical society rather than a product company. Its main offerings include: Cardio-online, a digital information and training platform for the francophone cardiology community; multiple scientific publications including textbooks (Traité d'imagerie cardiovasculaire, ECOS La compil' 2, Prévention et réadaptation cardiovasculaire) and journals (Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases reviews, Journal du CCF); major congresses and events (JESFC and 10+ specialized annual congresses); research funding through prizes and grants (Bourse CNEC €10,000, Prix Régis Barbet €1,000); Cercle Cardio-IA, an AI-focused community promoting artificial intelligence adoption in cardiology; and a professional job board. The organization serves over 5,000 cardiologist members and operates 18 scientific communities covering all cardiology subspecialties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fondation Cœur & Recherche: Cardiovascular research foundation created by SFC in 2010, recognized as public utility
• Cardio-online
• Cœur & Recherche

Products and services

• Cardio-online Digital information and training platform developed by SFC with Europa Group support, providing real-time scientific news, exclusive content, conference recordings and educational materials for the francophone cardiology community.
• Journées Européennes de la SFC (JESFC) Annual major European congress bringing together cardiology professionals for scientific sessions, presentations and networking across all cardiology subspecialties, held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.
• Traité d'imagerie cardiovasculaire A 1224-page textbook on cardiovascular imaging covering echocardiography, nuclear medicine, CT and MRI, published by Elsevier Masson in February 2025 and authored by Ariel Cohen, Jérôme Garot, Jean-Nicolas Dacher and Laurent Macro.
• ECOS La compil' 2 A 482-page examination preparation book covering 116 OSCE stations for maxillofacial surgery, geriatrics, cardiovascular medicine, intensive care and neurosurgery, published by Elsevier Masson and prepared by the CNEC.
• Prévention et réadaptation cardiovasculaire A 492-page reference book on cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation, covering physical activity, therapeutic education and personalized care pathways for 11 prevalent pathologies, published by Éditions Frison-Roche in June 2025.
• Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases (ACVD) monthly reviews Monthly scientific journal reviews in English published in collaboration with the Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases (international peer-reviewed journal), covering international cardiology research.
• Journal du CCF A trainee-led review created by and for young cardiologists in training (Collège des Cardiologues en Formation, CCF), covering hot topics in cardiology with editorial, social media, congresses, research and pedagogy sections.
• SFC Annual Membership Annual membership in the Société Française de Cardiologie providing community access, preferential JESFC and other congress tariffs, Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases and Journal du CCF access, prize and grant eligibility, full Cardio-online access, ESC affiliation, and free job-posting access.
• Cardiology Job Board (Offres d'emploi) Professional job board relaying cardiology employment opportunities across metropolitan and overseas France, connecting healthcare facilities with SFC's 5,000+ cardiology professionals; free access with membership.
• DPC Continuing Professional Development programs Continuing Professional Development (Développement Professionnel Continu) programs for healthcare professionals in cardiology and vascular diseases, organized through the ODP2C structure registered with ANDPC alongside SNC, CNCF and CNCH.

Quantifiable outcome

• 400 deaths per day in France from cardiovascular diseases, underscoring the scale of the public health problem SFC addresses.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Mines ParisminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2026The Cercle Cardio-IA de la SFC held its first encounter with Mines Paris (École des Mines) on January 29, 2026, fostering collaboration between cardiologists and engineers on AI applications in cardiology.
• Fondation Cœur & RecherchecoreOthers · 1 January 2010Created in 2010 by SFC, the Fondation Cœur & Recherche (recognized as being of public utility) is the cardiovascular research foundation of SFC. It receives donations and distributes research grants to advance cardiovascular science. Contact: www.coeur-recherche.fr.
• Europa GroupcoreTechnology or IntegrationEuropa Group, through its Europa Digital & Publishing division, provides logistical support for the Cardio-online platform, SFC's digital information and training platform for the francophone cardiology community.
• ODP2CcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFC is one of four components of ODP2C (alongside SNC, CNCF, and CNCH), a DPC training structure registered with ANDPC that organizes, promotes, and implements continuing professional development in cardiology and vascular diseases.
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFC is affiliated with the ESC, providing its members with ESC affiliation benefits and facilitating European-level collaboration in cardiovascular science and cardiology practice.
• CNU (Conseil National des Universités)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFC works in close partnership with the CNU sous-section 51-02 for coordinating cardiology education and training across French universities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• British Cardiovascular Society (BCS): U.K. national society for cardiology, running the annual BCS Annual Conference, Heart journal, and member education. Direct functional equivalent of SFC in another major European market, though smaller in member base and European reach.
• German Cardiac Society (DGK): Germany's national cardiology society, organizing the annual DGK Herztage congress and Cardio News publications. Closest continental European peer to SFC in scale, subspecialty structure, and congress-driven model.
• Italian Federation of Cardiology (FIC): Italian cardiology federation coordinating national cardiology activity, journals, and congresses. Comparable to SFC as a Southern European national society with multiple affiliated subspecialty groups.
• Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC): Spanish national cardiology society with regional sections, REC (Revista Española de Cardiología) journal, and the SEC congress. Comparable to SFC as a Romance-language European national society with a similar multi-community structure.

Broad incumbents

• American Heart Association (AHA): Largest U.S. cardiovascular nonprofit, spanning research funding, patient education, professional guidelines, and CPR training. Comparable to SFC in scientific society role but with a much broader cardiovascular mandate and significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Heart Rhythm Society (HRS): International society for electrophysiology and heart rhythm disorders, running Heart Rhythm journal and annual meeting. Comparable to SFC's Groupe de Rythmologie et Stimulation Cardiaque and an adjacent subspecialty society that competes for rhythmologist members and sponsors.
• European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI): ESC sub-society dedicated to cardiovascular imaging, organizing EuroEcho and publishing EHJ – Cardiovascular Imaging. Comparable to SFC's FIC (Filiale d'Imagerie Cardiovasculaire) as a focused subspecialty community competing for the same cardiologists' attention and education spend.
• European Society of Hypertension (ESH): European society focused specifically on hypertension, with affiliated national leagues (including SFHTA, an SFC subsidiary). Comparable to SFC at the subspecialty level, with overlapping membership and congress activity.

Direct peers

• European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Pan-European learned society for cardiology headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France. It is the most direct peer to SFC, operating congresses (ESC Congress), journals, clinical guidelines, and affiliated national cardiac societies including SFC itself.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC): U.S. national professional society for cardiologists, offering journals (JACC), annual congresses, clinical guidelines, and member education. Highly comparable to SFC in mission, member structure, and product portfolio, though larger and English-language.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/societe-francaise-cardiologie

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries21 records

Funding overview

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