Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia

What Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia does

Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (SPC) is a Portuguese non-profit professional medical association founded in 1949 and headquartered in Lisbon, with a secondary delegation in Porto. SPC serves practicing cardiologists, cardiology trainees, and allied cardiovascular professionals in Portugal through scientific representation, continuing medical education, clinical guideline development, and the coordination of national cardiac registries. It is the Portuguese national member society affiliated with the European Society of Cardiology and a founding partner of the Luso-Brazilian SAVIC alliance.

SPC's core products and platforms include the Academia Cardiovascular learning management system (Moodle-based) which centralizes all society educational programming; the annual Congresso Português de Cardiologia (CPC); the peer-reviewed Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia journal; SPC Media and SPC 365 on-demand digital programming; a podcast series; the Academy Talks lecture program featuring international opinion leaders; and the CARE-PT / CNCDC national cardiac registry program hosting 78,912+ cumulative patient records across multiple subspecialty registries. Underlying technology is largely off-the-shelf LMS, video, and CRM infrastructure layered with proprietary clinical-registry data capture.

SPC's business model combines individual membership dues, paid course and congress registrations, journal/advertising revenue, and corporate sponsorship from pharmaceutical and medical-device companies (AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Pfizer, Recordati and others). The society reinvests surplus into educational grants, research awards, fellowships, and registry maintenance. SPC operates without external equity funding and has no disclosed commercial equity or investor base.

Name

Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Legal name

Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Website

https://spc.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia is a Portuguese non-profit medical society founded in 1949 that provides continuing education, scientific representation, and national cardiac-registry infrastructure for cardiologists across Portugal and emerging PALOP markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Society & Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

General Cardiology (Consultative) (HLAKABAA)

Keywords

• Cardiology professional training
• Cardiovascular continuing education
• Medical society services
• Clinical cardiology research
• National cardiology registry

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisboa

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees for cardiologists and healthcare professionals, with tiered pricing for members vs. non-members across courses and events.
2. Course and Congress Registration Fees: Revenue from paid educational courses, congresses (CPC), and training programs, with differentiated pricing for SPC members and non-members.
3. Event Sponsorship and Industry Partnerships: Pharmaceutical and medical device industry sponsorship of events and educational programs, evidenced by company logos on course pages (e.g., AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Pfizer, Recordati).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (SPC) is a professional medical society that delivers continuing cardiology education, certification preparation, and scientific research services to Portuguese cardiologists and allied healthcare professionals. Its core offering is the Academia Cardiovascular training platform, complemented by the annual Congresso Português de Cardiologia (CPC), national clinical cardiology registries managed through the Centro Nacional de Coleção de Dados em Cardiologia (CARE-PT), and member-only resources such as the Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia scientific journal and SPC Media video library.

Product overview

Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (SPC) is a professional medical society rather than a product company. Its primary offering is the Academia Cardiovascular, a unified educational platform offering a portfolio of structured training courses, e-learning programs, certification preparation, and scholarships for cardiovascular professionals. Supporting offerings include the annual Congresso Português de Cardiologia (CPC), national clinical registries managed through the CARE-PT center, the SPC Media video library, SPC Podcasts, the Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia scientific journal, and the SPC 365 online content repository. These products collectively serve the SPC's mission of advancing cardiology education, research, and clinical practice in Portugal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Academia Cardiovascular: SPC's training and education division offering cardiovascular courses, certifications, and professional development programs.
• Casa do Coração
• Congresso Português de Cardiologia (CPC)
• PORTHOS
• Care-PT / CNCDC

Products and services

• Academia Cardiovascular

Quantifiable outcome

• SAVIC course trained over 600 Portuguese doctors in over 40 editions, reducing variation in acute heart failure management across hospitals.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SOCESP (Sociedade de Cardiologia do Estado de São Paulo)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2014SOCESP developed the SAVIC (Advanced Life Support in Heart Failure) course model, which was adopted and implemented in Portugal by SPC. The partnership has resulted in over 40 editions of SAVIC training in Portugal, with Brazilian trainers initially supporting the first courses in Portugal.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2014SPC partnered with SBC to internationalize the SAVIC program to Europe. SBC and its São Paulo state chapter SOCESP originally developed the SAVIC methodology. SPC was chosen as the European hub for this training program, and the expansion to the United States is also underway led by Brazilian colleagues.
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPC is an official Member National Cardiac Society of ESC. Through this partnership, SPC members have access to ESC 365, ESCeL, ESC webinars, European certification programs (EECC), and ESC training programs. SPC organizes courses endorsed by ESC guidelines and participates in international ESC initiatives.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerACC is listed as a partner organization on the SPC website, indicating institutional collaboration and cross-referral between the two professional cardiology societies.
• American Heart Association (AHA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAHA is listed as a partner organization on the SPC website, indicating institutional collaboration and cross-referral between the two major cardiovascular organizations.
• World Heart Federation (WHF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHF is listed as a partner organization on the SPC website, indicating institutional collaboration at the global cardiovascular advocacy level.
• Federação das Sociedades de Cardiologia (FSCLP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization, representing the federation of Latin American cardiology societies.
• Faculdade de Medicina do Porto / ICBAScoreTechnology or IntegrationPorto CMR and other courses are conducted in collaboration with the Cardiovascular Research Unit of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto and ICBAS (Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar), providing academic backing and clinical training facilities for SPC courses.
• Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Porto CCT Level 1 Course received international endorsement from SCCT, the professional society devoted exclusively to cardiovascular CT. This is one of the few courses in Europe with this quality seal.
• Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Porto CMR Level I Course follows the internationally recognized SCMR model and holds international accreditation from SCMR. It is the only cardiac MRI course in Portugal with both national and international certification.
• Associação Portuguesa de Intervenção Cardiovascular (APIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPIC is listed as an associated society under the SPC umbrella. APIC is responsible for the design, implementation, development, and support of the Registo Nacional de Cardiologia de Intervenção (RNCI).
• Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna (SPMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPC collaborates with SPMI on the Registo Regional de Embolia Pulmonar and the Portuguese Heart Failure Registry (REPICA), combining cardiology and internal medicine perspectives for comprehensive patient data collection.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Pan-European cardiology organization of which SPC is a member national society. ESC runs ESC 365, ESCeL, the EECC certification, congresses (ESC Congress), and journals — directly comparable content, certification, and registry activities.
• American Heart Association (AHA): Large US nonprofit focused on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health, combining research funding, scientific statements, CPR/training, and patient education. Listed as a SPC partner and operates a comparable mission across education, advocacy, and research.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC): US national professional cardiology society offering cardiovascular education (ACC.org, SAPs, courses), scientific journals (JACC), advocacy, and clinical guidelines. Listed as a partner organization of SPC, with overlapping mission and member services for cardiologists.

Direct peers

• Société Française de Cardiologie (SFC): French national cardiology society operating education, congresses (Journées Européennes de la SFC), working groups, and clinical guidelines. Directly comparable peer in size and structure to SPC.
• Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC): Brazilian Cardiology Society and core strategic partner of SPC — co-developed the SAVIC program and serves as the Luso-Brazilian counterpart society running education, congresses, journals, and guidelines.
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS): Canadian national cardiovascular society delivering continuing education, guidelines, and an annual Canadian Cardiovascular Congress. Comparable member-society structure and training portfolio to SPC.
• Società Italiana di Cardiologia (SIC): Italian national cardiology society offering cardiovascular education, congresses, working groups, and a peer-reviewed journal. Directly comparable peer to SPC in scope and operating model.
• Sociedad Española de Cardiología (SEC): Iberian peer national cardiac society running cardiovascular training, congresses (SEC Congress), working groups, and clinical guidelines for Spanish cardiologists — directly comparable structure and member services to SPC.
• British Cardiovascular Society (BCS): UK national cardiovascular society providing training, annual conference, journals, and clinical standards for cardiologists. Same member-society model as SPC, with similar training and advocacy remit.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (DGK): German Cardiac Society running cardiovascular training, annual congress, certification, and clinical guidelines. The largest European national cardiology society by membership, comparable model to SPC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

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