Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Barcelona, Spain – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced its presence at the ESC Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Spain from August 26 – 30, spotlighting the latest integrated solutions that connect people, data and technology to enable enhanced patient care and improve the quality of life for those with cardiovascular diseases. At this year’s congress, Philips will highlight its next generation cardiology portfolio, including IntelliSpace Cardiovascular multi-modality image and information management, the Philips Azurion image-guided therapy platform, as well as the X8-2t transducer for transesophageal echocardiograpy (TEE) and Lumify ultrasound solution.

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, with more than 11 million new cases in Europe every year, accounting for 45 percent of all deaths in Europe. To address the growing burden of cardiology care and transform the patient experience, Philips is focused on solutions to help manage health, not just illness. Connected to support a continuous workflow, Philips technologies help to enhance the clinicians’ ability to reach a timely confident diagnosis, deliver more personalized treatments, and identify patient pathways that are faster and more effective.

"In our 2017 Future Health Index survey, cardiologists expressed that they are more likely than those in other clinical areas to think integration of health systems would make healthcare less expensive for patients,” said Bert van Meurs, Image Guided Therapy Business Leader for Philips. “As such, we at Philips believe we can make life better for patients with cardiovascular disease by offering clinicians solutions comprising our next generation image-guided therapy platform, advanced catheters, clinical informatics and services to provide value-based patient care through a personalized, high quality and integrated approach.”


Philips brings three decades of experience in ultrasound leadership to create the future of cardiac ultrasound care. With its global R&D programs and the recent acquisition of TOMTEC, a leading provider of intelligent image analysis software, Philips demonstrates its commitment to furthering automation and quantification for cardiac ultrasound.

“The ESC Congress 2017 marks a significant opportunity to engage directly with the cardiology community on the steps that we have taken in cardiac ultrasound to transform cardiac care,” said Vitor Rocha, Ultrasound Business Leader for Philips. “We look forward to demonstrating how TOMTEC’s technology complements our solutions to expand cardiac ultrasound capabilities with advanced automation.”

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