From Safe Hearts to Healthy Cities: Cities@Heart Sets Out Its Approach at ESC Congress. Speaking on ESC TV Connect at this year's ESC Congress, Cities@Heart Project Director Dipak Kotecha, Industry Lead Franck Perraudin (Novartis), and Donna Fitzsimons, Professor of Nursing at Queen's University Belfast, set out how the project intends to turn the European Union's Safe Hearts Plan into practical change for Europe's cities. Adopted by the European Commission in December 2025,