International Day for Interventional Cardiology
A/RES/76/302
A/RES/76/302
This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule. Public-holiday or government status is never inferred from the observance name alone.
Overview
The International Day for Interventional Cardiology is observed on 16 September. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the day through resolution A/RES/76/302, adopted on 2 September 2022.
The observance raises awareness of cardiovascular disease and minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used in interventional cardiology, while emphasizing prevention, access to care and appropriate health-system capacity.
Why it matters
Interventional cardiology includes catheter-based procedures that can diagnose or treat cardiovascular disease without some forms of open surgery. These procedures sit within a larger continuum that includes prevention, emergency response, medication, rehabilitation and long-term care.
The day is most useful when public awareness avoids turning a specialist procedure into a universal answer and instead promotes timely diagnosis, evidence-based prevention and equitable access to appropriate cardiovascular care.
History
Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Mongolia, Peru, Uruguay and Zambia submitted draft resolution A/76/L.77, with Argentina introducing the proposal in the General Assembly.
The General Assembly adopted A/RES/76/302 without a vote on 2 September 2022 and proclaimed 16 September as the International Day for Interventional Cardiology. The resolution invites the World Health Organization to facilitate implementation of the day.
The date is historically grounded: the resolution and UN observance material note that Dr Andreas Grüntzig performed the first coronary angioplasty on 16 September 1977 in Zurich.
How the observance developed
This timeline is assembled only from verified provenance fields. Missing stages are omitted rather than inferred.
Argentina-led proposal; draft submitted by Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Mongolia, Peru, Uruguay and Zambia
The UN Digital Library identifies the ten authors of A/76/L.77, and UN meeting coverage records Argentina introducing the proposal.
United Nations General Assembly
UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/76/302
World Health Organization (WHO)
A/RES/76/302 explicitly invites WHO to facilitate implementation of the International Day.
What the evidence establishes
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3 fields not established in reviewed sources
Ways to observe
Learn the major warning signs of heart attack and stroke from authoritative public-health sources and know the emergency response in your location.
Review how cardiovascular prevention—such as tobacco control, blood-pressure management, physical activity and appropriate clinical care—fits alongside interventional procedures.
If organizing a professional event, explain indications, benefits, limits and risks of procedures in patient-accessible language.
Use the day to examine inequities in access to emergency cardiac care, catheterization facilities, trained specialists and follow-up treatment.
Useful facts
The observance is held annually on 16 September.
Ten countries submitted the original General Assembly draft A/76/L.77, led in debate by Argentina.
The General Assembly adopted A/RES/76/302 on 2 September 2022.
The resolution invites the World Health Organization to facilitate implementation of the observance.
16 September was selected because the first coronary angioplasty was performed on that date in 1977.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
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Evidence & sources
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United Nations Digital Library — draft A/76/L.77 (opens in a new tab)
United Nations — A/RES/76/302 (opens in a new tab)
United Nations Meetings Coverage — Argentina introduction / date rationale (opens in a new tab)
United Nations — International Day for Interventional Cardiology (opens in a new tab)
United Nations — List of International Days and Weeks (opens in a new tab)
United Nations — Observances: who chooses them and how (opens in a new tab)
Understand it, compare it, then explore further
Start with the most common factual questions, then use reviewed distinctions and related authority records to understand where this observance fits.
Frequently asked questions
When is International Day for Interventional Cardiology?
16 September The stored recurrence guidance is: 16 September.
Does International Day for Interventional Cardiology fall on the same date every year?
The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.
Is International Day for Interventional Cardiology an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United Nations / international observance. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes International Day for Interventional Cardiology?
The reviewed provenance layer identifies United Nations General Assembly as the proclaiming or establishing body. The proposer or originator is recorded separately as Argentina-led proposal; draft submitted by Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Mongolia, Peru, Uruguay and Zambia. Current facilitation or coordination is recorded as World Health Organization (WHO).
Is International Day for Interventional Cardiology international or country-specific?
The record has international or global institutional scope: United Nations / international observance. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-05.
Why is the International Day for Interventional Cardiology on 16 September?
The establishing resolution notes that Dr Andreas Grüntzig performed the first coronary angioplasty on 16 September 1977.
Who facilitates the International Day for Interventional Cardiology?
A/RES/76/302 invites the World Health Organization to facilitate implementation of the day.
When was the day established?
The UN General Assembly adopted A/RES/76/302 on 2 September 2022.
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