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View the latest updates to the Heart Failure Association Key reference library

This reference list is divided into sub-pages according to different topic areas. A brief summary and the corresponding PubMed link is provided for each article.

Read the selected articles by the Heart Failure Association (HFA) here...

 

Want to learn more about arrhythmias and sport? It's simple, just Ask the Experts!

The objectives of this 1-hour webinar are to:

  • Introduce ECG in the preparticipation screening for competitive sport practice
  • Analyse when competitive sports are really "forbidden" in case of arrhythmias

And the good news is: European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) members attend for free!

Job opportunity: Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Echocardiography (EJE)

The EAE is now accepting applications for the position of Editor-in Chief for the EJE. View the detailed job description here ...

Deadline for application is 1 July 2010. Please send your CV and cover letter. 


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How to recognise and manage idiopathic ventricular tachycardia
We must know how to distinguish idiopathic ventricular tachycardia from supraventricular tachycardia...
View the latest updates to the Heart Failure Association Key reference library

This reference list is divided into sub-pages according to different topic areas. A brief summary...

Too many of Europe’s top football venues are not adequately prepared for treating heart attacks
Too many major sports arenas in Europe do not have adequate equipment and procedures in place to sav...
Bystander CPR delivers benefits in children
A Japanese study, published in The Lancet, has found that for children who have cardiac arrests outs...
Follow-up evaluations may improve the outlook for hospitalised heart failure patients
Heart failure is by far the most prevalent chronic cardiac condition. Around 30 million people in Eu...
Transesophageal 3D echo for Heart valve evaluation
This new technique is both easy to use and results to analyse and provides a new window for heart ev...
Register for Accreditation exams in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
Upcoming exams to be held in June 2010.
Read position paper on secondary prevention through cardiac rehabilitation.

From knowledge to implementation.
A position paper from the Cardi...

Watch three new slidesets on anatomy features from the Basic Echocardiography Course
Educate yourself by browsing slides on aortic and pulmonary valve, mitral and tricuspid valve and le...
Read new articles from the Key Reference Library on echocardiography
Be uptodate on Torsion/Twist, Contrast and Three Dimensional Echocardiography
HeartScore Estonia is now available!

Says Margus Viigimaa, National Coordinator for CVD Prevention in Estonia:
"HeartScore Es...

Strategies for treating resistant hypertension
Two novel therapeutic strategies have emerged in the last few months : renal denervation and carotid...
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10th Annual Spring Meeting on Cardiovascular Nursing 10th Annual Spring Meeting on Cardiovascular Nursing
Geneva - Switzerland
12 March to 13 March 2010

EuroPRevent 2010 EuroPRevent 2010
Prague - Czech Republic
05 May to 07 May 2010

EuroPCR 2010 EuroPCR 2010
Paris - France
25 May to 28 May 2010

Heart Failure 2010 Heart Failure 2010
Berlin - Germany
29 May to 01 June 2010

Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology 2010 Frontiers in CardioVascular Biology
Berlin - Germany
16 July to 19 July 2010

ESC Congress 2010 ESC Congress 2010
Stockholm - Sweden
28 August to 01 September 2010

Acute Cardiac Care 2010 Acute Cardiac Care 2010
Copenhagen - Denmark
16 October to 19 October 2010

EUROECHO 2010 EUROECHO 2010 Congress
Copenhagen - Denmark
08 December to 11 December 2010

EHRA EUROPACE 2011 EHRA EUROPACE 2011
Madrid - Spain
26 June to 29 June 2011