Committee on National Heart Failure Societies or Working Groups

Learn about the purpose of this committee and who its members are

This Committee of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC was founded in March 2007 and represents an International Network of the National Heart Failure Societies or Working Groups.

Mission statement:

To create a European network of national heart failure societies or working groups in order to improve the management of patients with heart failure

Heart Failure Awareness Day

2012 will take place on

11, 12 & 13 May

Have a look at who took part last year!

Coordinators

Prof. P. Seferovic, FESC
(Belgrade, RS)
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Prof. U. Dahlstrom, FESC
(Linkoping, SE)
email

Committee

V Mareev
A Kavoluniene
S Stoerk
J Parissis
A Clark

(Moscow, RU)
FESC (Kaunas, LT)
(Wurzburg, DE)
FESC (Athens, GR)
(Kingston upon Hull, GB)

T Ben Gal
D Vinereanu
J Delgado
D Brito
P Ponikowski

(Ramat Hasharon, IL)
FESC (Bucharest, RO)
(Madrid,ES)
(Lisbon, PT)
FESC (Wroclaw, PL) (ex-officio)

Objectives

To collect information from the National Heart Failure organisations
To facilitate the development of National Heart Failure organisations by sharing the experiences of other heart failure organisations
To facilitate the implementation of clinical trials, registries and surveyx in HF
To promote the implementation of guidelines
To create a European network on surveys and registries

Our ultimate goal is to improve the management of heart failure patients, one of the greatest challenges in cardiovascular medicine in the 21st century given the size of this growing epidemic. We strive to achieve this aim by supporting the HFA in facilitating the communication and exchange of information between the different National Heart Failure Societies/Working Groups. We aim to set up an internet-based platform that may be used for both educational services and scientific/research tools.

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Who may become a member?

Any National Heart Failure Organisation may become a member if interested in sharing information from their National Organisation and/or contributing to the objectives of the Committee on National Heart Failure Societies. We need to share our experience and ideas for the future. Please contact us if you are interested in further information.