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National Cardiovascular Nursing Societies

Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professionals (ACNAP)

Below are the names of contacts for national cardiovascular nursing societies in Europe, Mediterranean countries, and the rest of the world.


 


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Albania

Albanian Nurses Association

  • Role TBC: Mr. Elson Jaçai
  • Website

Australia / Asia

The Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College (ACNC)

  • President: Mr. Phillip Newton
  • Website

 Austria

WG on Cardiac Nurses and technicians (Austrian Society of Cardiology)

  • Chair of NAPs: Ms. Christine Drack
  • Website

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Society of Cardiology

  • Chairman: Prof. T. Jahangirov Sahmur
  • Website

Belarus*

Belorussian Scientific Society of Cardiologists

  • Director: Mr. Alexander Mrochek
  • Website

Belgium

Belgian Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Association of Cardiologists of Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • President: Prof. Zumreta Kušljugić
  • Website

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Society of Cardiology

  • President: Assoc. Prof. Maria Tokmakova
  • Website

Brazil

Society of Cardiology of São Paulo (SOCESP) - Nursing Department

  • Scientific Director (Nursing Department) : Prof. Rafaela Batista dos Santos Pedrosa
  • Website

Canada

Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses (CCCN)

  • President: Mrs. Brenda Ridley
  • Website

Croatia

Croatian Association of Cardiology Nurses

Cyprus

Cypriot cardiology nursing working group

  • President : Dr. Andreas Protopapas

Czech Republic

WG on Nursing in Cardiology (Czech Society of Cardiology)

  • Chairman: Mr. Jakub Doležel
  • Website

Denmark

Danish Nurses Council

  • Chairman: Mrs. Ida Elisabeth Højskov 
  • Website

Egypt

Egyptian Society of Cardiology - Egyptian working group of nursing

Estonia

Estonian Society of Cardiology

  • President: Mr. Priit Kampus
  • Website

Finland

Finnish Association of Cardiovascular Nursing

France

Paramedical Group (French Cardiac Society)

  • President: Mrs. Stephanie Turpeau
  • Website

Georgia

WG Cardiovascular Nursing (Georgian Cardiology Society)

Germany

Section assistant and nursing staff in cardiology (German Society of Cardiology)

 

Heart failure nurses working group (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft care experts heart failure e.V.)

  • Chair: Mrs. Astrid Huesken

Greece

WG of Cardiac Nursing

  • President: Mrs. Maria Kapella
  • Website

Hungary

Hungarian Society of Cardiology

  • President: Mr. Zoltan Csanadi
  • Website

Iceland

Heart Nursing (Association of Icelandic Nurses)

  • Chairman: Hildur Rut Albertdóttir
  • Website

Ireland

Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association (INCA)

Israel

Israeli Cardiac and Intensive Care Nursing Society

Italy

Area Nursing in the ANMCO

Japan

Japanese Nursing Association (JNA)

 

Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Nursing (JACN)

  • President: Toshiko Yoshida
  • Website

Kazakhstan

Association of Cardiologists of the Rep. of Kazakhstan

Korea

Korean Nurses Association (KNA)

  • President: Mrs. Shin Kyungrim
  • Website

Kosovo

Kosovo Society of Cardiology

  • President: Prof. Gani Bajraktari
  • Website

Latvia

Latvian Nursing Association

  • President: Mrs. Dita Raiska
  • Website

Lebanon

Lebanese Society of Cardiology

  • President: Mr. Antoine Sarkis
  • Website

Lithuania

Cardiovascular nursing Council (Lithuanian Society of Cardiology)

  • In charge of the Council: Mrs. Edita Lycholip
  • Website

Luxembourg

Luxembourg Society of Cardiology

  • President: Dr. Cristina Banu
  • Website

Malaysia

Malaysian Society of Cardiovascular Technologist (MSCVT)

  • President: Mr. Handman Bin Ibrahim

 Malta

Nursing in Cardiology WG

Mauritius

Heart Health Mauritius

  • President : Mr. Kevin Paray
  • Website 

Morocco

Moroccan Society of Cardiology

  • President: Prof. Zlot Samir
  • Website

Netherlands

Dutch Association for Cardiovascular Nurses (NVHVV)

  • Chairman: Mrs. Jessica Heimen-Scholten 
  • Website

 Norway

Norwegian National Society of Cardiovascular Nurses (NSF-LKS)

  • Chair: Mrs. Hege Andersen Amofah
  • Website

Poland

Nurses and Technical Section (Polish Cardiac Society)

Portugal

NEC (Nucleo de Enfermagem em Cardiologia) from SPC (Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia)

  • NEC Coordinator : Mr. Bruno Delgado 
  • Website

Romania

WG of Medical Assistants, Physical Therapists and Recovery Psychologists (Societatea Romana de Cardiologie)

  • President: Mrs. Amalia Catescu
  • Website

Russia*

Russian Society of Cardiology

San Marino

San Marino Society of Cardiology

  • President: Dr Marina Foscoli

Serbia

WG Nurses and technicians (Cardiology society of Serbia)

  • President: Mrs. Dragana Bacic
  • Website

Singapore

Singapore Nurses Association (SNA)

  • President: Assos. Prof. Lim Swee Hia
  • Website

Slovakia

WG Nurses in Cardiology

  • Chair: Mrs. Monika Labudová
  • Website

Slovenia

Nurses and Midwives - Association of Slovenia

  • President: Prof. Zlatko Fras
  • Website

Nurses and Midwives Association of Slovenia (Professional group of nurses and health technicians in cardiology and angiology)

  • President: Mrs. Monika Azman
  • Website

Spain

Spanish Association of Nursing in Cardiology (AEEC)

  • Chairwoman: Mrs. Concepcion Fernandez Redondo
  • Website

Sudan

Sudanese Council of Cardiovascular Nursing

Sweden

VIC

Switzerland

WG for Cardiovascular Nurses and allied Professionals of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (AG-KAPT)

 

Network Nursing Switzerland

  • President: Mrs. Petra Schäfer-Keller

Taiwan

TCTNA

  • Chief Secretary: Mrs. Jeniffer Yu  Chuan Chang
  • Website

Tunisia

Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Chairwoman: Prof. Leila Abid

Turkey

Cardiovascular Nursing and Technicians Project Group (Turkish Society of Cardiology)

  • Director: Mr. Ahmet Kara
  • Website

United Arab Emirates

Emirates Nursing Association (ENA)

United Kingdom

British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care (BANCC)

  • President: Mrs. Helen Eftekhari 
  • Website

United States

Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)

 

American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN)

  • President: Mrs. Kelly Stamp
  • Website

 

Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Nurses (SPCN)

  • President: Mrs. Nancy Hagberg
  • Website

 

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN) of the American Heart Association

  • President: Dr. Terrie Black 
  • Website

 

Georgia Nurses Association (GNA) - State of Georgia

Uzbekistan

Association of Cardiologists of Uzbekistan

  • Chairman: Prof. Ravshanbek Kurbanov
  • Website

Vietnam

National Taiwan University Hospital

 

*The Belorussian Scientific Society of Cardiologists and the Russian Society of Cardiology are temporarily suspended from the membership of the ESC. See ESC Statement.