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Full list National Cardiovascular Nursing Societies
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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
- Past chair, liaisons BSC: Mrs. Eva Goosens
- Website
- Presentation
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
- Role TBC: Mrs. Ana Ljubas
- Website
- Presentation
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
- President: Prof. Magdy Abdelhamid
- Website
- Presentation
Estonia
Estonian Society of Cardiology
- President: Mr. Priit Kampus
- Website
Finland
Finnish Association of Cardiovascular Nursing
- Chair: Paivi Puranen
- Website
France
Paramedical Group (French Cardiac Society)
- President: Mrs. Stephanie Turpeau
- Website
Georgia
WG Cardiovascular Nursing (Georgian Cardiology Society)
- Head of the WG:
- Website
Germany
Section assistant and nursing staff in cardiology (German Society of Cardiology)
- Deputy: Ms. Sandra Less
- Website
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)
- President: Ms. Maria Hayes
- Website
- Presentation
Israel
Israeli Cardiac and Intensive Care Nursing Society
- Chairman: Mrs. Levana Jakobson
- Website
- Presentation
Italy
Area Nursing in the ANMCO
- Chairperson: Mrs. Doriana Frongillo
- Website
- Presentation
Japan
Japanese Nursing Association (JNA)
- President: Toshiko Fukui
- Website
- Presentation
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
- Mr. Vincent Gatt
- Website
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)
- Chair: Mr. Piotr Hetman
- Website
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
- President: Mr. Abdellateef Mohammed
- Presentation
Sweden
VIC
- Chair: Maria Liljeroos
- Website
Switzerland
WG for Cardiovascular Nurses and allied Professionals of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (AG-KAPT)
- President: Mrs. Irene Stalder
- Website
- Presentation
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)
- CEO: Mrs. Sue Koob
- Website
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
- President: Mr. Richard lamphier
- Website
- Presentation
Uzbekistan
Association of Cardiologists of Uzbekistan
- Chairman: Prof. Ravshanbek Kurbanov
- Website
Vietnam
National Taiwan University Hospital
- Pham Duc Muc
- Website
*The Belorussian Scientific Society of Cardiologists and the Russian Society of Cardiology are temporarily suspended from the membership of the ESC. See ESC Statement.