List of content
Sessions at ACNAP Congress 2023
- Essential contribution of nurses and allied professionals in improving global cardiovascular health - open access until 23 October
Session at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022
- Discussion - New guidelines: new challenges for the Heart Team? - open access until 23 October
Session at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023
- Managing acute heart failure in the emergency department: the earlier, the better - Open access until 23 October
Podcast series
Webinars
- Cardiac implantable electronic devices: decision-making and follow-up
- Temperature control and haemodynamic challenges during post-OHCA care
- ACVC Talks - Digital Health: An introduction to artificial intelligence - Episode 1
- How to Improve Implementation of Prevention Guidelines: Barriers, Tips and Tricks
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (EJCN)
- Are exercise prescriptions for patients with cardiovascular disease, made by physiotherapists, in agreement with European recommendations?
- Trainability for cardiopulmonary fitness is low in patients with peripheral artery disease
- Comparative effect of different physical exercise training on exercise capacity and cardiac function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a network meta-analysis—ExIC-FEp Study
- Kinematic parameters related to functional capacity, fatigue, and breathlessness during the 6-min walk test in older adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
- Optimising secondary prevention and cardiovascular care across Europe: A UK perspective on a common goal
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC)
- Lifestyle interventions to change trajectories of obesity-related cardiovascular risk from childhood onset to manifestation in adulthood: a joint scientific statement of the task force for childhood health of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and the European Childhood Obesity Group
- Promotion of healthy nutrition in primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention: a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology
European Journal of Acute Cardiovascular Care (EJAC)
- Integrating palliative care into the modern cardiac intensive care unit: a review
- Simulation in cardiac critical care
- State of the art post-cardiac arrest care: evolution and future of post cardiac arrest care
Career development
- EHRA (AP/CP) in Dutch Online Certification Exam for Allied Professionals in Cardiac Pacing and ICD - Registration open until 17 October
Tools
- www.heartscore.org - Calculate 10-year risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease events.
- ESC CVD Risk Calculation App - Assess individual cardiovascular risk for different patient populations. The ESC CVD Risk Calculation App provides guidance on which is the most appropriate calculator for your patient, as well as up to 10-years or life-long risk.
Also of interest
- www.afibmatters.org
- www.myrhythmdevice.org
- www.healthy-heart.org - Reliable information and practical advice to prevent CVD, health management, active life etc...for patients.
Find out more about the ESC Task Force on Allied Professions
No single healthcare discipline can provide all the knowledge and skills required to meet the complex needs of today’s patients. Thus, cardiovascular disease management demands expert input from various disciplines, including physicians, nurses, and many allied professionals. A common definition of allied professionals was approved by the ESC Board and has been implemented since 2019:
“Allied Professionals are a distinct group who work in collaboration with physicians and nurses and apply their expertise to facilitate prevention, provide diagnostic services, treatment and rehabilitation of people, and/or undertake research, to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease”.
As such, the definition of allied professionals encompasses a broad range of professions with expertise in disease prevention, diagnostics, and treatment interventions, through to rehabilitation.
An ESC transversal Task Force on Allied Professions with representatives from all ESC Associations was created by the ESC board in 2018, with the intention on working strategically on how to reposition, strengthen and highlight the important position of allied professionals in cardiovascular disease management both internal and externally of the ESC.
The primary objective of the Task Force on Allied Professions is to clearly define allied professions in an ESC setting, identify their needs and how the ESC can meet them. In addition, the Task Force works to identify key opportunities for the ESC to build a stronger community and engage allied professions in the various activities of the ESC and subspecialties.
If you have any questions or suggestions for the Task Force, you are most welcome to contact the Task Force Chair, Associate Professor Maria Bäck at maria.m.back@vgregion.se
Our mission: To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.