Full list National Cardiovascular Nursing Societies
The ACNAP National Cardiovascular Nursing Societies network gathers 79 national societies and nursing associations in 62 countries.
Albania
Albanian Nurses Association
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: Christina Kuttnig
- 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
- Chair: Julia Raak-Tarkiainen
- Website
France
Paramedical Group (French Cardiac Society)
- President: Mrs. Stephanie Turpeau
- Website
Georgia
WG Cardiovascular Nursing (Georgian Cardiology Society)
Germany
DGK Subgroup S1 "Nursing & Allied Professionals" or "Pflege & Assistenzpersonal"
- Chair: Silja Steinadler
- ACNAP Representative : Andreas Dirksen
- 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
Indonesia
Indonesian Acute & Intensive Cardiovascular Nurses Society
- Chair: Mr. Ryan Budiyanto
Ireland
Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association (INCA)
Israel
Israeli Cardiac and Intensive Care Nursing Society
Italy
Area Nursing and allied professions in the ANMCO
Italian Alliance for Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Prevention (ITACARE-P)
- President: Dr. Marco Ambrosetti
- Website
Japan
Japanese Nursing Association (JNA)
Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Nursing (JACN)
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: Marjolein Snaterse
- 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)
United Arab Emirates
Emirates Nursing Association (ENA)
United Kingdom
British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care (BANCC)
- President: Mrs.Nicola BOWERS
- Website
British Society for Heart Failure Nurse Forum
The British Adult Congenital Cardiac Nurse Association (BACCNA)
- President : Mrs. Hajar Habibi
- Website
United States
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN)
- President: Dr. Tara Whitmire
- Website
Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Nurses (SPCN)
- President: Mrs. Nancy Hagberg
- Website
Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN) of the American Heart Association
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.