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The World Heart Federation represents more than 200 organizations in over 100 countries. [1] It works to promote cardiovascular health, and provide information on access to relevant information, care and treatment. The World Heart Federation is the only cardiovascular disease (CVD) organization in official relations with the World Health ...
Launched at the World Heart Federation, World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in Dubai on 18 April 2012. The aim of the charter is to turn the world's attention to atrial fibrillation and AF-related stroke. [citation needed]
Prabhakaran has also been elected President-Elect of the World Heart Federation (WHF) Board 2025-2026. [8] He is a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
Valentín Fuster Carulla, 1st Marquess of Fuster (born January 20, 1943) is a Spanish cardiologist and aristocrat. [5] [2] [3] [4]He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), [6] past President of the American Heart Association, [7] past President of the World Heart Federation, [7] and has been a member of the US National Academy of Medicine [7] and Member ...
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (DGK; German Cardiac Society in English) is a German medical research organization based in Düsseldorf. It is a member of the European Society of Cardiology, [1] and the World Heart Federation. [citation needed] They award the Arthur Weber Prize for excellence in the field of cardiology. [2] [3]
The heart is located in the middle of the abdomen with its tip slightly towards the left side of the abdomen. Disorders of the heart lead to heart disease and cardiovascular disease and can lead to a significant number of deaths: cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and caused 24.95% of total deaths in 2008. [19]
The ESC Congress is the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the largest medical congress in Europe. It gathers over 30,000 active participants (mainly cardiologists) and takes place every year in August/September in a different European city.
Keys presented his diet-lipid-heart disease hypothesis at a 1955 expert meeting of the World Health Organization in Geneva. [14] In response to criticism at the conference, Keys recruited collaborating researchers in seven countries to mount the first cross-cultural comparison, the years-long Seven Countries Study , which is still under ...