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NEWSLETTERS

Winter 2007
Autumn 2007
Summer 2006-7

 

Patient Resources

 

The 9th annual congress of the SA Heart Association will be held from 2-5 November 2008 at the Wild Coast Sun in the Eastern Cape. Contact Sonja from Londocor for more information or visit the official congress website.

The 2007 AGM minutes and the reports from committees, branches and special interest groups have been posted online.

The Cardiosmart website was launched by the American College of Cardiology at its annual meeting in March.  It contains a wealth of information about all forms of heart disease and is easily accessible to patients and their families. Although the recommendations on the site are based on American Guidelines and may differ slightly from our own ESC-South African Guidelines, patients should find the website extremely helpful in understanding their heart disease and its treatment.  Please encourage your patients to explore the website.  The address is http://www.cardiosmart.org. Patients should be alerted to the fact that the quoted laboratory values are not in SI units.

SA Heart has put out a postition statement on cardiac imaging with CT and MRI.

Applications are invited for the second annual Louis Vogelpoel Travelling Scholarship. An amount of up to R15 000 towards the travel and accommodation costs of a local or international congress will be offered annually by the Cape Western branch of the South African Heart Association in memory of one of South Africa’s outstanding cardiologists, Dr Louis Vogelpoel. Read more...

Call for applications - 2008 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award - this award to the value of $2000 is given to celebrate and recognize innovative, preventive approaches to promoting cardiovascular health in developing countries and other low-resource settings. See Word document for details.

Applications are invited for the SA Heart Research and SA Heart Travel Awards.

UCT is inviting applications for a PhD Fellowship in Cardiac MRI. The closing date is 30 July.

Guidelines available:

Guidelines for Paediatric Echocardiography in South Africa.

Training in Cardiology - These guidelines govern training in adult and paediatric cardiology. A list of training institutions is also available.

 

 

GUIDELINE: USE OF ELUTING STENTS
The SA Heart Association recommendations are now available.

ESC AFFILIATION
SA Heart is an affiliate of the European Society of Cardiology. Members are invited to make use of the ESC Knowledge Portal, as well as the Guidelines and Journals on the ESC website.

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PASCAR AFFILIATION
SA Heart is affiliated to the Pan African Society of Cardiology. The Cardiovascular Journal of Africa is the official journal for PASCAR.

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