Read Dr Tony Dalby's report on the American Heart Association 2008 Scientific Sessions held in New Orleans from 08–12 November 2008.
The 9th Annual Congress of the SA Heart Association was held from 2-5 November 2008 at the Wild Coast Sun in the Eastern Cape. Visit the official congress website.
The reports from the President, Standing Committees, Branches and Special Interest Groups which are to be tabled at the 2008 AGM have been posted online.
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.
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...
- 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.
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in South Africa.
These guidelines govern training in adult and paediatric cardiology. A list
of training institutions is also available.
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