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16 October 2021
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14 November 2021
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28 - 31 August 2021
ESC Congress 2021
21 - 23 October 2021
Russian National Congress of Cardiology 2021
23 - 24 October 2021
Singapore Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation Symposium (SPCRS) 2021
29 - 31 October 2021
Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology 2021
13 - 15 November 2021
AHA Scientific Session 2021
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Heart and lung organizations urge World Health Organization to publish Global Air Quality Guidelines
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and thirteen partner organisations have written to the World Health Organization (WHO) to call on WHO to proceed with the rapid publication and dissemination of the 2021 update to the WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs). Read the open letter below. We are leading medical, public health, and scientific societies and patients’ organizations […]
Air Pollution
Argentine Society of Cardiology: A Healthy Heart in a Healthy Environment
Guest post: Dr. César Berenstein, Argentine Society of Cardiology Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, causing more than 18 million deaths in 2019. On the other hand, air pollution caused 6.7 million deaths in 2019, 50% of which are due to cardiovascular disease. It is also important to consider that air […]
Air Pollution
Leading cardiovascular organizations call for global action to improve clinician well-being
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (13 July 2021) — Clinician well-being is imperative to providing high-quality patient care, yet clinician burnout continues to increase, especially over the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four leading cardiovascular organizations – the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the European Society of Cardiology and the World Heart Federation – […]
World Heart Day 2021 is live!
As the world struggles to fight COVID-19, we’ve never been more aware of the importance of our and our loved one’s health. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the world’s number one killer, resulting in 18.6 million deaths a year. It has many causes: from smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, to air pollution, and less […]
World Heart Day
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