48º Congreso Prevención Cardiovascular en #SAC22 Conocé a los invitados internacionales que nos acomparán en el encuentroContinue Reading

in WHF We are pleased to announce the results of the WHF Board Elections 2022, and welcome the newly-elected members of the WHF Board 2023-24, who will be joining incoming President Daniel Piñeiro and Vice President John Kelly: President-ElectJagat Narula (United States) Vice President-ElectAmam Mbakwem (Nigeria) TreasurerRick Chazal (United States) Members at LargeJuwairia Alali (United Arab...Continue Reading

in Fausto Pinto, Fcebook Great session at the Academia Nacional de Medicina in Buenos Aires, integrated in the program of the Emerging Leaders of #WorldHeartFederation on the challenges and lessons learned with #COVID19. Also an opportunity to make the case for better connecting science & policy through knowledge generation, dissemination & translation. I also had...Continue Reading

Buenos Aires in WHF The 2022 Emerging Leaders cohort, which includes candidates from 17 countries across five continents, is in Buenos Aires this week to discuss and work on global approaches to reduce the global burden of #CVD and infectious diseases. The candidates have joined a 175-people expert community that has so far tackled several...Continue Reading

in SBC Machines are better than humans at calculating cardiovascular risks in patients, says researcher The second day of the Brazilian Congress of Cardiology/World Congress started with a morning full of debates in auditorium 02. The main topic covered the challenges for preventing risks of cardiovascular diseases with analyzed epidemiological data. Renowned professionals took part...Continue Reading

in SBC Federation updated 2017 document with new recommendations The World Heart Federation (WHF) officially launched the Cholesterol Roadmap Update at the World Congress of Cardiology 2022 (WCC 2022) this Friday, 14th. The roundtable brought together Fausto Pinto (Santa Maria University Hospital), Fernando Lanas (Universidad de La Frontera), Kausik Ray (Imperial College London), Raul Dias...Continue Reading

WHF President introduces the World Heart Observatory at WCC 2022 The World Congress of Cardiology (WCC 2022) brought innovation to this last day of sessions with World Heart Observatory, a data structuring platform created by the World Heart Federation (WHF) and launched in February. Fausto Pinto, coordinator of the panel and president of the WHF,...Continue Reading

“Our community has a huge role to play in the effort the reduce health inequities and reverse the rising global trend of cardiovascular mortality. As physicians and health advocates, we can help build a world where everyone has access to the best possible care and treatment.”Continue Reading

Prof. Salim Yussuf Salim Yussuf has been honoured with the WHF Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by WHF President, Prof. Fausto Pinto, during the World Congress of Cardiology 2022. Salim Yusuf (1976, Clinical Medicine) is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics at McMaster University in Canada.  He currently holds the Marion W Burke...Continue Reading