About Heart Failure

Educational Resources

WorldHeart recommends these web sites for additional information for patients and medical professionals.

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
  Extensive resources on cardiothoracic issues, organizations, sugeons, and journals.
  
  
• American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  Provides exclusive benefits and services designed specifically for cardiologists, including advocacy, education, and access to information.
  
  
• American Heart Association (AHA)
  The AHA's mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do.
  
  
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)
  The CCS is the national voice for cardiovascular physicians and scientists.
  
  
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This site provides information regarding reimbursement, LVAD centers and more.
  
  
• Congestive Heart Failure Patients (CHF)
  A website for CHF patients by CHF patients, providing valuable information and resources.
  
  
• European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
  EACTS is devoted to the practice of cardiothoracic surgery. EACTS was founded in 1986 as a European organization; however, its membership is now spread all over the world in all continents representing over 70 countries.
  
  
• Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)
  The HFSA represents the first organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient care.
  
  
• International Society Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
  The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the science and treatment of end-stage heart and lung diseases.
  
  
• International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps (ISRBP)
  The mission of the ISRBP is to provide a broad international forum for intensive discussion of research, development, clinical use and social acceptance of rotary blood pumps.
  
  
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders.
  
  
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
  Provides information on members, committees, contact information, national database on open heart surgery, discussions and education links.
  
  
• The American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO)
  ASAIO is dedicated to advance the research, development and medical application of bionic technologies.
  
  
• The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet)
  CTSNet was founded as an independent non-profit organization in 1999 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), The European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (EACTS), and The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS).
  
  
• The European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
  The ESC represents more than 45,000 cardiology professionals across Europe and the Mediterranean. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of the European population by reducing the impact of cardiovascular disease.
  
  
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
  The United Network for Organ Sharing is a non-profit, scientific and educational organization that administers the nation's only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), established by the U.S. Congress in 1984. UNOS brings together medicine, science, public policy and technology to facilitate every organ transplant performed in the United States.
  
  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  It is an Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  
  
• U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. It is an Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.