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HEART FAILURE, A GLOBAL DISEASE REQUIRING

A GLOBAL RESPONSE

 

 

 

 

During the last decennia, heart failure has developed into a major burden in the Western world, increasingly affecting millions, who suffer a poor quality of life, characterised by debilitating symptoms, frequent hospitalisations and a poor outlook on life.

 

However, heart failure should not be considered a specific problem of industrialised, developed countries. Rather it is, or will shortly become, a global disease requiring a global response. In nearly all regions of the world heart failure is both common and on the rise.

 

Cardiovascular disease is rapidly expanding in developing countries and has become the leading cause of death in many. This is not readily explained by their large populations alone. Rather, life style changes and a fast increase in cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia during the last two decades have led to an explosion of athero-thrombotic cardiovascular disease.

  

Consequently, the progressive rise in myocardial infarctions and hypertension, major determinants of heart failure in Western countries, will very likely lead to epidemics of heart failure in developing parts of the world of similar proportions as in industrialised, developed countries.

 

 

 

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CONGRESSES
TURKEY
3rd INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE WHFS ISTANBUL

  The 3rd International Congress

      of the WHFS will be held in

             Istanbul, Turkey

     29 November – 2 December

                    2012

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IRAN
3rd Biannual International Heart Failure Summit
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The 3rd Biannual International Heart Failure Summit was held 2 - 4 November 2011 in Tehran SBMU International Conference Hall. This Summit was organised by the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, in collaboration with the World Heart Failure Society. Full information can be found on the congress website: www.ihfsummit.com
TURKEY
Turkish Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Working Group Annual Meeting
The Turkish Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Woprking Group Annual Meeting took place in Eskisehir/Turkey 17 - 19 September 2010
I N D I A
2nd BIANNUAL WHFS CONGRESS CHANDIGARH, INDIA
WHFC 2010, The 2nd World Heart Failure Society Congress, organized by Prof. K.K.Talwar, was held at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India from February 5th to 7th, 2010. Nearly 500 delegates from India as well as from other countries participated in this meeting. The guest faculty included eminent speakers, Prof. Willem J. Remme (Netherlands), Prof. J. Sanderson (HongKong), Prof I.S. Anand (U.S.A), Prof. E. Kazaam (UAE), Prof N.S.Dhalla (Canada), Prof. Kushwaha (USA). The scientific programme covered all relevant aspects of heart failure, epidemiology, diagnosis and management with particular focus on pivotal issues in developing countries, such as Rheumatic Valvular heart disease justifying the aims and scope of the WHFS.
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I R A N
The Second Biannual International Heart Failure Summit was held in TEHRAN, IRAN, 13th - 15th May 2009.
Photos of the FIrst Biannual WHFS Congress, Al-Ain, U.A.E.
World Heart Failure 2008. The First Bi-Annual Congress of The World Heart Failure Society 12-14 February 2008. Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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WHFS World Heart Failure Society 2006