Professional Organizations

The Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) is a non-profit organization which seeks to improve the quality of life and extend the lives of adults with congenital heart defects. Through education, outreach, advocacy and promotion of research, ACHA serves and supports more than one million adults with congenital heart defects, their families, and the medical community.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is a professional cardiovascular society dedicated to quality cardiovascular care - through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines - and to influence healthcare policy.

The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is an organization of professionals committed to excellence in cardiovascular ultrasound and its application to patient care through education, advocacy, research, innovation and service to its members and to the public.

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology is a professional medical society whose mission is to foster optimal delivery of nuclear cardiology services through education, leadership, and research.

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery provides outstanding original coverage of recent progress in chest and cardiovascular surgery and related fields. As the official journal of two of the largest American associations in its specialty (the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association), this leading monthly has outstanding editorial leadership and maintains rigorous selection standards.

American On-Line is one of the largest internet providers and search engines in the world.

Publication of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.

Cardiac Transplantation Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center (New York-Presbyterian/Columbia). The top transplant program in the nation by volume and one of the largest programs in the world.

Cardiosources is a unique collaboration between the American College of Cardiology Foundation and Elsevier producing the most comrehensive online cardiovascular information and educational resource available. An integrated real-time cardiology resource, Cardiosource enables cardiovascular professionals to easily stay up-to date with the most relevant research findings and best practices.

Site contains links to news, articles, and information regarding cardiovascular disease.

Clinical Cardiology provides a forum for the coordination of clinical research in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery. The journal includes editorials, articles in brief, reviews, clinical cardiovascular investigations, short communications, letters to the editor, and calendar of continuing medical educations. Editorial sections include Electrophysiology, Pacing and Arrhythmia, Progress in Clinical Trials, Profiles in Cardiology, Computers in Cardiology, Editor’s Note, and Images in Cardiology.

Diagnostic Imaging Magazine Online, The Newsmagazine of Imaging Innovation and Economics.

Diagnostic Imaging SCAN is the biweekly newsletter of up-to-the-minute coverage of the rapidly changing global medical imaging industry.

The Heart Failure Society of America, Inc. (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.

The Heart Surgery Forum is dedicated to the science and practice of modern cardiac care. The HSF publishes original scientific reports, collective reviews, case reports, editorials, letters to the editor, and surgical video.

The Heart Rhythm Society is the international leader in science, education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients, and the primary information resource on heart rhythm disorders.

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation represents over 10 different disciplines involved in the management and treatment of end-state heart and lung disease.

The NHLBI provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders.

LipidHealth.org is the NLEC’s cholesterol-management resource for healthcare professionals. This site offers timely information on atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease risk factors, and clinic trials involving lipid modification therapy.

The North American Society for Cardiac Imaging (NASCI) is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of cardiovascular imaging.

Web cardiology publication that interests healthcare providers, the lay public, and medical students across the world. Topics of interest include review articles, case reports, editorials, images, lectures, and peer reviewed articles.

The internet’s most extensive and popular non-commercial source of information on angioplasty (PTCA) and interventional cardiology for both patients and professionals. Their mission is to provide substantive support; present the latest news on ground-breaking technologies and treatments; and be a forum for discussion of controversial issues in medical innovations.

The Radial Forice brings together the specialists of the transradial approach of the cardiology world to bundle their expertise in order to expand the application of this technique in interventional practice. The site contains information regarding technique, publications, materials, trials, meetings, cases, and forums.

The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is the primary professional association for invasive and interventional cardiologists.

The Society of Geriatric Cardiology is a non-for-profit organization formed to meet the problems resulting from cardiovascular diseases in the increasing numbers of aging men and women throughout the world through education programs for physicians and other healthcare professional at national meetings.

The Society for Thoracic Surgeons is a not-for-profit educational organization representing surgeons worldwide who provide heart, lung, esophageal, and other surgical procedures of the chest.