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Following a whole-year effort of a
committee to revise the current organization of Iranian Heart Association,
the creation of Registered Subspecialty Branches was approved. Concerning
the Electrophysiology and pacemaker branch, a provisional executive
committee including Doctors Sadr Ameli, Moghadam and Oraii were appointed to
call upon currently practicing electrophysiologists and set the stage for an
election of the managing board of the branch. The main original mission of
the revised organization and the creation of the branches was to change the
current exclusive nature of the organization and encourage the
collaboration of colleagues from the hospitals all over the country. However
according to the decision made by the majority of the executive committee
(Doctors Sadr Ameli and Moghadam vs Oraii) and supported by the 3 members of the
managing board of IHA (Doctors Noohi, Tabatabaii and Abdi vs Sami and Oraii) only those
graduated from Rajaii Hospital and a few others whose career as
electrophysiologists cannot be denied are being invited! This is a serious
violation of the main purposes of the revised organization and proves once
again that Iranian Heart Association cannot be still considered
representative of Iranian cardiology community.
Slides
describing the revised organization are available on the website.
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Science Advisory From the American Heart
Association/American College of Cardiology on Influenza Vaccination is
uploaded at Guidelines Section.
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New Guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation and
Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention are available at
Guidelines
Section. |
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Slides on 'Electrocardiography and Common
Arrhythmias' are uploaded at EP Slides section. These set of slides are suitable for medical
students, general practitioners and allied professionals.
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Look at the latest
Statement on the evaluation
of Syncope. |
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Take part at "Conference on new aspects of
cardiovascular diseases". Kowsar Hospital, Shiraz, 16-17 Farvardin (April
5-6th 2006). For more information contact
info@kowsar-hopital.com or
visit www.kowsar-hospital.com.
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Slides in
Hypertension, Review and Updates are
uploaded. |
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Indications and Recommendations for
Pacemaker Therapy from American Family Physician suitable for General
Practitioners is uploaded at Full Text section.
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Consensus Statement From the American
Heart Association on Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents at
Guideline section.
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Look at Guideline for Percutaneous
Coronary Intervention from ESC at
Guideline section. |
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Guidelines (Update 2005) for Chronic Heart
Failure from both ESC and AHA/ACC are added to
Guideline section. |
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4th international congress of the Iranian Society of Cardiac Surgeons will
be held from 25-28th of Aban (16-19th Nov. 2005). Do not forget to
participate in this meeting. For further information contact their website:
www.scsir.org
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 The following cardiologists were elected
at IHA meeting as the members of the Managing Board: Dr. F. Noohi, Dr. H.
Tabatabaii, Dr. S. Abdi, Dr. A. H. Sami and Dr. S. Oraii. You may
contact us
for your comments on the policies you expect from the new members.
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Elections for the managing board of
Iranian Heart Association will be held on Thursday, 13th of Mordad (4th of
July). We invite you to participate in this meeting. Contact IHA for further
information. |
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Take part in Symposium of Mitral Valve in
Tabriz, July 21, 2005. |
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The problems with
slides are fixed. |
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New articles are added in "Patient
Education" |
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I suggest you have a look at the website
of
SCD-HeFT,
a landmark trial in heart failure and primary prevention of sudden cardiac
death. |
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Look at the second consensus conference on
Brugada Syndrome
at Guideline section. |
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A seminar with topics including prevention
of sudden cardiac death in primary electrical disorders will be held on
Friday, 16th of Bahman (Feb 4th) in Imam Khomeini Hospital. It is organized
by Iranian Atherosclerosis Society. For more information you can call Ms.
Rahimi at (98 21) 6925613. |
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Sorry for the problems with slides. I'll
try to fix it soon. |
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We are back on the net! Lots of thanks to
all of those supporting and encouraging us to continue updating this site.
Continue to contact me for your comments and suggestions.
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Guidelines for the management of newly
detected AF, well suited for general practitioners. |
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We are offering an EP/Pacemaker fellowship
training program. Those interested can fax their request to (98 21) 8660680. For
more information call us or send an e-mail. |
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Booklet for patient guide: "Pacemakers"
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New ACC/AHA/ESC
Guidelines
for the management of SVT |
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Slides
on AVNRT Electrophysiology are
available. |
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Updates of
Guidelines on SCD are published.
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New
Guidelines
including ATPIII from NCEP and Guideline
updates for Chronic Stable Angina. |
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New
Full text articles
are added. |
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Which patient should be referred to an
electrophysiologist: VT
Heart journal 2002 |
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Update Guidelines for implantation of
Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices at
Guidelines
section |
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Take part in
Discussion Forum and discuss your
problems with your colleagues. |
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Keep track of some important recent
Guidelines and Statements.
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New
ECG Quiz every
Friday |
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Abstract section is updated as
frequently as twice a week. |
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Which patient should be referred to an electrophysiologist: SVT
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