Heart-friendly events in September

In this one of the last posts of August, I am summarizing heart-related events worldwide scheduled for September.

Walks and runs

Now, these are events everybody can join in. You can walk, run, or hike – it’s your choice. September is a good month for these outdoor activities. It’s not so hot anymore but still warm enough to have a good time. Plus, there are fundraising events out there where you can help out.

The American Heart Association is sponsoring several Start! Walking movement events across America and several walks and runs are scheduled for September. The complete schedule can be found here.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is organizing walks and hikes as part of their Hearts First Walks and Hearts First Hikes. There are lots scheduled for September and you’ll find the schedule here. But there are lots more! BHF is organizing or sponsoring other fun heart-friendly activities from cycling, to swimming, to skipping rope. You can download the BHF events diary here.

The American Stroke Foundation is organizing the 6^th Annual Walk on the Wildside – The Stroke Walk at  Shawnee Mission Park, Shawnee, KS, USA

Website: 2008strokewalk.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=279516

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada also has lots of things planned for autumn. Check out them out here.

Conferences and symposiums

Let’s see what our heart experts will be doing this September.

August 30 to September 3
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress
Munich, Germany
Website: www.escardio.org

September 8 to 10
Atrial Fibrillation Symposium
Murray, UT, USA
Organized by the Heart Rhythm Society
Website: www.intermountainhealthcare.org/cme/IHRS2008

September 11 to 13
Arrhythmias in the Real World, American College of Cardiology Heart House
Washington, DC, USA
Website: www.acc.org

September 12 to 13
27th Annual Echocardiography Symposium
The Doral Marriott Hotel
Miami, FL, USA
Website: www.baptisthealth.net/meded

September 14 to 16
The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 2008 Legislative Conference
Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C., USA
Website: www.acc.org/advocacy/leg_conf_08/about.htm

September 15
16th Annual State-of-the-Art Arrhythmia Symposium
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Website: www.med.upenn.edu/apps/cme_events

September 18 to 20
Annual Meeting of the ESC Working Group of Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
Madrid, Spain
Website: veci.eventszone.net/ewgcce2008/

September 18 to 20
Nuclear Cardiology and Integrated Cardiovascular Imaging Today – 2008
Cesena, Italy
Website: www.ausl-cesena.emr.it/Default.aspx?alias=www.ausl-cesena.emr.it/nuclearcardiologytoday

September 18 to 20
CardioMet – 3D Lausanne 2008
Lausanne, Switzerland
Website: www.cardiomet.ch/en/cmet_home/cardiomet-evenements.htm

September 20 to 23
47th National Congress of Cardiology of the Romanian Society of Cardiology
Sinaia, Romania
Website: www.cardioportal.ro/

September 22 to 24
The 9th International Dead Sea Symposium (IDSS) on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Device Therapy
Dan Panorama Convention Center
Tel Aviv, Israel
Website: www.congress.co.il/arrhythmia08/home.html

September 24 to 27
6th World Stroke Congress
Vienna, Austria
Organized by World Stroke Organization
Website: www2.kenes.com/stroke/Pages/home.aspx

September 25 to 26
Microcirculation Abnormalities in Vascular Disease: Scientific Principles and Clinical Significance
London, United Kingdom
Website: www.cardiovascular-research.co.uk/

September 25 to 27
Artery 8
Gent, Belgium
Website: www.artery.uk.net/Pages/Default.aspx

September 25 to 27
12th International Congress of the Polish Cardiac Society
Poznan, Poland
Website: www.ptkardio.pl/

September 25 to 27
5th Global Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists Forum (CVCT)
Cannes, France
Website: www.globalcvctforum.com/

September 26
Controversies in Cardiac Arrhythmias
The Cosmos Club
Washington, DC, USA

September 26 to 27

6th Advanced Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
Thessaloniki
Greece
Website: achd2008.com/

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