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National Heart Foundations, European Heart Network

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Heart foundations in Europe fulfill many roles in their work to prevent cardiovascular diseases. They fund a great deal of research, they provide information to the general public on healthy lifestyles, and they undertake educational programs in specific settings targeting selected audiences. An important role for many heart foundations is to lend support to cardiovascular patients and their families.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. European Heart Network, Brussels, Belgium

    Susanne Løgstrup

  2. Finnish Heart Association, Helsinki, Finland

    Ulla-Riitta Penttilä

  3. Swiss Heart Foundation, Switzerland

    Silvia Aepli & Therese Junker

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  1. Susanne Løgstrup
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  2. Ulla-Riitta Penttilä
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Public Health Department, Kalmar County, Oskarshamn, Sweden

    Joep Perk FESC

  2. Klinische Kardiologie II, Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Germany

    Helmut Gohlke FACC, FESC

  3. Institute of Health Sciences Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Irene Hellemans MD, (Speciality Cardiology), PhD

  4. Department of Cardiology, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Irene Hellemans MD, (Speciality Cardiology), PhD

  5. Hôpital Broussais-HEGP, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Philippe Sellier MD

  6. Department of Cardiology, Technical University of Munich Munich Rehabilitation Center, München, Germany

    Peter Mathes MD, FACC, FESC

  7. Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Bois Gilbert, Ballan Miré, France

    Catherine Monpère MD

  8. Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

    Hannah McGee BA(Mod), PhD, RegPsycholFPsSI

  9. Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation University, Hospital Inselspital, Switzerland

    Hugo Saner MD

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Løgstrup, S., Penttilä, UR., Aepli, S., Junker, T. (2007). National Heart Foundations, European Heart Network. In: Perk, J., et al. Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-502-8_42

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