We Study

WE STUDY

Research & More Information

IN 2017 our Director, Esmeralda van Rensburg started doing research on the prevention and rehabilitation of cardiovascular disease. Compiling a thesis for a Masters Degree on such a relevant and researched topic takes a lot of love and empathy and bringing improved and interdisciplinary patient care to the forefront is her passion!

RESEARCH STUDIES

For more information please visit the following

Cardiac Arrhythmia Society of Southern Africa www.cassa.co.za
Heart Rhythm Society www.hrsonline.org
European Society of Cardiology www.escardio.org
American Heart Association www.onlineaha.org and heart.org
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org
Mayoclinic www.mayoclinic.org
European Association for the study of Diabetes www.easd.org
British Heart Foundation www.bhf.org.uk

Heart and Stroke Foundation SA www.heartfoundation.co.za
SA Heart Association www.saheart.org
South African Society of Physiotherapy www.saphysio.co.za
Australian Heart Foundation www.heartfoundation.org.au
Association for Dietetics South Africa www.adsa.org.za
World Heart Federation www.world-heart-federation.org
World Health Organization www.who.int

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

Pan African Society of Cardiology
European Society of Cardiology
American Heart Association
SA Medical Association
Health Professions Council of South Africa
World Heart Federation

Pediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa
South African Society of Cardiovascular Intervention
Society of Cardiac Research
Heart Failure Society
Lipid and Atherosclerosis Society

REFERENCES

Journal of Circulation
Nature reviews: Cardiology
Heart Rhythm Society
Medscape: The Heart.org
My Health – After care information
The American Heart Association
Mayo Clinic
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Stanford Healthcare: Stanford preventative cardiology clinic
Harvard health publications: Harvard Medical School
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
US National Library of Medicine: National Institutes of Health
Cambridge University Press

The Nutrition Society
The American Heart Association
The American College of Sports Medicine
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
Journal of Circulation
Stem cell essays
StopAfib.org (American atrial fibrillation website)
Healthline
PubMed
WebMD Heart disease and cardiac rehabilitation
The Telegraph: Report on a book written by a cardiac surgeon
www.heart-valve-surgery.com