ACRA

CRA NSW/ACT Evening Seminar
2017-05-02 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | John Hunter Hospital, Lookout Rd, New Lambton Heights, NSW, 2305, Australia
State evening seminar at John Hunter Hospital, during heart week.
Topic: Hypertension.
More info to be provided shortly! For any questions, please contact CRA NSW/ACT directly cranswact@acra.net.au.

Heart Week 2017
2017-04-30 08:00 - 2017-05-06 17:00 UTC | Victoria

SACRA Education Event & Annual General Meeting 2017
2017-04-01 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Victoria
Assoc. Professor Matthew Worthley, Interventional Cardiologist, will discuss ‘Dissolving scaffolding systems – dissolvable stents’.
Shirley Chui FMC, Cardiology Department Pharmacist, will provide an update on ‘medications for heart failure plus broader CVD medications’.
All welcome.
More info to come shortly! For any questions, please contact SACRA directly sacra@acra.net.au.

Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College (ACNC)’s 2017 Conference
2017-03-10 - 2017-03-11 | Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Merivale St & Glenelg Street, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN

Victorian Education Day 2017
2017-03-03 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Cliftons Melbourne, 440 Collins St, Melbourne , Victoria, 3000, Australia
Confirmed speakers
A/Prof Omar Farouque, Director of Cardiology Austin Health
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection; diagnosis and management
Dr Rosemary Higgins, Senior Research Fellow Australian Centre for Heart Health
Motivation Interviewing
Andrea Jasper, Senior Clinician Dietician Epworth Healthcare
Nutritional myths and decoding nutraceuticals
Melissa Harvey, Atrial Fibrillation Nurse Practitioner Monash Health
Management of AF and new medications
Tess Pryor, Community Engagement Officer Heart Foundation Victoria
Being under 40 and living with heart disease: the challenges, opportunities and support needs
ACRA members $40 – Non-members $95 attending in person
To register click on link below or copy and paste into your internet browser
https://www.trybooking.com/ONKQ
This event will be available via videoconferencing from standard internet connections for $40
To register click on link below or copy and paste into your internet browser
https://www.trybooking.com/ONKT
Alternatively go to http://www.trybooking.com/html/buyTickets.shtml and search ‘ACRA’
Remote delegates ensure you register under the videoconference event.
Enquiries to Kim Gray kim.gray@austin.org.au or 0417 258 643
Victorian Education Day Program

THE 2017 TORONTO CARDIAC TUMOUR CONFERENCE
2017-01-19 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Toronto, Canada
CONFERENCE GOAL
This programme will focus on the evaluation and treatment of primary tumours of the heart. Topics will cover imaging modalities used in diagnosis, surgical options and operations, chemotherapeutic treatments and options and pathological considerations of sarcomas of the heart.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the conference, the participant will be able to:
* Interpret the workup of a patient with a primary tumour of the heart
* Describe the characteristics that determine inoperability of the cardiac lesion and know the surgical options for resection
* Know which imaging modalities are best for determination of operability and the shortcoming of one modality over another
* Describe the role of neo-adjuvent therapy and new therapies for primary cardiac sarcoma
* Identify the limitations of pathological examination
WEBSITE – http://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/cardiactumours/

Australian Centre for Heart Health
2016-11-23 08:00 - 2016-11-25 17:00 UTC | Victoria
Topic: Integrated disease management for patients with CHF

Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting
2016-11-06 08:00 - 2016-11-09 13:00 UTC | Cairns Convention Centre, Sheridan St & Wharf St, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
Registrations are now open!
Please visit the meeting website to register online and to book your accommodation: www.anzsctsasm.com
Early registration closes Sunday, 16 October 2016!
Keynote speakers are: Dr Jonathan M. Chen (USA), Mr Joel Dunning (UK), Mr Andre R. Simon (UK) and Professor David Taggart (UK).

WACRA half study day
2016-11-04 12:30 - 17:00 UTC | Victoria
DELIVERY OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION: HOW CAN WE ENSURE PATIENTS’ NEEDS ARE BEING MET?
Registration: 12:30 – 13:00
World Café: 13:00 – 16:30
WACRA Christmas dinner: 17:00 at Raffles Hotel, Applecross
This workshop will be facilitated by experts in cardiovascular care. Areas for table top discussion include:

Improving referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation
Principles of assessment
Addressing long-term behaviour modification and adherence to treatment
Addressing psychosocial needs
Standardising Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

Costs:

WACRA members free
$30.00 to non-members (waived if joining ACRA at this event or register now here

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POINTS: 1HOUR = 1 POINT
Please RSVP by for both the café and the dinner by COB Monday, 31/10/16 to: helen.mclean@health.wa.gov.au (0403 859 662).
Full program available here!

QCRA Heart Foundation Secondary Prevention in Cardiology Conference 2016
2016-10-28 08:00 - 16:00 UTC | Edwin Tooth Auditorium, Education Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston , QLD, 4006, Australia
“Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration from the Coalface”
This conference will provide a space where clinicians and researchers can feel comfortable sharing ‘what’s new and innovative’ about their own practice or area of research.
FINAL Program NOW available!
Be inspired at the Secondary Prevention in Cardiology Conference 2016 – “Ideas, Innovation & Inspiration from the Coalface” – Education Centre Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, October 28th.
This joint Queensland Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (QCRA) and Heart Foundation educational event will explore novel approaches ‘at the coalface’ of clinical practice and bring together the very best in cardiovascular secondary prevention in Queensland for 2016.
Come join us for what will be a fantastic opportunity to shine a spotlight on the great work being done in Queensland!
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE NEXT WEEK!
Standard Conference Registration:$70 for ACRA members & $110 for non-ACRA members
Can’t get to Queensland? No problem at all – video-conference registrations are also available!
Registrations must close 8:00am Wednesday, 26th October. Avoid disappointment— register today!
Special Offer: Join ACRA as part of registering for this event and get the $40 joining fee waived.

EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON eCARDIOLOGY & eHEALTH 2016!
2016-10-26 16:00 - 2016-10-28 16:30 UTC | Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Luisenstraße 58, Berlin, 10117 , Germany
Join the 3rd European Congress on eCardiology and eHealth to gather with cardiovascular clinicians, healthcare professionals and technology developers in Berlin on 26-28 October 2016.
Call for abstracts is now open until June 6, 2016: present your work/research and get a chance to be published in the supplement of the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology!
For further information, please have a look at the event flyer and program. Alternatively, visit the event website here.

CRA NSW / ACT 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting
2016-10-24 08:45 - 16:15 UTC | Charles Perkins Centre @ USYD, Johns Hopkins Dr, Camperdown , NSW, 2050, Australia
CRA NSW / ACT is presenting CLOSING THE GAP: ASSISTING INDIGENOUS PATIENTS WITH THEIR CARDIAC JOURNEY at this year’s Annual Scientific Meeting 2016.

Stages in the Patient’s Journey
Monday, 24th October 2016
8:45am – 4:15pm AEDT
University of Sydney
Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney, NSW

Sixth Epworth Cardiac Sciences Clinical Institute Symposium
2016-10-22 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Park Hyatt, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Special Guest Speaker
Dr Emily Granger
Cardiothoracic/Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital
Program Highlights

Endocarditis
ECMO
Cardiac Failure
High risk surgical, infarct and PCI patients

To view the complete program and to register please visit https://www.ivvy.com/event/CAR16/
For further information please contact:
Mikayla Jones
Clinical Institute Coordinator
Epworth HealthCare
Mailbox 4
89 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121
Phone +61 3 9936 8051
Fax +61 3 9914 8760
Email mikayla.jones@epworth.org.au
Website http://www.epworth.org.au

VACR Professional Development Day
2016-10-14 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | Victoria
Theme: “Motivational Cardiac Rehabilitation”
Registrations NOW Open
Members $80 and Non-members $140
Final Conference Program
To book click on one of the links below or copy and paste into your internet browser:
https://www.trybooking.com/MYGC OR https://www.trybooking.com/227294.
Alternatively go to http://www.trybooking.com/html/buyTickets.shtml and search ‘VACR’.
For more information or alternatives to register contact: kim.gray@austin.org.au or 0417258643.
Call for Abstracts available here
Submit your abstract to the VACR Committee by Friday, 16th September 2016!
Sponsored by:

Heart Rhythm Congress
2016-10-09 08:00 - 2016-10-12 17:00 (Europe/London) | International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, 36-37 Broad St, Birmingham, B1 2DY, United Kingdom

3rd Alfred Advanced Heart Failure Symposium
2016-10-08 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, 25 Collins St, Melbourne , VIC, 3000, Australia
Symposium Outline

This one day symposium will focus on the Multi-Disciplinary approach to Advanced Heart Failure. It will focus on the varied aspects of Heart Failure as a disease but also draw out the multifaceted aspects of Investigation and Care.
As a special Tribute to Prof Henry Krum, an award will be presented to the best Advanced Trainee Heart Failure Paper.
This 3rd Annual Heart Failure Symposium will bring together leaders in the field to present current and future trends and the implications for clinical care.
Target audience is Cardiologists, Physicians, Advanced Cardiology Trainees, Allied Health and Heart Failure Nurse Specialists.

Programme

Multi-Faceted Approach
Multi-Modality Imaging in HF
Multi-Source Disease
Multi-Site Heart Failure
Tribute to Henry Krum

Register Online

Book: https://www.trybooking.com/MTJX OR https://www.trybooking.com/224013
Fee: $150 (Visa, Mastercard or Visa Debit)
Capacity: 175
Enquiries: Symposium Organisers Louise Macfarlane and Illona Bader
T: 0407 109 574
E: l.macfarlane@alfred.org.au OR i.bader@alfred.org.au

ACRA 2016 ASM
2016-08-01 12:00 - 2016-08-03 17:00 UTC | Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide on Hindley, 65 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
The Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) will host the 26th Annual Scientific Meeting in vibrant Adelaide, from Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd August 2016.
As in previous years, participants can expect an exciting and interactive program centred around clinical and research issues including the latest developments in prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.
The emphasis of the 2016 meeting is on “transforming into the future”. This theme will be echoed throughout the conference as we look at what is challenging, new and different in cardiovascular disease.
ACRA 2016 ASM will truly have something for everyone with concurrent and plenary sessions hosted by a superb line up of international and local faculty, along with a number of networking opportunities tailored at doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and anyone working within cardiovascular health and rehabilitation.

WACRA Symposium Research
2016-07-20 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Victoria
Further details to follow…

Exercise Training and Heart Failure Workshop
2016-06-23 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | Victoria
Exercise Training and Heart Failure Workshop
Supported by Statewide Heart Failure Services

Confirmed Speakers include:
Adjunct Prof Alison Mudge, “Predictors of outcomes for people attending heart failure rehabilitation”
Assoc Prof Neil Smart, “Exercise intensity: implications for heart failure rehabilitation”
Ms Julie Adsett, “Aquatic exercise and heart failure”
Dr Surendran Sabapathy, “Abnormal ventilation in patients with heart failure and the role of inspiratory muscle training (IMT)”
Assoc Prof Andre La Gerche, “Rhythm disturbances and implications for exercise”

Register here!
Enquiries – please phone 07 3139 6910 or email qldheartfailure@health.qld.gov.au

Cardiac Rehab and Secondary Prevention
2016-05-23 08:00 - 2016-05-27 17:00 UTC | Australian Centre for Heart Health, Level 7, 14 - 20 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne, VIC, 3051, Australia

WACRA Professional Development Forum
2016-05-18 16:45 - 18:45 UTC | Harry Perkins Institute, 6 Verdun St, 6th Floor, SCGH, Nedlands., WA, 6009, Australia
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Wednesday, 18th May 2016

16:45 – 17:30
Registration & Networking
Sponsored by Bayer
17:30 – 18:15
CT Angiogram – Dr Angus Thompson
18:15 – 18:45
Familiar Hypercholesterolemia
Prof Gerald Watts
Cost: WACRA members free
$25.00 to non-members (waived if joining ACRA at this event)
RSVP to: Julie.prout@health.wa.gov.au (08 9346 4302) by 13/05/16

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POINTS: 1HOUR + 1 POINT
(AS WE COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
CHECK WITH YOUR PROFESSIONAL BODY)
Food and refreshments kindly supplied by Bayer

QCRA-Heart Foundation: Heart Week Clinical Update
2016-05-05 13:00 - 14:45 (Australia/Brisbane) | Webinar
Heart Week Clinical Update 2016 – Thursday, 5 May 2016 @ 1pm (AEST)
The 2016 Heart Week Clinical Update will focus on new evidence around the lifesaving benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, support programs and resources from the Heart Foundation, as well as providing an update on evidence-based nutrition for cardiovascular disease. For the event flyer, please click here.
Further Information:

“Certificate of Attendance”: This webinar is limited to 60 participants. You must register before 8am (AEST) Wednesday, May 4th and login to the webinar on the day to receive a certificate of attendance. The Certificate will be emailed to registered participants after the event.
Recording: This webinar will be recorded and may be used by QCRA-ACRA and the Heart Foundation for professional development later.
Testing Your System: To test if your computer system is likely to be able to receive the webinar, please go to: http://www.redbackconferencing.com.au/system_test/. Redback Teleconferencing Support can be contacted info@redbackconferencing.com.au or call 1800 733 416 for further information.

Speakers & Program:

Time
Speaker
Presentation

1.00-1.02pm
Paul Camp – QCRA
Welcome & Housekeeping

1.02-1.15pm
Rachelle Foreman, Health Director, Heart Foundation
Heart Week 2016 : Latest Heart Attack Survivor findings

1.15-1.35pm
Steve Woodruffe, Immediate Past President of ACRA- Accredited Exercise Physiologist
Physical Activity after a Heart Attack

1.35-2.00pm
Karen Uhlmann, Clinical Manager, Acute Sector, Heart Foundation
Cardiac Rehab: New Evidence & Heart Foundation Resources

2.00-2.10pm
Anna Campbell, State Heart Foundation Walking Coordinator
Heart Foundation Walking Program Update

2.10-2.45pm
Deanne Wooden, Nutrition Manager, Heart Foundation
A Heart Foundation perspective on the current nutrition and CVH debates: saturated fat, sugar and dairy

Registrations are now closed!

CRA NSW/ACT Webinar
2016-05-04 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Victoria
To celebrate ‘Heart Week’, CRA NSW & ACT (Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association of New South Wales and ACT) and The Heart Foundation (NSW Division) are hosting a webinar.
Topic: How to implement the Core Component’s in clinical practice.
Presenter: Steve Woodruffe
Date: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Commences: 4:00pm AEST
Concludes: 5:00pm AEST
Venue: Online via Redback Conferencing Webinar
Cost: Free to members and $35.00 to non-members
Certificates of attendance will be provided via email to registered participants only.
Registration open NOW until Monday, 2 May 2016.
Register here!

Heart Week
2016-05-01 08:00 - 2016-05-07 17:00 UTC | Victoria
You can save a life with one conversation!
Heart Week (1-7 May) shines a spotlight on Australia’s heart health. In 2016 the Heart Foundation is talking about how attending cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack saves lives.
Every year 55,000 Australians have a heart attack, and for one in three of these people, it’s not their first. Simply by recommending cardiac rehabilitation you can help prevent someone having another heart attack. But we know this does not always happen. Heart Foundation research has found that less than 38% of heart attack survivors report they have received a referral to cardiac rehabilitation by hospital staff.
The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation are clear. Patients who participate in a program are 40% less likely to be readmitted to hospital within 12 months and 25% less likely to die from another heart attack.
The economic cost of patients not participating in cardiac rehabilitation is also significant. A heart attack costs the health system around $30,000 – equating to $1 billion each year. In contrast, cardiac rehabilitation costs on average $885 for a person to attend.
Cardiac rehabilitation works, we need it to work for everyone.
Download a free resource package at www.heartfoundation.org.au/HeartWeek.

TCRA AGM and Educational Seminar
2016-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Victoria

SACRA 2016 AGM
2016-04-09 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Modbury GP Plus Superclinic, 77 Smart Road, Modbury, SA, 5092, Australia
The SACRA 2016 AGM will take place on Saturday, 9th April 2016 at the Modbury GP Plus Superclinic, 77 Smart Road, Modbury.
There are a number of position available for nomination and include the following: Secretary and Rural Representatives plus Ordinary Members – please consider these roles currently have a 2 year tenure.
Please click here to view the AGM Agenda and Executive Committee Nomination Form. Last year’s AGM Minutes can be found here.

SACRA 2016 Education Seminar
2016-04-09 08:30 - 11:30 UTC | Modbury GP Plus Superclinic, 77 Smart Road, Modbury, SA, 5092, Australia
Registration: from 8:30 am
9:00 – 09:45 Session 1A Room 1: “Goal setting and Behaviour Change”: Peter Hallet
9:00 – 09:45 Session 1B Room 2: Cardiovascular Assessment Workshop: Mrs Deb Wright
09:45 -10:15 Catered morning tea
10:15 – 11:30 Session 2A Room 1: “Goal setting and Behaviour Change”: Peter Hallet
10:15 – 11:30 Session 2B Room 2: Cardiovascular Assessment Workshop: Mrs Deb Wright
Cost: Current financial SACRA members FREE – $50 NON SACRA MEMBERS

Please RSVP attendance to Sindy Millington no later than 2nd April 2016
Via email sindy.millington@adelaide.edu.au
Please click here to view the event flyer. Parking information can be found here.

ACNC/ACRA WORKSHOP
2016-03-03 11:45 - 17:00 UTC | Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
ACNC/ACRA WORKSHOP
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MANAGEMENT

Program

Topic
Speaker

11.45-12.00
Welcome tea/ coffee

12.00-12.05
Intro and objectives
Lis Neubeck, University of Sydney

12.05-12.50
Prevalence and management of AF
Jocasta Ball, Australian Catholic University

12.50-13.35
Screening for AF
Nicole Lowres, University of Sydney

13.35-14.30
Nurse-led clinics for AF
Jeroen Hendriks, University of Adelaide

14.30-15.00
Afternoon tea

15.00-15.30
Involving the carer in AF management
Caleb Ferguson, University of Technology, Sydney

15.30-16.00
Improving patient understanding- development of a graphic app
Lis Neubeck, University of Sydney

16.00-16.45
Anti-coagulants
Ali Bazargan, St Vincents Hosptial, Melbourne

16.45-17.00
Summary, evaluation and close
Lis Neubeck, University of Sydney

VACR Clinical Practice Day 2016
2016-02-26 08:30 - 16:00 UTC | Oaks on Collins, 480 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Confirmed Speakers include:
Professor David Kaye, Cardiologist “Managing breathlessness in cardiac patients”
Dr Joris Mekel, Consultant Cardiologist “Cardiology challenges for people living in rural Victoria”
Rivka George, Occupational Therapist “Occupational tools and therapies to assist the cardiac patient to be independent and mobile”
Katrien Janssen, Cardiac Rehabilitation Physiotherapist “Exercising the elderly, frail cardiac patient”
Margaret Ryan, Chronic Disease Nurse Practitioner “Clinical assessment of the cardiac patient”
Dr Jeremy Stone, Psychiatrist “Psychiatric drug side effects that can mimic cardiac issues”
Kate Keighran, Clinical Nurse Consultant “Wound management in complex patients”
Verity Joyce, Dietician “Mindful eating for cardiac patients”
And more!
FULL PROGRAM HERE
Registrations are NOW open, close COB February 19th 2016
Members $30 and Non-members $80
To book click on one of the links below or copy and paste into your internet browser
http://www.trybooking.com/KBHS and http://www.trybooking.com/176636
Alternatively go to http://www.trybooking.com/html/buyTickets.shtml and search ‘VACR’
For more information or alternatives to register contact: vacr@acra.net.au
Alternatively contact Kim Gray on mobile: 0417 258 643
Click here for transport information

WACRA Dinner Event
2016-02-17 17:00 - 19:30 UTC | Victoria
5:00 – 5:30pm
Registration
5:30 – 6:30pm
Testosterone and Cardiovascular Health
Associate Professor Bu Yeap, UWA & Fiona Stanley Hospital
06:30 – 7:10pm
WACRA President’s update + REPORTS
Craig Cheetham
7:10 – 7:30pm
WACRA AGM – All positions declared vacant

COST: Current financial WACRA members FREE
$50 NON WACRA MEMBERS – Dinner free if you join on the night
FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS KINDLY SPONSORED BY ASTRA ZENICA

Please RSVP by 14th February to Helen: Helen.Mclean@health.wa.gov.au

A/Prof Bu Yeap is an endocrinologist based at Fiona Stanley Hospital and in the School of Medicine and Pharmacology of the University of Western Australia. He is involved in research, clinical service, supervision of junior staff and endocrine advanced trainees, and teaching. He has a major research interest in the influence of testosterone on health during male ageing. He has over 100 peer reviewed publications and has been awarded over $6 million in research funding. He has been an international invited speaker on the topic of hormones and health outcomes in men, and he received the US Endocrine Society’s International Award for Publishing Excellence in 2013.
In 2015 Prof Yeap received a Heart Foundation Research grant to examine whether testosterone and exercise training will improve the function of blood vessels and the heart more than either alone, in middle aged or older men who are overweight. These results will help inform us whether such treatments might reduce the risk of heart disease in men.
