About us
Our goal is to reduce illness and mortality from cardiovascular diseases
The Lithuanian Heart Association (LHA) was founded in 1994 on the initiative of professor Aleksandras Laucevičius and famous cardiologist from the USA professor Rimgaudas Nemickas. The LHA is a member of the International Cardiology Association and Federation.
The excellent example of founding such an association came from the experience of the USA, Finland, Germany and other countries. In the 1960s, similar organizations were established all over the world as cardiovascular diseases were reaching critical stage. The tireless work of physicians over many years yielded brilliant results and the number of deaths from these diseases was reduced.
The Lithuanian Heart Association is a non-governmental public organization. Our activities are primarily based on the enthusiasm of the people who work here. All our means are dedicated to help those who are suffering from heart disease, and those who want to avoid it.
Heart and cardiovascular diseases have reached epidemical level in Lithuania. It is not only a medical but also a social problem. These diseases are the leading causes of incapacity for work. The deaths caused by heart and cardiovascular diseases come to 54,4 %, while this number in old European countries number reaches only 40 %. The average of deaths of heart and cardiovascular diseases comes to 49,7 % in new European union countries. We need united societies, doctors, and the efforts of politicians in order to decrease the number of deaths of heart and cardiovascular diseases.
The Lithuanian Heart Association together with the newest scientific achievements and their practical implementation has been propagating healthy way of life for 16 years.
Our Greatest Aim Is To Inform Society
The Lithuanian Heart Association aims not only to unite physicians. It is also open to all citizens of the country. We pay a great deal of attention to educating society. We prepare and publish information for healthy living. We organize special TV programs and publish articles in popular newspapers and journals. We believe that prevention is the most effective tool to stop cardiovascular diseases.
Improvement of Doctors' Professional Skills
This is one of the most important tasks for the Lithuanian Heart Association. Several times every year since 1995 we have been organizing seminars for doctors of different specialties – cardiologists, internists and general practitioners. Materials from seminars are published in the periodical magazine Cardiology Seminars.
This magazine is the LHA official publication. Doctors can find plenty of useful advice here. That is the main purpose of this magazine. In articles printed in the section Organization of Health Care the actual problems of Lithuanian health care reform are analyzed. Original works from Lithuanian Scientifics are published in the section Scientific Achievements in the Lithuanian and in the English languages. The latest information reaches specialists very quickly – articles are published in three of six month in this magazine.
In collaboration with the medical institutions Mayo Clinics in the USA, one of the most famous in the world, we organize teleconferences for the physicians of Lithuania.
Immediate Communications
We seek to communicate with our patients and all those who want to lead a healthy way of life.
Besides our main office in Vilnius we have opened branches in other cities of Lithuania. So, we are able to organize seminars for local doctors and communicate on a continuous basis with population by promoting the habits of healthy living.
Lithuanian Heart Association
Santariškių str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania
Ph./fax. +370 5 2720504
E-mail: info@heart.lt
