The inability of heart to pump enough blood is called heartfailure. Either the heart doesn't fill with enough
blood or the heart can't pump blood to the rest of the body with enough force. Some people have both problems.
Who can become a member
Become a member and help aid bring awareness, share knowledge, and interact on a common platform against Heart failure
To Provide a forum for all those interested in Heart failure and Heart transplantation and to educate healthcare providers through conferences, seminars and other media about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart failure.
To promote research related to all aspects of Heart failure and to help establish programmes and policies for Cardiac transplantation and to educate the public regarding various strategies for treatment of heart failure.
To conduct Seminars, Workshops, Medical Camps and to undertake any other work or project which will directly or indirectly benefit the general public and the poor.
To acquire by purchase, lease, grant, gift or otherwise movable and immovable properties deemed useful or necessary for the purpose of the society...Learn more
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News and Events
KEM MARD received 1000 N-95 Masks from renowned surgeons and Mardian, Dr.Shivkumar Utture Sir and Society for Heart Failure and Transplantation.
Year 2020 has already stepped in .Projected mortality from Cardiac Diseases and Stroke is supposed to peak at 2025 which is not far away.We need to work hard now to prevent it from peaking and to make it plateaued and then decline.
Heart failure for various reasons is on the increase in India now .Early detection and prompt referral will definitely help to alter its prognosis. Both clinicians and the public need to be aware of it. Preventing an overt cardiac failure can reduce the attendant risk in such cases .Even when end stage cardiac failure sets in ,there are options like CRT,LVAD and Cardiac Transplantation to improve the quality of life and prolong the life span.
Let us all work together for prevention and management of patients with heart failure.
Dr.V.Nandakumar President - Society for Heart Failure and Transplantation