AHA HeartQuarters offers you authoritative, innovative, comprehensive science for your career and your patients. Learn about the latest science and guidelines and our many programs, causes and initiatives. Snack on a delicious apple, and pick up some free giveaways while you’re here!

Make HeartQuarters your headquarters throughout Scientific Sessions 2009.

Advocacy
You're the Cure when you speak up for vital research funding or when you advocate for public policies that advance the fight against heart disease and stroke.  That’s why You’re the Cure, a nationwide network of people dedicated to finding a cure for heart disease and stroke, needs your talent and time…now!  Stop by the booth to become part of the cure today!

AHA/ASA Professional Membership
AHA/ASA Professional Membership has its benefits at Scientific Sessions 2009! View Membership Benefits

Join or renew your membership on site, and choose a free gift while supplies last:

• Pullover Jacket
• Tote Bag/Backpack
• Writing Padfolio
• Embroidered Ball Cap
• Boxed Pen
• Cookbook

*New this year: Visit the Members’ Circle - booth 871

Councils
Explore other annual accredited scientific conferences offered by the American Heart Association that focus on your specialty.  Get information about these exciting opportunities, where you can meet and network with researcher and physician scientists and discover the latest original research from experts in the field.

Cultural Health
To serve, lead and empower communities disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease and stroke to reduce health disparities through increased awareness, strategic collaborations and creative programming.

Emergency Cardiovascular Care
The association’s ECC Program plays a vital role in building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke by improving the Chain of Survival in every community. Every five years, ECC publishes its Guidelines for CPR and ECC. Since 1972, these guidelines have set the global standard for treatment of cardiovascular emergencies. From the guidelines, ECC develops the highest quality training programs in CPR and ECC for healthcare professionals, lay rescuers, and the general public both domestically and internationally. To learn more, visit www.americanheart.org/cpr.

Get With The Guidelines®
Get With The Guidelines puts the unparalleled expertise of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to work for hospitals nationwide, helping hospital care teams ensure that the care provided for coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke is aligned with the latest evidence-based guidelines. The goal of participating in Get With The Guidelines is to save lives.

Get With The Guidelines - Outpatient
Since 2001, Get With The Guidelines has helped hospitals provide inpatients with quality care — care that’s aligned with the latest scientific guidelines from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. Get With The Guidelines - Outpatient helps healthcare providers offer the same high quality, evidence-based care to outpatients.

Go Red For Women
“A national movement educating women about their No. 1 killer -- cardiovascular disease.  Join Go Red for Women to connect with colleagues and patients nationwide who share your commitment to prevent heart disease. Show your support by wearing RED on Nov. 16. Get your red dress pin here.”

Go Red BetterU
The American Heart Association’s free 12-week online program gives women the guidance to transform overall health through small, simple choices. The Go Red BetterU is not about fad diets and new exercise trends, but focuses on skills and information that help today’s busy women lead their own lives, only better.  

Go Red Por Tu Corazon
Launching in November 2009, Go Red Por Tu Corazon speaks directly to Latinas women – to awaken them to their heightened threat of heart disease – and to educate them on healthy nutritional choices they can make for the love of their lives … their families.

Mended Hearts
Join us as we offer nationwide patient support for people with heart disease, their families, medical professionals and others. www.mendedhearts.org

Minority Mentoring Program
The American Heart Association’s Minority Mentoring Program helps mentor US based underrepresented minority scientists and clinicians who are early in their professional careers.  To learn more visit www.americanheart.org/minoritymentoring.com. 

Mission: Lifeline™
Learn about Mission: Lifeline™, the American Heart Association's national initiative to advance systems of care for STEMI patients. The initiative seeks to reduce mortality and morbidity and improve the overall quality of care for STEMI patients.  Register your STEMI System with Mission: Lifeline™ and find the tools to help your STEMI system. 

Online Patient Education
Spotlighting HeartHub, Heart360 and other online patient education tools and resources.

Patient Education
Brochures, turnkey tool kits, HeartRx Patient Education System and Heart of Diabetes. Information and web-based tools to help you educate and manage your patients' health.

PDA and Wireless Device Technology
Instantly access meeting information in PDA format. Download AHA/ASA Statements and Practice Guidelines and meeting abstracts.  For attendees with a wireless Web device, we have online versions.

Planned Giving
Continue your commitment to medical science for decades to come with a gift through your estate plan.  Pick up free brochures to learn how these gifts can benefit you and the American Heart Association. 

Power To End Stroke^SM
As a healthcare provider, you are acutely aware of the monumental disparity of stroke among African Americans. The power is in your hands to prevent and overcome stroke, and we’re here with information and tools to support you every step of the way. “Sunday is Power To End Stroke Day, the first 100 people receive a free T-shirt”. 

Professional Education Center
Learn at Heart with the Professional Education Center, your source for the latest in CVD and Stroke Continuing Education.  Visit us at http://learn.heart.org to find free online educational opportunities like our Hear it from Heart podcasts, recently released webcasts or remember to claim CME/CE for AHA educational activities like Scientific Sessions 2010.

Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications publishes the 11 scientific journals of the AHA; books including the Guidelines book edited by Dr. Valentin Fuster, the Stroke Guidelines book edited by Dr. Larry Goldstein, and the AHA Clinical Series edited by Dr. Elliott Antman; and scientific statements and guidelines, both AHA and jointly sponsored ones.