American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. Originally formed in New York City in 1924 as the Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease, it is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency.
The American Heart Institute
In February 1998 Marinos C. Soteriou (University of Cologne & Vanderbilt University) along with Christos Christou (Fairleigh Dickinson University, Seton Hall University & St. George's University) had an idea to return to Cyprus and start offering comprehensive care in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases. With the support of an international health-care team, they founded the American Heart Institute in Nicosia and began work in July 1999. The presence of the American Medical Center in the Mediterranean contributes substantially in raising the standards of care in cardiology and cardiac surgery in the area.