February is American Heart Month, and the ACC is celebrating all month long!

ACC Membership Discount: Use the promo code HEART2026 from now until the end of the month to waive the application fee for anyone joining the ACC this February, including FACC and AACC member types.

ACC Accreditation Services Special Offer: Sign up for a demo during February and receive a promo code valid for 15% off your first-year payment on any new service line purchased this year.

Plus, recognize these awareness days and weeks all month long and explore the resources, education, and more:

World Cancer Day (Wednesday, Feb. 4)

• Learn how to improve the cardiovascular outcomes for individuals living with and beyond cancer through ACC.26's pre-conference session, Advancing the CV Care of the Oncology Patient, taking place Friday, March 27, in New Orleans, LA.
• Refresh and elevate your knowledge of cardio-oncology with sessions from Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient 2025, available on-demand through ACC Anywhere.
• A free on-demand course through NCD Academy, Cancer Care: Insights for Primary Care Providers, outlines strategies for effective coordination with oncologists at all stages of a patient's cancer journey.
• Download CardioSmart's Cancer Treatment and Your Heart infographic.
• Join ACC's Cardio-Oncology Member Section and attend an ACC webinar, Heart Tank For the CV Investigator: Cardio-Oncology, on Feb. 18.
• Submit your science to JACC: CardioOncology, including for simultaneous publication during ASCO 2026 and for a special issue on immunology.

National Wear Red Day (Friday, Feb. 6)

• Wear red on Friday, Feb. 6 to raise heart disease awareness in your community. Don't forget to post online using the hashtag #WearRedDay and tag @ACCinTouch on X!

Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Week (Feb. 7-14)

• Get ready for the new and improved IMPACT Registry, launching this April – ACC's premier NCDR registry for pediatric and adult CHD programs. Expanded procedural modules, refined data elements, simplified adverse-event reporting and enhanced dashboards will help you access and organize critical data informing interventional cardiology, electrophysiology and cardiac implantable electronic device procedures.
• Join ACC's Adult Congenital & Pediatric Cardiology Quality Network to collaborate with a national network of facilities dedicated to data sharing, developing best practices and improving patient care.
• Explore the CHD Learning Pathway at ACC.26, March 28-30, in New Orleans offering state-of-the-art education on the most pressing topics in congenital cardiology, spanning topics from early innovations in fetal intervention to complex decisions in adulthood.
• Connect with the larger ACC community with the Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Member Section.
• ACC's ACHD SAP will help you stay licensed and certified with video presentations, study guides and case-based questions.
• Access topic collections on ACC.org, CardioSmart and JACC Journals, as well as CardioSmart's CHD infographic.

Cardiac Rehab Awareness Week (Feb. 8-14)

• CardioSmart's Cardiac Rehabilitation Topic Hub, including a CardioSmart infographic, will inspire deeper conversation and improve shared decision-making with your patients.

Heart Failure (HF) Awareness Week (Feb. 8-14)

• Learn more about ACC's HF Accreditation program, which aligns you with the latest guidelines, promotes best practices through proven quality initiatives, and can set you up for success with the Ambulatory Specialty Model For HF.
• Connect with the HF and Transplant Member Section.
• Explore the ACC.26 HF and Cardiomyopathies Learning Pathway spotlighting the latest advances and practical strategies shaping care across the HF spectrum – and designed to be clinically actionable with clear take-home points.
• Read the latest science in JACC: Heart Failure and contribute to the scientific discussion by answering JACC: Asia's call for papers on HFpEF Research and Therapy in Asia.
• HF SAP will help you stay certified through comprehensive, thorough coverage of everything HF-related.
• Two free online courses will also enhance your knowledge through presentations and practical activities. The first, Managing HF Across the Spectrum: From Recognizing Symptoms to Implementing Appropriate Treatment, provides the latest in HF diagnosis and management, while the second, Beyond the Pill: Advancing HF Care With Monitoring and Device Therapy, focuses on the specifics on how technology can improve patient care.
• Download CardioSmart's HFpEF clinician and patient infographic – now available in Spanish.
• Access topic collections on ACC.org, CardioSmart and JACC Journals.

Heart Valve Awareness Day (Sunday, Feb. 22)

• Join the STS/ACC TVT Registry and apply for Transcatheter Valve Certification. This certification seals your commitment to enhancing your services and maintaining top quality patient care.
• For personal, professional development, subscribe to CathSAP, ACC's SAP focusing on the latest in interventional cardiology.
• Explore the ACC.26 Valvular Diseases Learning Pathway featuring sessions with an emphasis on forward-looking innovation and navigating real-world complexity.
• Access additional patient tools on heart valve disease, including infographics, decision aids and worksheets at the CardioSmart Aortic Stenosis Hub.
• Submit your science for a JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions special issue on valve leaflet modification.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Awareness Day (Wednesday, Feb. 25)

• ACC's free online course, HCM: Accelerating Guideline-Driven Care, provides key updates from the latest guidelines and webinars, quizzes, podcasts and more to expand your knowledge of HCM and how to provide high quality patient outcomes.
• Check out CardioSmart for the HCM infographic and other HCM patient resources.

Clinical Topics: Arrhythmias and Clinical EP, Cardiovascular Care Team, Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Valvular Heart Disease, Implantable Devices, SCD/Ventricular Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation/Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Congenital Heart Disease, CHD and Pediatrics and Arrhythmias, CHD and Pediatrics and Prevention, CHD and Pediatrics and Quality Improvement, Acute Heart Failure

Keywords: Cardio-oncology, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Heart Failure, Heart Defects, Congenital, Heart Valve Diseases, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Certification, Accreditation, ACC Accreditation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Cardiomyopathies, Electrophysiology