Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update

    January 2011 in “ Circulation
    Véronique L. Roger, Alan S. Go, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Robert J. Adams, Jarett D. Berry, Todd M Brown, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Shifan Dai, Giovanni de Simone, Earl S. Ford, Caroline S. Fox, Heather J. Fullerton, Cathleen Gillespie, Kurt J. Greenlund, Susan M. Hailpern, John A. Heit, P. Michael Ho, Virginia J. Howard, Brett M Kissela, Steven J. Kittner, Daniel T. Lackland, Judith H. Lichtman, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Diane M. Makuc, Gregory M. Marcus, Ariane Marelli, David B. Matchar, Mary M. McDermott, James B. Meigs, Claudia S. Moy, Dariush Mozaffarian, Michael E. Mussolino, Graham Nichol, Nina P. Paynter, Wayne D. Rosamond, Paul D. Sorlie, Randall S Stafford, Tanya N. Turan, Melanie B. Turner, Nathan D. Wong, Judith Wylie‐Rosett
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    Studysummary This report from the American Heart Association highlights that while death rates from cardiovascular diseases have declined significantly, the overall burden of these diseases remains high in the U.S.
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