Forecasting the future of cardiovascular disease in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association.

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Published in Circulation on January 24, 2011

Authors

Paul A Heidenreich, Justin G Trogdon, Olga A Khavjou, Javed Butler, Kathleen Dracup, Michael D Ezekowitz, Eric Andrew Finkelstein, Yuling Hong, S Claiborne Johnston, Amit Khera, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Sue A Nelson, Graham Nichol, Diane Orenstein, Peter W F Wilson, Y Joseph Woo, American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research

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