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Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women

Expert Panel/Writing Group , Lori Mosca MD, PhD (Chair), Lawrence J. Appel MD, Emelia J. Benjamin MD, Kathy Berra MSN, ANP, Nisha Chandra-Strobos MD, Rosalind P. Fabunmi PhD, Deborah Grady MD, MPH, Constance K. Haan MD, Sharonne N. Hayes MD, Debra R. Judelson MD, Nora L. Keenan PhD, Patrick McBride MD, MPH, Suzanne Oparil MD, Pamela Ouyang MD, Mehmet C. Oz MD, Michael E. Mendelsohn MD, Richard C. Pasternak MD, Vivian W. Pinn MD, Rose Marie Robertson MD, Karin Schenck-Gustafsson MD, PhD, Cathy A. Sila MD, Sidney C. Smith Jr MD, George Sopko MD, MPH, Anne L. Taylor MD, Brian W. Walsh MD, Nanette K. Wenger MD, and Christine L. Williams MD, MPH

Representing the following participating organizations and major cosponsors: the American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology; American College of Nurse Practitioners; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; American College of Physicians; American Medical Women’s Association; Association of Black Cardiologists; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; Office of Research on Women’s Health; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; and World Heart Federation.


Key words: AHA Scientific Statements • prevention • women • cardiovascular diseases • risk factors




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