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Essential Features of a Surveillance System to Support the Prevention and Management of Heart Disease and Stroke. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Nursing and the Interdisciplinary Working Groups on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research and Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease

David C. Goff Jr MD, PhD, Lawrence Brass MD, Lynne T. Braun PhD, RN, CNP, Janet B. Croft PhD, Judd D. Flesch , Francis G.R. Fowkes MD, PhD, Yuling Hong MD, PhD, Virginia Howard MSPH, Sara Huston PhD, Stephen F. Jencks MD, MPH, Russell Luepker MD, MS, Teri Manolio MD, PhD, Christopher O’Donnell MD, MPH, Rose Marie Robertson MD, Wayne Rosamond PhD, John Rumsfeld MD, PhD, Stephen Sidney MD, MPH, and Zhi Jie Zheng MD, PhD

Key words: AHA Scientific Statement • heart disease • stroke • peripheral vascular disease

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