Quality of Care

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Science News

Pediatric Primary Hypertension: An Underrecognized Condition
Supervised Exercise Training for Chronic Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Anesthetic Care of the Pregnant Patient With Cardiovascular Disease
Ideal Foundational Requirements for Stroke Program Development and Growth
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2023 Update

Journals

Ketones and the Heart: Metabolic Principles and Therapeutic Implications
Identifying Reasons for Statin Nonuse in Patients With Diabetes Using Deep Learning of Electronic Health Records
Angina After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Patient and Procedural Predictors
Trends in Disparities in Advanced Neuroimaging Utilization in Acute Stroke: A Population-Based Study
April 2023 Stroke Highlights

Continuing Education

Audience members listen to a presentation during Scientific Sessions 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Mark your calendar

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The QCOR Council provides a forum for a multidisciplinary group of volunteers committed to making a substantial contribution to reducing the burden of heart disease and stroke through improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes. Members gain insight on how to provide effective, safe, timely, equitable, efficient, and patient-centered care.


The CVSN Council accelerates the discovery, interpretation, and application of science to enhance cardiovascular health and treat cardiovascular diseases and stroke. The council helps develop scientific statements and advisories, guide professional education activities, provide scientific expertise, conduct research, translate findings, and promote evidence-based practices in clinical settings.


The CLCD Council supports AHA objectives in clinical cardiology, promotes excellent clinical care, and fosters professional development and education for clinical cardiologists. Through council-sponsored symposia, panels, and scientific conferences, members can access and interpret new developments in the field and promote clinical cardiology to professional and lay audiences.


#QCOR21 at Sessions Program Highlights

Program Chair Umesh N. Khot, MD and Vice Chair Emily O'Brien, PhD highlight some of the main events they have planned for the meeting this year, with a focus on early career science and the ways quality of life and outcomes research is evolving in response to the COVID pandemic and emerging mhealth technologies.

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