Ideal Cardiovascular Health

Is ideal cardiovascular health attainable?

" But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. " ——Robert Frost, " Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening " I n 2000, the American Heart Association (AHA) embarked on an ambitious goal-setting process that ultimately targeted a 25% reduction in risk and death due to coronary heart disease by 2010. This was an audacious, perhaps even dream-like, goal...

Editorial Disparities in Ideal Cardiovascular Health

In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) declared 2020 health strategy goals to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20% and to improve the cardiovascular health (CVH) of all Americans by 20%.1 The latter goal is aimed at helping everyone living in the United States to achieve, or at least move toward, ideal CVH by focusing on 7 key health behaviors and risk factors—smok...

Ideal cardiovascular health and incident hypertension

Ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) has been defined by the American Heart Association as the absence of disease and presence of 7 key health factors. Since it is unknown whether cumulative exposure to CVH reduces the risk of developing arterial hypertension, we prospectively examined the potential association between cumulative CVH (cumCVH) score (except for blood pressure metrics) and incident ...

Ideal Cardiovascular Health, Cardiovascular Remodeling, and Heart Failure in Blacks

Blacks have a disproportionately higher risk and earlier onset of heart failure (HF) and cardiovascular mortality, relative to the overall American population. A prime contributor to this racial disparity is a higher prevalence and earlier onset of cardiometabolic disease, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and physical inactivity. Professional guidelines reinforcing ideal card...

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