American Heart Association and nonprofit advocacy: past, present, and future. A policy recommendation from the American Heart Association.

Larry B. Goldstein, MD, FAHA, Chair; Laurie P. Whitsel, PhD; Neil Meltzer; Mark Schoeberl; Jill Birnbaum, JD; Sue Nelson; Timothy J. Gardner, MD, FAHA; Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FAHA; Raymond J. Gibbons, MD, FAHA; Ralph L. Sacco, MD, FAHA; Loren Hiratzka, MD, FAHA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative, and Resuscitation, Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, and Interdisciplinary Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology