American Heart Association

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The American Heart Association (AHA), based in Dallas, is an American non-profit organization that deals with the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the AHA is to reduce health impairments and deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke .

history

The association was founded in 1924 by a group of cardiologists in New York. The association emerged from an earlier initiative ("Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease"), which had been founded by doctors and social workers to do something about the lack of awareness of heart disease.

organization

The AHA has 12 offices in the United States and Puerto Rico and is divided into 7 divisions:

  • Office of Chief Executive Officer
  • Advocacy
  • Corporate operations
  • Field Operations and Development
  • Healthcare Markets
  • Science Operations
  • Technology and Customer Strategies

activities

The AHA organizes numerous congresses and annual meetings , including a. the so-called AHA Scientific Sessions every year. In addition, she publishes several world-renowned medical journals (e.g. Circulation , Circulation Research and Stroke ).

Web links

This text is based in whole or in part on the American Heart Association entry in Flexikon , a wiki from DocCheck . The takeover took place on April 26, 2006 under the then valid GNU license for free documentation .