According to the CDC, more than 28 million Americans are living with heart disease, the leading killer of both men and women in the country. While individuals can lower their risk for heart disease through healthy diet and exercise, medical innovation might drastically reduce the scourge of heart disease in the United States. But, where is the national urgency in addressing this crisis?
What are the demographic, economic and medical barriers to reducing heart disease? How can technology, like biometric monitoring and genetic testing, promise tangible results in improving heart health? What’s the heart health moonshot for the decade ahead? And what can individual cardiologists do to spark change in their own hospitals or practices?
The Atlantic assembled the leading voices on heart health in Orlando, FL for an Atlantic Exchange that questioned the status quo and looked toward the future of this critical field.
John Gordon Harold, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
Ajay Kirtane, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Jennifer Robinson, Director, Preventive Intervention Center, College of Public Health and Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa
Donnette Smith, President, Mended Hearts
With Olga Khazan, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
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This event is not part of ACC.18, as planned by its Program Committee, and does not qualify for continuing medical education (CME), continuing nursing education (CNE) or continuing education (CE) credit.
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