AHA CEO: Driving breakthroughs
AHA CEO describes how to continue to deliver on the AHA mission during its second century.
Nancy Brown, AHA CEO, welcomed everyone to yesterday’s Presidential Session with a message 100 years in the making.
"Since our founding in 1924, deaths from cardiovascular diseases have been cut in half. And yet, there are still so many lives to be saved,” she said. “By driving breakthroughs in science, policy and care, together, we can continue to deliver on this mission in powerful new ways during our second century.”
Brown underscored last year’s AHA success in defining cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, saying that, over the next four years, the association will engage an initial 150 hospitals and sites to advance guidelines for CKM care, with plans to expand to the nearly 2,900 Get With The Guidelines hospitals nationwide, which will impact 89 million patients in the U.S. who are at risk for, or living with, CKM syndrome.
Brown also pointed to the game-changing impact of GLP-1 agonists for diabetes, cardiovascular outcomes and weight management, pointing to the AHA’s Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study that will examine individuals living with overweight or obesity, to improve understanding of the causes and treatments of the conditions.
