Helping patients understand the warning signs for heart attack and stroke is imperative for improved patient outcomes.
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Components are available to download individually or together as the whole section.
For Patients
- Warning Signs for Heart Attack and Stroke
- Resources for Patients
For Providers
- Resources for Healthcare Professionals (also available below)
Resources for Healthcare Professionals
General CVD Information and Resources
- Life’s Essential 8™: AHA Presidential Advisory on Cardiovascular Health, American Heart Association
- An enhanced approach to assessing cardiovascular health, with 8 metrics each with a scoring algorithm to help HCPs assess, monitor, and help reduce cardiovascular risk
Women’s Heart Health
- Healthy Heart, Healthy Pregnancies: American Hospital Association
- Fact sheet for HCPs on heart conditions in pregnancy: prevalence, risk factors, disparate impacts, adverse affects
Communicating About CVD and Reducing Risk
- Behavior Counseling Interventions for CVD Prevention: US Preventive Services
- Recommendations for, and related resources, for behavior counseling for CVD Prevention
- Heart Disease Communication Toolkit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tools and resources for helping patients understand heart disease and related conditions, treatments, and ways to reduce risk
Heart Failure
- Heart Failure Guideline for Management: American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Failure Society of America
- Heart Failure Performance and Quality Measures (2024 Update): American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
Lifestyle Medicine
Supported by independent educational grants from Merck & Co, Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
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September 2, 2025
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Understanding Your Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke Fact Sheet
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