All Articles tagged heart disease

• Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
  January 10, 2024 EDT
  Progress in Stroke Prevention and the North Carolina Stroke System of Care
  Anna Bess Brown

  The Stroke Advisory Council and its partners created the NC Stroke System of Care, an online repository of strategies and resources, to prevent rising rates of stroke in our state.

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• Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
  January 10, 2024 EDT
  Advancing Cardiovascular Risk Assessment with Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Implications in North Carolina
  Katherine M. ConnersChristy L. AveryFaisal F. Syed

  Artificial intelligence (AI) can repurpose the widely available electrocardiogram (ECG) for enhanced assessment of cardiac dysfunction.

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• Policy Forum: Invited Commentaries & Sidebars
  January 10, 2024 EDT
  Adverse Childhood Experiences and Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Implications for North Carolina and the Need for an Upstream Approach
  Adam Hege

  Adverse childhood experiences have a negative impact on people across the lifespan, including poorer health outcomes, including heart disease. There is a need to study the linkages between the two.

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• Policy Forum: Issue Brief
  January 09, 2024 EDT
  The Persistent Three: Combating Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke in North Carolina
  Melanie PhelpsGoldie Smith ByrdRuben Mesa

  Significant advances in science and medicine have not been adequate to dethrone heart disease, cancer, and stroke from their positions as three of the top killers of North Carolinians.

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