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Published: July 28, 2025

15 regions chosen for groundbreaking effort to reduce cardiovascular disease

American Heart Association invites health care organizations to connect across disciplines to care for people with conditions that lead to heart disease and stroke

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News Release | Comunicado de prensa (July 28, 2025)

The regions selected for the initiative include states, cities and metro areas. The graphic is a U.S. map highlighting the selected cities in black and states in red.

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American Heart Association’s Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health Initiative™.

News Release | Comunicado de prensa (July 28, 2025)

The regions selected for the initiative include states, cities and metro areas. The graphic is a U.S. map highlighting the selected cities in black and states in red.

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Heart disease is the Number 1 killer in the United States.

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Heart disease is the Number 1 killer in the United States.

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Chiadi Ndumele, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S., FAHA

Chiadi Ndumele, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S., FAHA, is an associate professor of medicine and director of obesity and cardiometabolic research in the division of cardiology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

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