The American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines program.

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  • Lynn A Smaha
چکیده

Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) is a hospital-based quality improvement initiative created by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association (ASA) to improve the care of patients with cardiac diseases and stroke. It supports the AHA mission to reduce death and disability due to cardiovascular diseases and stroke. It is evidence-based and founded on the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and is designed to help health care providers consistently treat patients in accordance with these accepted guidelines.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • American heart journal

دوره 148 5 Suppl  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004