Cardiovascular Diseases

Patient Brochures and Clinician Fact Sheets

Partnership for Health: The Veterans Administration (VA), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

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The Veterans Administration partnered with AHRQ to create patient brochures and fact sheets for health care providers that explain the USPSTF recommendations for several cardiovascular diseases.

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Patient Brochures

Talk With Your Health Care Provider About...

• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Taking Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attacks (Men)
• Taking Aspirin to Prevent Strokes (Women)

Health Care Provider Fact Sheets

• Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Screening for Coronary Heart Disease
• Screening for Vascular Disease
• Using Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Current as of June 2009

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Internet Citation:

Cardiovascular Diseases: Patient Brochures and Clinician Fact Sheets. June 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cvd/

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