The American Heart Association is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular disease and stroke. It publishes widely used guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention, basic life support and advanced cardiac life support, and is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas, after being originally formed in Chicago in 1924.
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The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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Originally formed in Chicago in 1924, the American Heart Association is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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June 10, 1924
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The American Heart Association (AHA)
History, 1924-1980s
formed the Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease
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The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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What does the American Heart Association do?
It funds cardiovascular research and educates the public to reduce death and disability from heart disease and stroke.
It is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Where was the American Heart Association formed, and where is it based now?
Formed in Chicago in 1924, it is now headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
It was originally formed in Chicago in 1924 and is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It publishes widely used guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention, basic life support and advanced cardiac life support.
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