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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

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2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

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Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Cardiovascular Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association

In congenital heart diseases, SDoHs can affect major outcomes, as well. In the setting of arrhythmias, specific SDoHs can increase the incidence of atrial fibrillation and adversely affect major outcomes in these patients.

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CircRNA-mediated regulation of cardiovascular disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) encompass a range of disorders affecting the heart and blood vessels, such as coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (e.g., stroke), peripheral arterial disease, congenital heart anomalies, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.