Heart Disease Journal Articles

Find additional information about heart disease in these peer-reviewed journal articles authored by CDC researchers.

2022

• Vaughan AS, Coronado F, Casper M, Loustalot F, Wright JS. County-Level Trends in Hypertension-Related Cardiovascular Disease Mortality-United States, 2000 to 2019external icon. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Apr 5;11(7):e024785.
• Jacob V, Reynolds JA, Chattopadhyay SK, Hopkins DP, Therrien NL, Jones CD, et al.; Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). Pharmacist Interventions for Medication Adherence: Community Guide Economic Reviews for Cardiovascular Diseaseexternal icon. Am J Prev Med. 2022;62(3):e202-e222.

2021

• Woodruff RC, Casper M, Loustalot F, Vaughan AS. Unequal Local Progress Towards Healthy People 2020 Objectives for Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease Mortalityexternal icon. Stroke. 2021 Jun;52(6):e229-e232.
• Patel P, Dhindsa D, Eapen DJ, Khera A, Gulati M, Stone NJ, Yancy CW, Rumsfeld JS, Sperling LS. Optimizing the Potential for Telehealth in Cardiovascular Care (In the Era of COVID-19): Time Will Tellexternal icon. Am J Med. 2021 Aug;134(8):945–
• Yang PK, Odom EC, Patel R, Loustalot F, Coleman King S. Nonmedical Marijuana Use and Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Reviewexternal icon. Public Health Rep. 2022 Jan–Feb;137(1):62-71.
• Vaughan AS, George MG, Jackson SL, Schieb L, Casper M. Changing Spatiotemporal Trends in County-Level Heart Failure Death Rates in the United States, 1999 to 2018external icon. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Feb 16;10(4):e018125.
• Vaughan AS, Woodruff RC, Shay CM, Loustalot F, Casper M. Progress Toward Achieving National Targets for Reducing Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Mortality: A County-Level Perspectiveexternal icon. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Feb 16;10(4):e019562.
• Zhang Z, Jackson SL, Martinez E, Gillespie C, Yang Q. Association between ultraprocessed food intake and cardiovascular health in US adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the NHANES 2011-2016external icon. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021;113(2):428-436.
• Sperling, LS, Albert MA, Koppaka R. Disparities in influenza vaccination-opportunity to extend cardiovascular prevention to Millions of Heartsexternal icon. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Jan 1:6(1):11-12.

2020

• Wall HK, Stolp H, Wright JS, Ritchey MD, Thomas RJ, Ades PA, Sperling LS. The Million Hearts Initiative: Catalyzing Utilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Accelerating Implementation of New Care Modelsexternal icon. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2020 Sep;40(5):290–293.
• Ritchey MD, Hannan J, Wall HK, George MG, Sperling LS. Notes from the Field: Characteristics of Million Hearts Hypertension Control Champions, 2012–2019. MMWR. 2020;69:196–197.

2019

• Ritchey MD, Wall HK, George MG, Wright JS. US trends in premature heart disease mortality over the past 50 years: Where do we go from here?external icon[published online ahead of print, 2019 Sep 27]. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2019;S1050-1738(19)30134-3.
• Moonesinghe R, Yang Q, Zhang Z, Khoury MJ. Prevalence and cardiovascular health impact of family history of premature heart disease in the United States: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2014external icon.Journal of the American Heart Association. 2019;8(14):e012364.
• Benjamin, E. J., Muntner, P., Alonso, A., Bittencourt, M. S., Callaway, C. W., Carson, A. P.,… Virani, S. S. (2019). Heart disease and stroke statistics-2019 update: A report from the American Heart Associationexternal icon. Circulation, 139(10), e56-e528.
• Fang J, Luncheon C, Ayala C, Odom E, Loustalot F. Awareness of heart attack symptoms and response among adults—United States, 2008, 2014, and 2017. 2019;68(5):101–6.

2017

• Vaughan AS, Ritchey MD, Hannan J, Kramer MR, Casper M. Widespread recent increases in county-level heart disease mortality across age groupsexternal icon. Ann Epidemiol. 2017;27(12):796–800.
• Jackson SL, Tong X, Yin X, George MG, Ritchey MD. Emergency department, hospital inpatient, and mortality burden of atrial fibrillation in the United States, 2006 to 2014external icon. Am J Cardiol. 2017;120(11): 1966–73.

More Information

• Research and Publications on Heart Disease and Stroke from DHDSP