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Ralph L. Sacco

Researcher at American Heart Association

Publications -  39
Citations -  7535

Ralph L. Sacco is an academic researcher from American Heart Association. The author has contributed to research in topics: Global health & Stroke. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 39 publications receiving 6519 citations. Previous affiliations of Ralph L. Sacco include University of Florida & National Institutes of Health.

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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, +736 more
- 05 Dec 2015 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.
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Our Time: A Call to Save Preventable Death From Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Disease and Stroke)

TL;DR: Recognizing the profound mismatch between the need for investment in the prevention and control of CVD at the global and national level and the actual resources allocated, the international CVD community joined the NCD community to call for a United Nations High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases in September 2011.
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The Heart of 25 by 25: Achieving the Goal of Reducing Global and Regional Premature Deaths From Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke: A Modeling Study From the American Heart Association and World Heart Federation.

TL;DR: The Global Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce, comprising the World Heart Federation, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology Foundation, European Heart Network, and European Society of cardiology, with expanded representation from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, along with global cardiovascular disease experts, disseminates information and approaches to reach the United Nations 2025 targets as discussed by the authors.