Health Literacy and Cardiovascular Disease: Fundamental Relevance to Primary and Secondary Prevention

Circulation. 2018;138:e48–e74. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000579 e48 Jared W. Magnani, MD, MSc, FAHA, Chair Mahasin S. Mujahid, PhD, MS, FAHA Herbert D. Aronow, MD, MPH Crystal W. Cené, MD, MPH, FAHA Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD, RN, FAHA Edward Havranek, MD, FAHA Lewis B. Morgenstern, MD, FAHA Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, MD, MS, MPH Amy Pollak, MD Joshua Z. Willey, MD, FAHA On behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease; Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research; and Stroke Council

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