Performance Measures
ACCF/AHA 2009 Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease) Developed in Collaboration With the American Academy of Family Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Endorsed by the American College of Preventive Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, and Society for Women's Health Research

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This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees in June 2009 and by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in June 2009.

The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited as follows: Redberg RF, Benjamin EJ, Bittner V, Braun LT, Goff DC Jr., Havas S, Labarthe DR, Limacher MC, Lloyd-Jones DM, Mora S, Pearson TA, Radford MJ, Smetana GW, Spertus JA, Swegler EW. ACCF/AHA 2009 performance measures for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease). J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54:1364–405.

This article has been copublished in the September 29, 2009, issue of Circulation.

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American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Representative.

Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Representative.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official positions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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ACCF/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures Liaison.

American College of Physicians Representative.

American Academy of Family Physicians Representative.

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Former Task Force Chair during this writing effort.