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Public Health Advocacy Resources

From 2020 to 2021, heart disease in the United States cost $417.9 billion, including the cost of health care services, medicines, and lost productivity due to ill health. 1

In 2023, 919,032 people died from cardiovascular disease, that's one person every 34 seconds, equivalent to one in every three deaths. 1

Use these resources from SCAI to understand the causes of cardiovascular disease, how it can be treated by interventional cardiologists, saving lives and reducing the burden of healthcare costs. 

Protecting Adults and Children Living with CHD

Charting a Path Toward Policies That Put Patients First

In this position statement, SCAI highlights the unique challenges impacting access to and quality of interventional cardiology care for children and adults with congenital heart disease and advocates for policy reform. 

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Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)

Even Athletes Get VTE—When Preventable Blood Clots Become Deadly

Understand the causes of VTE, issues accessing treatment, and how early, minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment from an interventional cardiologist reduces risk, chronic issues, and disability.