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March 25, 2019 SHAPE Doctors Urge People to Consider Coronary Calcium Score Before Stopping Aspirin
Nov. 17, 2018 SHAPE President Welcomes Addition of Coronary Calcium Scanning to New AHA/ACC Heart Disease Prevention Guidelines Calls It “A Long Time Coming”
Sept. 25, 2017 No More Broken Hearts Fundraiser
March 17, 2017 SHAPE Task Force Calls on Cardiologists to Participate in TACT2 CAC Study and Test Potential Life-Saving Effects of Removing Coronary Calcification
November 1, 2016 Artificial Intelligence to Predict Who Will Have a Heart Attack in the Next 12 Months
October 5, 2016 SHAPE Congratulates Dr. MacRae and Team for Winning the $75 Million “One Brave Idea” Award to End Coronary Heart Disease
February 28, 2016 SHAPE Urges to Move from Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient
June 11, 2015 Golf Fore Heart 2014 – Guy P. Fernandez Memorial Golf Tournament – June 11,
August 5, 2015 Six Additional East Texas Medical Center Hospitals Certified as SHAPE Centers of Excellence
October 1, 2015 SHAPE Redoubles Commitment to Eradicate Heart Attacks and Embarks on Fundraising for SHAPE Trial
November 14, 2014 SHAPE Task Force Applauds Recent Urgent Calls to Overhaul CVD Prevention Guidelines
February 03, 2013 Society for Heart Attack Prevention & Eradication (SHAPE) Names Two New Centers of Excellence
April 29, 2013 SHAPE to Conduct Task Force Conference on the Latest Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Science
July 27, 2013 At SHAPE’s Urging, Texas Legislature Designates September 1st as ‘Texas Blood Pressure Day’
August 21, 2013 SHAPE Advisor, Dr. Valentin Fuster Named Editor Of The Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology
September 10, 2013 SHAPE to Conduct Annual Symposium on Primary Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke in Asymptomatic Populations at American Heart Association Meeting
March 17, 2012 SHAPE Task Force Calls for Changing National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) to National Atherosclerosis Education Program
March 26, 2012 The SHAPE II Task Force Meeting –ACC ‘12, Monday March 26, 2012 SHAPE featured on Fox 26 News for National Heart Mont
June 7, 2012 St James becomes first Shape Centre of Excellence in Europe Jay Donnella, Executive Director of SHAPE Radio Interview on 100.7 FM and KKHT.com
June 14, 2012 Golf Fore Heart (Guy P. Fernandez Memorial Tournament) Baltimore, MD
July 26, 2012 SHAPE Recieves Proceeds for Golf Fore Heart 2012 and Congratulations from Congressman Cummings
August 05, 2012 KPFT Interviews SHAPE August 5, 2012
August 08, 2012 SHAPE ANNOUNCES NEW NATIONAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
August 18, 2012 SHAPE presents, “Reds, Whites and the Blues”
August 22, 2012 SHAPE to Conduct Task Force Conference on the Latest Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Science
November 02, 2012 SHAPE II Task Force Meeting Tentative Agenda, Nov. 2, 2012
The SHAPE Guideline: Ahead of Its Time or Just in Time?
February 7, 2011 American Heart Month Stories Leave SHAPE Task Force Both Encouraged and Concerned
February 22, 2011 AHA’s New Guidelines on CVD Prevention in Women Can Result in Massive Overtreatment and Undue “High Risk” Labeling of Many Healthy Women
March 28, 2011 Cedars-Sinai Imaging Center Designated SHAPE Model Center of Excellence
April 26, 2011 Texas Health Outpatient Center Craig Ranch Earns SHAPE Center of Excellence Designation
May 12, 2011 SHAPE’s Heart Attack Eradication Efforts Gain Momentum in Europe
July 12, 2011 SHAPE Golf FORE Heart 2011 Raises $32,000 for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication
September 28, 2011 SHAPE reaches out in support of the Millions Hearts Initiative
November 13, 2011 SHAPE Symposium – AHA 2011 – Speaker Presentations Available
June 14, 2010 SHAPE: “Give a Heart Attack Prevention Test for Father’s Day”
June 10, 2010 The death of K. Dun Gifford, Mediterranean diet advocate
August 09, 2010 SHAPE Task Force II Convenes to Review and Update SHAPE Guideline for Heart Attack Prevention
September 09, 2010 SHAPE Awards SHAPE Provider Certification to 34 Medical Providers

September 10, 2010 Four Sarasota Doctors among 34 to Earn SHAPE Provider Certification
September 20, 2010 Four Sarasota Doctors among 34 to Earn SHAPE Provider Certification
October 04, 2010 Three Clinics Achieve Certification as SHAPE/HeartHealth Centers of Excellence
October 26, 2010 Medical Professionals Increasingly Adopting the SHAPE Guidelines
November 15, 2010 SHAPE Welcomes New ACC/AHA Risk Assessment Guidelines
SHAPE Continues Push to Advance Heart Attack Prevention Guidelines
December 20, 2010 SHAPE Appoints Executive Director
November 17, 2010 SHAPE Statement Reacting to ACCF/AHA Guidelines on Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in
December 23, 2010 SHAPE Offers Free Carotid IMT Certification Workshop
March 9, 2009 Texas Legislature to Hear Heart Attack Preventive Screening Bill on March 10, 2009
March 29, 2009 SHAPE Raises Heart Attack Awareness on CBS Channel 11
April 07, 2009 New Evidence Supporting the SHAPE Screening and Polypill Awareness Campaigns (ACC 2009 Highlights)
May 28, 2009 Preventive Cardiology Experts: Governor Perry Can Save Thousands of Lives, Reduce Healthcare Costs
October 25, 2009 SHAPE and J&J Medical Collaborates to Launch “SHAPE Centers of Excellence”
October 18, 2009 Panasonic Sponsors SHAPE Symposium on Cardiovascular Imaging of Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis Coronary Calcium and Carotid IMT
March 29, 2008 SHAPE Honors Director of the Framingham Heart Study and University of Virginia Professor for Achievements in Heart Attack Prevention
June 08, 2008 SHAPE Applauds Dallas Heart Study Researchers for Independent Confirmation that Screening According to SHAPE Guidelines Detects High Risk Patients Missed by Existing Practices
June 15, 2008 Last Minute Gift Idea for Dad: In Memory of NBC’s Tim Russert, SHAPE Encourages Families to Give Dads a Heart Attack Prevention Test for Father’s Day
June 15, 2008 Guy Fernandez Memorial Golf Tournament in Baltimore, June 25
June 19, 2008 Heart Attack Is Not an Earthquake! It Can Be Predicted, therefore Prevented
October 02, 2007 Controversy over CVD Screening Debated in Op-Ed, Blog and Symposia Heart Attack Eradication Advocates Challenge Critics in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
July 10, 2006 American Journal of Cardiology to Publish the SHAPE Task Force Report: A New Guideline for Screening Apparently Healthy Individuals to Prevent a Heart Attack
Bold new report calls for blanket screening of all “at-risk” men and women using CT and carotid ultrasound
Texas bill, based on SHAPE paradigm, would require insurance coverage for calcium screening and carotid ultrasound
A Recent Analysis of MESA
SHAPE Symposium AHA 2013 Presentations
SHAPE Summit Presentations – AHA 2012 – Los Angeles, CA
Center of Excellence Program Discounted for first 50 sites!
Screening for Vulnerable Plaque: Not Ready for Prime Time
SHAPE Certified Provider programs go International
SHAPE Continues Push to Advance Heart Attack Prevention Guidelines
Asymptomatic Adults
Video Statement Reacting to ACCF/AHA Guidelines on Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Asymptomatic Adults by Dr. Morteza Naghavi

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