American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is a "national voluntary health agency."

Mission
The missions statement of the AHA is:
 * "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke."

Their current goals are:
 * "Reduce the death rate from coronary heart disease and stroke by 25 percent."
 * "Reduce the prevalence of smoking, high blood cholesterol and physical inactivity by 25 percent."
 * "Reduce the rate of uncontrolled high blood pressure by 25 percent."
 * "Eliminate the growth of obesity and diabetes."

Clinical practice guidelines
The AHA publishes many clinical practice guidelines that are published in scientific journals and linked centrally on the AHA website.