title: The Stroke Council of the American Heart Association. The early years.
abstract: An account of the origin, within the American Heart Association, of a council devoted to vascular disease of the central nervous system, with particular attention to the context in which that occurred, is presented in this article. The forces of a service-charitable organization, political action, medical practice in general, and interested, strong-witted citizens provided the stimuli for the development of the Stroke Council.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 55905, USA.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Siekert
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association / Q000266:history*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States