title: ALOHA to women's heart disease.
abstract: This article describes the American Heart Association, ALOHA program. ALOHA is a multidisciplinary approach to helping lay people and clinicians determine the best course of action for managing cardiac risk factors in women. ALOHA, an acronym that stands for designated interventions based on individualized assessment of patients, along with the Framingham risk assessment calculator, allows health care providers with their patients to individualize treatment for heart disease and management of risk factors.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent's Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL 32204, USA. Kbravo1@comcast.net
authors.forename: Kimberly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Bravo
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health