This team ensures that day-to-day operations align with strategic goals and support business efficacy. Key responsibilities often include process optimization, reporting, vendor and account management, committees management, and supporting internal teams
What is business operations?
This major artery carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What is the aorta?
This condition, often called the "silent Killer," can damage your heart without symptoms
What is hypertension / high blood pressure?
This 2010 hit from Christina Perri warns a former lover not to come back after breaking her heart
What is Jar of Hearts?
This football player on the Buffalo Bills made national news after experiencing commotion carditis during a game in January 2022, and has since become an advocate for the importance of trainers being CPR certified and having an AED on hand at all times
Who is Damar Hamlin?
This team is the front line of contact for our NCDR registry and Accreditation participants to submit general or clinical questions and report technical issues.
What is NCDR/Accreditation Customer Support
The heart has four chambers: two atria and two of these.
What are ventricles?
Quitting this habit reduces your risk of heart disease almost immediately
What is smoking?
This 2014 single from Selena Gomez is a statement that love follows it’s own rules & we can’t control who / what we love
What is the Heart Wants What it Wants?
This comedian, known for her role in films like A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, and her own talk show that ran from 1996-2002, has become an advocate for women's heart health after waiting until the next day to visit the ER while experiencing a heart attack because she was not aware that's what symptoms she was experiencing
Who is Rosie O'Donnell?
This team oversees the initial approval of research project and post approval studies
What is NCDR Research?
This thin layer lines the inside of the heart chambers and covers the valves.
What is the endocardium?
A heart attack occurs when this type of blood vessel is blocked
What is a coronary artery?
This 1981 duet by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty asks someone to quit pulling this vital organ around.
What is Stop Dragging my Heart Around?
This iconic figure, known for hits like 'Woman in Love' (1980) and 'The Way We Were' (1974) co-founded the Women’s Heart Alliance to fight heart disease in women and advocate for better diagnosis and treatment
Who is Barbara Streisand?
This specialized tissue in the right atrium acts as the heart’s natural pacemaker.
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
High levels of this waxy substance in your blood can increase your risk of heart disease
What is cholesterol?
This 2011 hit by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine compares love to music, saying “my heart’s a stereo.”
What is Stereo Hearts?
This lawyer, journalist and TV personality came into the spotlight as one of the first co-hosts of the view and currently serves as the host for 'Divorce Court'. Since undergoing open heart surgery in 2010, she has become a vocal advocate for heart health and created a campaign which encourages women to take the pledge to talk to their mother or the women in their life about heart health
Who is Star Jones?
This small depression in the interatrial septum is a remnant of the fetal foramen ovale.
What is the fossa ovalis?
Managing this emotional state through meditation or relaxation techniques can help your heart
What is stress?
This 1993 grunge hit by Nirvana has a title that sounds like a Valentine’s Day gift.
What is Heart Shaped Box?
This famous American Olympic snowboarder, who holds the record for most Olympic gold medals of all time for a snowboarder, was born with a congenital heart defect and is vocal about the importance of regularly scheduled checkups, especially with history of heart issues
Who is Shaun White?