China Pact Seen Advancing Knowledge of Heart Health

An agreement signed in Washington by the American Heart Association and the People's Republic of China could result in improved knowledge about heart disease that can be shared with health care workers around the world. The agreement provides for training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which ordinary citizens can give to someone having a heart attack. It also provides for exchanges of doctors, public health specialists and scientists to work alongside their counterparts...

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