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Funding: RLS is funded in part by the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (K24AG054415); NCB is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities K99MD01578; RMC reports grant support from the NIH: R00NR016275, R01HL152021, R01NS123639, and R21 HD103053; PG is supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) grant R03AG056446 and American Heart Association (AHA) grant 18IPA34170185; he reports grant support from AHA grant 20CDA35310455 and NIA grant K76AG064428. MSM reports grant support from NIH R01HL139671-01, R21AG058348, and K24AG036778. MWR reports grant support from NIH R01AG060499, R01HL147862, R01 AG078153, and R01HL151431.
Conflicts of Interest: PG receives personal fees for medicolegal consulting related to heart failure; and has received honoraria from Akcea Inc. and Bionest Inc. MSM reports consulting income from Pfizer, GSK, EIdos, Prothena, Akcea, and Alnylam, and the institution received clinical trial funding from Pfizer, Prothena, Eidos, and Alnylam. All others have no disclosures.
Authorship: All authors contributed to the conception and design of the review, the data interpretation, the manuscript drafting, the critical revision of the manuscript, and approved the final manuscript.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this paper are by members within and outside of the American College of Cardiology Geriatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Team Councils.
