Data in a Vacuum? The Desperate Need for a Paradigm Shift to Prevent Heart Failure in Black Americans
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- DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021048
Data in a Vacuum? The Desperate Need for a Paradigm Shift to Prevent Heart Failure in Black Americans
Keywords: Editorials; health disparities; heart failure; race and ethnicity; risk factors/global assessment; socioeconomic position heart failure.
Conflict of interest statement
Dr Morris has received research grants from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (National Institutes of Health R03 HL146874), the Woodruff Foundation, and the Association of Black Cardiologists. Dr Okoh has no disclosures to report.
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Epidemiology of Heart Failure Stages in Middle-Aged Black People in the Community: Prevalence and Prognosis in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 May 4;10(9):e016524. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016524. Epub 2021 Apr 21. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021. PMID: 33880930 Free PMC article.
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