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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common inherited heart disease and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in …
An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the body's largest artery that can rupture and kill within minutes, …
Most swollen feet and ankles come from harmless causes: too much salt, heat, long hours standing, or a …
Black patients are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AFib) less often than White patients, even though they carry more …
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Black women, who develop it younger and die from …
Black adults have nearly twice the stroke risk of White adults, have strokes at younger ages, and are …
Black adults develop high blood pressure younger, respond differently to the two most common drug classes, and carry …
Black Americans develop heart failure at a median age of 39, and in the landmark CARDIA cohort 26 …
Salt sensitivity means your blood pressure rises more than average when you eat sodium. It is more common …
High cholesterol raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, and heart disease is the leading cause of …
Black adults are about twice as likely to develop peripheral artery disease and far more likely to lose …
A mini-stroke, or TIA, is a brief stroke that stops on its own. The symptoms fade, but the …
Black Americans get deep vein clots and lung clots more often than white Americans and die from them …
Chronic venous insufficiency is common and badly under-treated, and in Black patients it is often caught late, after …
Roughly 3 to 4 percent of Black Americans carry a transthyretin gene variant called V122I that can stiffen …
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lungs, and it is a medical emergency. Black Americans …
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