Cardiovascular heart disease mortality in African Americans is the
highest of all major racial/ethnic subpopulations in the United States.
Examining race and ethnicity, Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and
Ethnic Minorities will reveal that there are unacceptable healthcare
disparities in risk factor prevalence, disease states, and
cardiovascular outcomes in the United States. Written by a team of
experts, Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities examines
to what degree biomedical and scientific literature can clarify the
impact of genetic variation versus environment as related to
cardiovascular disease. Chapters illustrate the magnitude of
cardiovascular and metabolic disparities and the effect of environment
on diseases.