Health care in the United States has seen many great innovations and successes in the past
decades. However, to this day, the color of a person's skin determines—to a considerable …

It is now well documented that there are profound race-associated disparities among those
who are affected by and die from cardiovascular disease (CVD)[1]. These disparities are …

Research on racial and ethnic disparities is a common and critical area of investigation in
the health sciences. To best understand such disparities, scientific investigation and …

This article provides an overview of the evidence on the ways racism can affect the
disproportionate rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in African Americans. It describes …

This is a comprehensive narrative review of the literature on the current science and
evidence of population-level differences in risk factors for heart disease among different …

Cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the USA, poses a unique and
multilateral burden to racial/ethnic minorities. The admixture of comorbid conditions …

Background In the United States, there are persistent racial and ethnic disparities in
cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. National efforts have focused on reducing …

Social disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) have increasingly engaged the concern
of the biomedical, epidemiological, and public health communities. In this context …

Purpose: To interpret, within a sociological context, evidence of physician bias in the
management and outcomes of coronary heart disease (CHD) treatment for African …

Structural racism has been and remains a fundamental cause of persistent health disparities
in the United States. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the police …