Racial disparities in cardiovascular disease are unjust, systematic, and preventable. Social
determinants are a primary cause of health disparities, and these include factors such as …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for white and black Americans.
Despite the presence of therapies that improve survival and quality of life in cardiac patients …

Reports of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care are pervasive and can be
striking, but they rarely come as news to anyone because of their ubiquity. From the …

Black Americans have substantially higher rates of cardiovascular mortality than other racial
and ethnic groups in the United States, and they have experienced much less improvement …

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Significant racial/ethnic disparities have been documented in cardiovascular care. Although
health care quality is improving for many Americans, differences in clinical outcomes have …

Racial and ethnic disparities in health have been well described, with data showing that
minority Americans suffer disproportionately from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma …

Eliminating health disparities is one of two overarching goals of Healthy People 2010.
Although the causes of health disparities are complex, they appear to be related, in part, to …

Racism and racial bias influence the lives and cardiovascular health of minority individuals.
The fact that minority groups tend to have a higher burden of cardiovascular disease risk …

Background—Despite extensive documentation of racial and ethnic disparities in care,
provider awareness of disparities has been thought to be low. To be effective, educational …