Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, affecting between 3 and 6
million people in the United States. It is associated with a reduced quality of life and …

Importance Involvement of a cardiologist in the care of adults during a hospitalization for
heart failure (HF) is associated with reduced rates of in-hospital mortality and hospital …

Health care organizations (HCOs) play a pivotal role in reducing health disparities. To
maximize the impact of interventions targeting health disparities, HCOs must address care …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a world-wide health crisis on a scale that has
not been witnessed in modern times. Socio-economic (SE) factors impact every facet of …

Aims Limited data are available that evaluate the efficacy of renin‐angiotensin system
inhibitor (RASI) dose‐reduction in older adults with heart failure with reduced ejection …

Invisible, intractable and deadly—such is the nature of institutional racism. But are there
mitigating actions that society could take against them? Diane Carpenter Emling explores …

Black patients develop heart failure at younger ages and have worse outcomes such as
higher mortality rates compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States …

Background Black patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) have disproportionately
worse outcomes than White patients, possibly related to variable involvement of …

There are significant healthcare disparities in cardiovascular medicine that represent a
challenge for cardiologists and healthcare policy-makers who wish to provide equitable …

Background Heart failure and diabetes are comorbidities that disproportionately contribute
to high morbidity and mortality among Blacks. Further compounding the racial and ethnic …