Report of the NHLBI Working Group on Research in Coronary Heart Disease in Blacks.
CirculationPublished 1 October 1994Open access
Claude Lenfant
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The Working Group on Coronary Heart Disease in Blacks was charged to review the state of knowledge over the past 5 years; explore the pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie CHD in blacks; identify opportunities for development and assessment of new and improved approaches for clinical interventions and preventive and educational measures; and develop a specific plan for NHLBI support of research on CHDIn blacks during the next several years.
Abstract
D espite impressive progress over the past several decades, diseases of the heart remain the leading cause of death for US men and women, and coronary heart disease (CHD) accounts for the largest share of deaths within that category.CHD is particularly important in blacks due to the higher prevalence of major CHD risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and left ventricular hypertrophy.Recent technological advances in the basic sciences provided unprecedented opportunities for new re- search to elucidate the pathogenesis of CHD in blacks, to improve management and treatment, and, ulti- mately, to develop effective preventive strategies.To identify these new opportunities and chart a course for future research efforts, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) convened the Working Group on Coronary Heart Disease in Blacks in 1992.Comprising national experts in basic, clinical, population-based, behavior, and prevention research, the Working Group was charged to review the state of knowledge over the past 5 years; explore the pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie CHD in blacks; identify opportunities for development and assessment of new and improved approaches for clin- ical interventions and preventive and educational measures; and develop a specific plan, including sci- entific priorities, for NHLBI support of research on CHD in blacks during the next several years.The summary that follows was prepared by the Working Group to highlight its overall findings.Re-
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