Bookedited by Keith C. Ferdinand and Annemarie Armani.
Contents:
Cardiovascular disease in racial/ethnic minorities: overview and perspectives
Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors among racial/ethnic populations
Unmasking racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease: nutritional, socioeconomic, cultural, and health-care-related contributions
Race and genetics
Race, genetics and cardiovascular disease
Hypertension and stroke in racial/ethnic groups
Dyslipidemia in racial/ethnic groups
Novel & emerging risk factors in racial/ethnic groups
Weight loss interventions to control blood pressure in an increasingly overweight, multi-ethnic society
Obesity and the cardiometabolic syndrome: impact on chronic kidney disease and CVD
Risk calculation and clustering within racial/ethnic groups
Cardiovascular imaging in racial/ethinc populations: implications for the adequate application of cardiovascular imaging techniques guided by racial/ethnical risk factor variations
Unique aspects of vascular and cardiac ultrasound in racial/ethnical groups
Heart failure in racial/ethnic group
Minority women and cardiovascular disease.