Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 373-378 , June 2008

Race and the Natural History of Chronic Heart Failure: A Propensity-Matched Study

  • Giovanni Gambassi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Syed Abbas Agha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Xuemei Sui, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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  • Clyde W. Yancy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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  • Javed Butler, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Grigorios Giamouzis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
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  • Thomas E. Love, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave South, CH-19, Ste-219, Birmingham AL 35294-2041.

Received 6 December 2007 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 5 February 2008.

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 Dr. Ahmed is supported by the National Institutes of Health through grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (5-R01-HL085561-02 and P50-HL077100), and a generous gift form Ms. Jean B. Morris of Birmingham, AL.

 “The Digitalis Investigation Group (DIG) study was conducted and supported by the NHLBI in collaboration with the DIG Investigators. This article was prepared using a limited access dataset obtained by the NHLBI and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the DIG Study or the NHLBI.”

PII: S1071-9164(08)00063-8

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.02.004

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 373-378 , June 2008