Colleagues,
the current edition of Circulation has the theme of HEALTH DISPARITIES.
Some good stuff here:
Circulation -- Table of Contents Alert
15 March 2005; Vol. 111, No. 10
URL: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/vol111/issue10/?etoc
The Cardiovascular State of the Union: Confronting Healthcare Disparities
Robert O. Bonow, Augustus O. Grant, and Alice K. Jacobs
Circulation 2005;111 1205-1207
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/1205?etoc
Fighting Unequal Treatment: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a
Quality-Improvement Approach to Disparities
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Minna Jung
Circulation 2005;111 1208-1209
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/1208?etoc
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Cardiovascular Surgery
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Patient and Hospital Differences Underlying Racial Variation in Outcomes
After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Suma H. Konety, Mary S. Vaughan Sarrazin, and Gary E. Rosenthal
Circulation 2005;111 1210-1216
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1210?etoc
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Coronary Heart Disease
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Influence of Race on Death and Ischemic Complications in Patients With
Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Despite Modern, Protocol-Guided
Treatment
Marc S. Sabatine, Gavin J. Blake, Mark H. Drazner, David A. Morrow,
Benjamin M. Scirica, Sabina A. Murphy, Carolyn H. McCabe, William S.
Weintraub, C. Michael Gibson, and Christopher P. Cannon
Circulation 2005;111 1217-1224
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1217?etoc
Racial Variations in Treatment and Outcomes of Black and White Patients
With High-Risk Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From
CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients
Suppress
Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines?)
Ali F. Sonel, Chester B. Good, Jyotsna Mulgund, Matthew T. Roe, W.
Brian Gibler, Sidney C. Smith, Jr, Mauricio G. Cohen, Charles V.
Pollack, Jr, E. Magnus Ohman, Eric D. Peterson for the CRUSADE
Investigators
Circulation 2005;111 1225-1232
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1225?etoc
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Epidemiology
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State of Disparities in Cardiovascular Health in the United States
George A. Mensah, Ali H. Mokdad, Earl S. Ford, Kurt J. Greenlund, and
Janet B. Croft
Circulation 2005;111 1233-1241
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1233?etoc
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin and the Free Androgen Index Are Related to
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Multiethnic Premenopausal and
Perimenopausal
Women Enrolled in the Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN)
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Rachel P. Wildman, Karen A. Matthews, Claudia
Chae, Bill L. Lasley, Sarah Brockwell, Richard C. Pasternak, Donald
Lloyd-Jones, Mary Fran Sowers, Javier I. Torrens for the SWAN
Investigators
Circulation 2005;111 1242-1249
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1242?etoc
Racial Misclassification and Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Among
American Indians and Alaska Natives
Dorothy A. Rhoades
Circulation 2005;111 1250-1256
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1250?etoc
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Health Services and Outcomes Research
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Racial Profiling: The Unintended Consequences of Coronary Artery Bypass
Graft Report Cards
Rachel M. Werner, David A. Asch, and Daniel Polsky
Circulation 2005;111 1257-1263
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1257?etoc
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Perspectives of Cardiologists
Nicole Lurie, Allen Fremont, Arvind K. Jain, Stephanie L. Taylor,
Rebecca McLaughlin, Eric Peterson, B. Waine Kong, and T. Bruce
Ferguson, Jr
Circulation 2005;111 1264-1269
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1264?etoc
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Heart Failure
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Race and Renal Impairment in Heart Failure: Mortality in Blacks Versus
Whites
Grace L. Smith, Michael G. Shlipak, Edward P. Havranek, Frederick A.
Masoudi, William M. McClellan, JoAnne M. Foody, Saif S. Rathore, and
Harlan M. Krumholz
Circulation 2005;111 1270-1277
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1270?etoc
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Hypertension
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General Practitioners' Approach to Hypertension in Urban Pakistan:
Disturbing Trends in Practice
Tazeen H. Jafar, Saleem Jessani, Fahim H. Jafary, Mohammad Ishaq,
Raza
Orkazai, Sarwar Orkazai, Andrew S. Levey, and Nish Chaturvedi
Circulation 2005;111 1278-1283
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1278?etoc
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Interventional Cardiology
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Influence of Racial Disparities in Procedure Use on Functional Status
Outcomes Among Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Padma Kaul, Barbara L. Lytle, John A. Spertus, Elizabeth R. DeLong,
and Eric D. Peterson
Circulation 2005;111 1284-1290
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1284?etoc
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Pediatric Cardiology
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Children in South Asia Have Higher Body Mass-Adjusted Blood Pressure
Levels
Than White Children in the United States: A Comparative Study
Tazeen H. Jafar, Muhammad Islam, Neil Poulter, Juanita Hatcher,
Christopher H. Schmid, Andrew S. Levey, and Nish Chaturvedi
Circulation 2005;111 1291-1297
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1291?etoc
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Preventive Cardiology
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Impact of a Community-Based Multiple Risk Factor Intervention on
Cardiovascular Risk in Black Families With a History of Premature Coronary
Disease
Diane M. Becker, Lisa R. Yanek, Wallace R. Johnson, Jr, Diane
Garrett,
Taryn F. Moy, Stasia Stott Reynolds, Roger S. Blumenthal, Dhananjay
Vaidya, and Lewis C. Becker
Circulation 2005;111 1298-1304
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1298?etoc
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Stroke
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American Heart Association and American Stroke Association National Survey
of Stroke Risk Awareness Among Women
Anjanette Ferris, Rose Marie Robertson, Rosalind Fabunmi, and Lori
Mosca
Circulation 2005;111 1321-1326
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1321?etoc
Ischemic Stroke Subtype Incidence Among Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics: The
Northern Manhattan Study
Halina White, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Cuiling Wang, Mitchell S.V.
Elkind, Tanja Rundek, Clinton B. Wright, and Ralph L. Sacco
Circulation 2005;111 1327-1331
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1327?etoc
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Valvular Heart Disease
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Relationship Between Race and Mortality and Morbidity After Valve
Replacement Surgery
Nyali E. Taylor, Sean O'Brien, Fred H. Edwards, Eric D. Peterson, and
Charles R. Bridges
Circulation 2005;111 1305-1312
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1305?etoc
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Vascular Medicine
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Ethnic Differences in Coronary Calcification: The Multi-Ethnic Study of
Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Diane E. Bild, Robert Detrano, Do Peterson, Alan Guerci, Kiang Liu,
Eyal Shahar, Pamela Ouyang, Sharon Jackson, and Mohammed F. Saad
Circulation 2005;111 1313-1320
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1313?etoc
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Special Reports
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Eliminating Disparities in Cardiovascular Health: Six Strategic
Imperatives
and a Framework for Action
George A. Mensah
Circulation 2005;111 1332-1336
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/10/1332?etoc
Clinical Trial Registration: A Statement From the International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors
Catherine De Angelis, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Frank A. Frizelle, Charlotte
Haug, John Hoey, Richard Horton, Sheldon Kotzin, Christine Laine, Ana
Marusic, A. John P.M. Overbeke, Torben V. Schroeder, Hal C. Sox, and
Martin B. Van Der Weyden
Circulation 2005;111 1337-1338
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/1337?etoc
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AHA Conference Proceedings
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Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease: Minority Health
Summit 2003: Report of the Basic Science Writing Group
Ivor J. Benjamin, Donna K. Arnett, and Joseph Loscalzo
Circulation 2005;111 e120-e123
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/e120?etoc
Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease: Minority Health
Summit 2003: Report of the Outcomes Writing Group
Emelia J. Benjamin, Mariell Jessup, John M. Flack, Harlan M.
Krumholz,
Kiang Liu, Vinay M. Nadkarni, Dorothy A. Rhoades, Beatriz L.
Rodriguez, Rosalyn P. Scott, Malcolm P. Taylor, Eric J. Velazquez,
and
Marilyn A. Winkleby
Circulation 2005;111 e124-e133
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/e124?etoc
Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease: Minority Health
Summit 2003: Report of the Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Hypertension
Writing Group
Sidney C. Smith, Jr, Luther T. Clark, Richard S. Cooper, Stephen R.
Daniels, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Elizabeth Ofili, Miguel A. Quinones,
Eduardo J. Sanchez, Elijah Saunders, and Susan D. Tiukinhoy
Circulation 2005;111 e134-e139
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/e134?etoc
Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease: Minority Health
Summit 2003: Report of the Advocacy Writing Group
Antronette K. Yancey, Robert G. Robinson, Robert K. Ross, Reginald
Washington, Heather R. Goodell, Norma J. Goodwin, Elisabeth R.
Benjamin, Rosa G. Langie, James M. Galloway, L. Natalie Carroll, B.
Waine Kong, Christopher J.W.B. Leggett, Richard Allen Williams, and
Michael J. Wong
Circulation 2005;111 e140-e149
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/e140?etoc
Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease: Minority Health
Summit 2003: Executive Summary
Clyde W. Yancy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Rosalind P. Fabunmi, and Robert
O.
Bonow
Circulation 2005;111 1339-1349
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/10/1339?etoc
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