Survival rates with coronary artery disease for black women compared with black men

Article Abstract:

Black women who have coronary artery disease (CAD) may have a worse prognosis than black men who have CAD, compared to black men and women who do not have CAD. A study of 1,719 black patients enrolled in the Cook County (IL) Heart Disease Registry found that death rates from heart disease were similar in men and women. Patients were enrolled in the registry if they were referred for coronary angiography, hospitalized for a heart attack or referred for coronary artery bypass grafting. Those referred for coronary angiography were further subdivided by those who had a normal angiogram, that is, no CAD, and those who had CAD. Although death rates in men and women were similar, when men and women with CAD were compared to men and women without CAD, the women had a much worse prognosis. Women with CAD who suffered a heart attack were 10 times more likely to die than women without CAD. Men with CAD who suffered a heart attack were only four times more likely to die than those without CAD.

African Americans, Diseases, Women, Black, Black women

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The prognostic role of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with or without coronary artery disease

Article Abstract:

Patients with or without coronary artery disease who have left ventricular hypertrophy may be less likely to survive than than those who do not have left ventricular hypertrophy. Left ventricular hypertrophy is enlargement of the left ventricle of the heart caused by an increase in tissue bulk. Among 785 patients who underwent coronary arteriography for suspected coronary artery disease and echocardiography, 381 were diagnosed with coronary artery disease and 404 were not. Fifty-one percent of the patients with coronary artery disease and 40% of those without coronary artery disease were suffering from left ventricular hypertrophy. Patients with left ventricular hypertrophy were two to four times more likely to die from any cause than those without left ventricular hypertrophy. This was true even in those who did not have coronary artery disease.

Heart enlargement, Heart hypertrophy

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Self-reported health status and mortality in a multiethnic US cohort

Article Abstract:

Researchers in this study examined the link between self-reported health status and mortality among Native Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, African-Americans, Whites, and Hispanics. Their findings suggest that there is an association between self-reported health status, socioeconomic status, and subsequent mortality. Consequently, their research indicated that self-reported health status is a strong prognostic indicator for subsequent mortality for both genders and racial/ethnic groups.

Health aspects, Research, Surveys, Health surveys, Social status, Ethnic groups

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