Ideal Cardiovascular Health, Cardiovascular Remodeling, and Heart Failure in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study [Original Article]

Conclusions—
Cardiovascular risk factors in midlife (specifically elevated blood pressure, physical inactivity, smoking, and poor glucose control) are associated with incident HF in blacks and represent targets for intensified HF prevention.

Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - February 15, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Spahillari, A., Talegawkar, S., Correa, A., Carr, J. J., Terry, J. G., Lima, J., Freedman, J. E., Das, S., Kociol, R., de Ferranti, S., Mohebali, D., Mwasongwe, S., Tucker, K. L., Murthy, V. L., Shah, R. V. Tags: Epidemiology, Obesity, Computerized Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Original Article Source Type: research