Etiology and characteristics of congestive heart failure in blacks

The American Journal of Cardiology
J MathewR Garg

Abstract

In this study of 301 black patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), systemic hypertension is the most common cause of CHF and is the primary etiology of CHF in 61%. Left ventricular hypertrophy is highly prevalent and is seen in 63% of the patients who had an echocardiogram.

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