Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHASchool of MedicineTulane University New Orleans, LAUSAHerman A. Taylor, Jr., MD, MPH, FACC, FAHASchool of MedicineCardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of MedicineAtlanta, GAUSACarlos J. Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHASchool of MedicineAlbert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NYUSA

• 1. Overview and Perspectives: Cardiovascular Disease in Racial/Ethnic Minorities in the era of COVID-19.- 2. Introduction to Precision Medicine: Minority Populations and Cardiovascular Health.- 3. Lipoprotein (a): A Cardiovascular Risk Factor affecting Ethnic Minorities.- 4. Emerging Precision Medicine Concepts and Cardiovascular Health in African Americans and Hispanics.- 5. The Implementation Frontier: Impact on Cardiovascular Health in Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations.- 6. Genomic Approaches to Hypertension.- 7. Heart Failure in African Americans and Hispanic Americans; a persistent and disproportionate burden in under-represented minorities.- 8. Heterogeneity, Nativity, and Disaggregation of Cardiovascular Risk and Outcomes in Hispanic Americans.- 9. Cardiovascular Epidemiology in Hispanics/Latinos: Lessons Learned from HCHS/SOL.- 10. Lessons Learned from the Jackson Heart Study.- 11. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in the Hispanic/Latino Population.- 12. Progress inASCVD Risk Assessment in African Americans and Hispanic Americans.- 13. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN MINORITIES - Unique Considerations: Hypertension in African and Hispanic Americans.- 14. Weight Loss, Lifestyle, and Dietary Factors in Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans and Hispanics.- 15. Coronary Calcium Scoring In African American and Hispanic Patients.- 16. Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans.- 17. Cardiac Amyloid Heart Disease in Racial/Ethnic Minorities: Focus on Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy .- 18. Imaging for the Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Minority Populations.