A Collaboration for Improving Outcomes of African Americans with Heart Failure

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议将我们小组的临床和分析能力与杰克逊心脏研究中发达和丰富的临床数据相结合，以解决非裔美国人不成比例地影响心力衰竭和相关疾病的风险因素和决定因素。该项目的总体目标是：(1)建立和促进一个专注于非裔美国人心力衰竭的工作组；(2)了解心力衰竭的病因、发展及其与糖尿病和慢性肾脏疾病的关系；(3)研究心力衰竭和其他主要合并症患者的医疗资源利用特征。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to combine the clinical and analytical capabilities of our group with the well-developed and rich clinical data from the Jackson Heart Study to address the risk factors and determinants of heart failure and related diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans. The overall aims of this project are: (1) to develo and facilitate a working group focused on heart failure in African Americans; (2) to characterize the etiology and development of heart failure and its relation to diabetes and chronic kidney disease; and (3) to characterize healthcare resource utilization among Medicare-eligible participants with heart failure and other major comorbid conditions.