What The Study Did: Researchers in this observational study looked at how race was associated with difference in symptoms, access to care, genetic testing and clinical outcomes among 2,467 patients (8.3% black and 91.7% white) with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, which can make it harder to pump blood.
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Authors: Neal K. Lakdawala, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2019.4638)
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