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Current Research on Heart Failure in African Americans Clinical research is a critical component to eliminating the health disparities experienced by population groups that are statistical minorities. Our understanding of these differences must increase in order to assure that the rights of all citizens to quality health care are assured. The recently completed African American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT), which was co-sponsored by the Association of Black Cardiologists and NitroMed ® , Inc., is the first-ever African-American heart failure trial and - with more than 1,000 participants - the largest trial conducted solely in the African-American population. Results of this landmark clinical trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine . For additional information on heart failure research, please explore the following links: |