PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Clark, Luther T. AU - Emerole, Obinnaya TI - Coronary heart disease in African Americans: primary and secondary prevention DP - 1995 Sep 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 285--292 VI - 62 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/5/285.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/5/285.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1995 Sep 01; 62 AB - SUMMARY Coronary heart disease develops sooner in African Americans than in whites and causes a higher rate of mortality. Because multiple risk factors and risk factor clustering are common, efforts at primary and secondary prevention in this population need to address the total risk-factor profile.