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Roundtable discussion (CME)| Volume 106, ISSUE 10, P1466-1472, November 15, 2010

The Editor's Roundtable: Hypertension in African Americans and Other Non-Caucasian Ethnic Groups

  • Vincent E. Friedewald
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    Corresponding author: Tel: 512-264-1611; fax: 512-264-8939
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    Associate Editor, The American Journal of Cardiology, Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, and Research Professor, College of Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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  • Shawna D. Nesbitt
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    Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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  • C. Venkata S. Ram
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    Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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  • William C. Roberts
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    Editor-in-Chief, The American Journal of Cardiology, Executive Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, Editor-in-Chief of the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings and Dean, A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.007
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      Footnotes

      This discussion took place on December 18, 2009.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.007

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