1. Practical Strategies to Reduce HF Hospitalizations in African American Patients

3. Learning Objectives

4. Case 76-Year-Old AA Woman

5. Case (cont) 76-Year-Old AA Woman

6. Framingham Heart Study Lifetime Risk for CHF

7. HF in African Americans

8. IMPROVE-HF: Adherence to GDMT Use in Real World Practices

9. Adherence to I/H Use in AA Patients

10. A-HeFT: FDC of I/H in AAs With HF Study Design

12. A-HeFT Efficacy and Safety

14. A-HeFT Influence of BP on Effectiveness of FDC I/H

15. Repeat HF Hospitalizations Predict Mortality

17. GRAHF: A-HeFT Genetic Substudy NOS3 Polymorphisms

18. GRAHF FDC I/H Treatment Effect by GNB3 Genotypes

19. GNB3 T825C Polymorphism

20. Distribution of GNB3 Genotypes by Race GRAHF and GRACE

21. GRAHF Baseline Characteristics by GNB3 Genotype

22. Case: 76-Year Old AA Woman Treatment With FDC I/H

23. Abbreviations

24. Abbreviations (cont)

25. Abbreviations (cont)

26. References

27. References (cont)

28. References (cont)

29. References (cont)