TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Heart Failure in Minorities A1 - Willis, Shannon A1 - Capers IV, Quinn A1 - Baliga, R. R. A1 - Breathett, Khadijah A2 - Baliga, R. R. A2 - Abraham, William T. PY - 2018 T2 - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Heart Failure AB - Ms. Jones is a 64-year-old African American woman with a history of hypertension (HTN), type 2 diabetes mellitus, and remote tobacco usage who works as a teller at a bank. She presents with complaints of increased dyspnea on exertion after walking 25 feet. She has noticed bilateral lower extremity edema and has been sleeping in a recliner on the first floor of her home rather than in her bed on the second floor for the past month because of shortness of breath when climbing stairs. Should the diagnosis of heart failure (HF) and management be based upon the patient’s race and ethnicity? SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/05 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161016333 ER -