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The Hispanic population will grow to represent nearly one-third of residents in the USA by mid-century. A new AHA Science Advisory paper provides an overview of current evidence on cardiovascular disease in this population, including prevailing risk factors and specific clinical approaches for treatment, and predicts what insights future research might reveal.

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Figure 1: Timeline of the major US epidemiological heart studies that involve different ethnic groups.

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Kaplan, R. An agenda to promote Hispanic cardiovascular health. Nat Rev Cardiol 11, 560–562 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2014.126

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