<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lederman, Lynne</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Winter, Jobst</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Even Small Improvements in Control of Hypertension May Improve Cardiac Function in Afro-Caribbean Individuals</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013-10-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15-15</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Most hypertension guidelines are based on randomized studies that enrolled few black patients. In the Caribbean, treatment of hypertension is important especially in black patients, who suffer from higher rates of hypertension-associated morbidity and mortality (eg, diastolic dysfunction, heart failure, renal disease) than non-black patients. This article discusses successful pilot studies of a primarily black patient population using a database developed over a decade.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume></record></records></xml>