Major Artery More Rigid in African-Americans, Which May Explain High Rates of Hypertension and Heart Disease
Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 00:31
in Health & Medicine
African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to the body, than Caucasians and Hispanics, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiologists.