Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C. Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology Director, Clinical Research Center Associate Dean of Clinical Research Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia Advances in Heart Attack Prevention and Treatment: Are Women and African Americans Reaping the Benefits? Gnat Lines News Briefing, Lake Blackshear Gnat Lines News Briefing, Lake Blackshear Resort, Cordele GA. Resort, Cordele GA. Feb Feb 20, 2006 20, 2006
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Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology
Director, Clinical Research Center
Associate Dean of Clinical Research
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology
Director, Clinical Research Center
Associate Dean of Clinical Research
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Advances in Heart Attack Prevention and Treatment: Are Women and African Americans Reaping the Benefits?
Gnat Lines News Briefing, Lake Blackshear Resort, Cordele GA. Gnat Lines News Briefing, Lake Blackshear Resort, Cordele GA. Feb 20, 2006Feb 20, 2006
CVD Mortality Trends for Males and Females: US 1979–2002
* Number of deaths are rounded to the nearest thousand. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women. 2003.
Cause of Death
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400,000 Heart Disease 366,000
BreastCancer42,000
COPD62,000
LungCancer65,000
Stroke103,000
National American Heart Association SurveyWomen’s Awareness 2003: Perceived Leading
Cause of Death by Ethnic Group
Mosca L et al. Circulation 2004; 109:573-9.
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The Facts• Heart disease has been the top killer
of women for nearly 100 years
• It kills 65,000 more women than men each year
• It kills more women under 45 than any other disease– From 1989 to 1996 sudden cardiac
death climbed 31% among women age 15 to 34
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Days Since Baseline Visit DateFixed-dose I/H 518 463 407 359 313 251 13
Regulatory burdenRegulatory burden Practice limitationPractice limitationFragmented infrastructureFragmented infrastructure Lack of fundingLack of fundingIncompatible databasesIncompatible databasesLack of qualified investigatorsLack of qualified investigators
“Lost” in Translation
Basic BiomedicalBasic BiomedicalResearchResearch
ImprovedImprovedHealthHealth
Clinical ScienceClinical Science++
KnowledgeKnowledge
Translation ofTranslation ofNew Knowledge New Knowledge
Into ClinicalInto ClinicalPractice + HealthPractice + HealthDecision MakingDecision Making