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UNC McAllister Heart Institute member Monte Willis, MD, is a co-author of a scientific statement from the American Heart Association regarding the burden of heart disease among African Americans. Heart disease is the leading killer of all Americans, but in African Americans, heart disease develops earlier, and deaths from heart disease are higher than in Caucasian Americans.

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Monte Willis, MD, PhD, has co-authored a scientific statement from the American Heart Association about heart disease among African Americans.