[Tax-chick]

You, your father, and your uncle have what? Anyway, whatever it is, I'm glad you're getting better.

This does not, however, address my question, which was whether, population-wide, a genetic predisposition to heart disease could be proved independent of other factors.

[Moonman62]

We all have heart failure. Blacks do have a higher incidence of hypertension, and that is the number one cause of heart failure so there probably is a genetic component.

Outside of heart failure, there are many diseases that are predominant in certain ethnic groups.

[neverdem]

Bidil was approved by the FDA for treating congestive heart failure in blacks.

Emerging role of pharmacogenomics in heart failure.

Differences in hypertension between blacks and whites: an overview.

Hypertension is high blood pressure.