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Volume 31, Number 5 September/October 2005 ABC Hurricane Relief Fund (p. 10) The Healthy Georgia Diabetes and Obesity Initiative (p. 11) Effectiveness of Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) Investigators in Recruiting Patients for Clinical Trials (p. 19) Clinician Update: Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis (p. 34) THE ABC DIGEST OF URBAN CARDIOLOGY A Publication of the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. Dedicated to Equity in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Treatment 4 ABC DIGEST OF URBAN CARDIOLOGY September/October 2005 OUR EDITORIAL MISSION The

ABC Digest of Urban Cardiology, published bimonthly, is an official publication of the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. (ABC). The ABC is a non-profit organization of health professionals dedicated to the reduction of cardiovascular and related diseases, especially in minority populations, wherein lies a burden of excessive morbidity and mortality. This publication is provided as an educational service to all health professionals who share this dedication. The mission of this publication is to assist such clinicians to deliver the best of care to patients with cardiovascular and related diseases and to do so in a culturally competent and demographically appropriate manner. We do so by providing—in a compact, easily comprehensive journalistic style—up-to-date information of immediate applicability to the unique clinical setting of urban medicine. This information consists of: • Original, evidence-based, clinical and research main articles (including CME self-assessment). • “Tidbits”—a regular column of useful clinical knowledge gleaned from recent clinical research trials and other information drawn from the medical literature. • “Developments”—a regular column covering newsworthy recent events such as new drug and device market introductions, new controversies in medicine, new trends in health care, new scientific insights, and new demographic, economic, and governmental activity affecting the...

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