By V.S. Santoni NASHVILLE, TN — More so than their white counterparts, Black adults are twice as likely to experience hospitalization for heart failure. In the US, heart conditions affect nearly 50 percent of African Americans. An even smaller sample of African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans suffer a rare hereditary genetic mutation that causes transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, or ATTR-CM, which leads to heart failure. To raise awareness in the African American and Afro-Caribbean communities, Bishop Calvin Barlow of SMB Cooperative Ministries, in partnership with Pfizer, held a webinar on Saturday, February 18. Dr. Victoria Elizabeth Thomas and former NBA basketball player…
