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Two articles in this issue of the Journal deal with the treatment of heart failure in white and black patients. One, concerning carvedilol, reports that the benefit of this beta-blocker is similar in nonblacks and blacks with chronic heart failure.¹ The other contends that enalapril, an angiotensin-converting–enzyme inhibitor, is more effective in whites than in blacks with left ventricular dysfunction.² The authors of both articles refer to "race," "racial groups," "racial differences," and "ethnic background" but offer no plausible biologic justification for making such distinctions. In a nod to the quandary faced by anyone who tries to explain the complex . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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