Abstract

The Corpus Christi Heart Project is an ongoing population-based surveillance program for hospitalized myocardial infarction (MI) and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in the biethnic community of Nueces County, Texas. In this renewal application, we propose to continue to identify hospitalized MI and CHD mortality as well as angioplasty, and bypass surgery among Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic Whites. We will calculate incidence rates for hospitalized MI, for the use of cardiac revascularization, and rates for post-MI mortality, and for both all cause and CHD mortality in the community. We will also describe trends in these aspects of CHD over an eight year period and determine if ethnic differences exist. The continuation of this successful surveillance program will provide a unique opportunity to contribute to the field of cardiovascular epidemiology.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HL038429-09
Application #
2218836
Study Section
Epidemiology and Disease Control Subcommittee 2 (EDC)
Project Start
1987-04-01
Project End
1997-03-31
Budget Start
1995-04-01
Budget End
1996-03-31
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77225

  Publications

Pandey, D K; Labarthe, D R; Goff, D C et al. (2001) Community-wide coronary heart disease mortality in Mexican Americans equals or exceeds that in non-Hispanic whites: the Corpus Christi Heart Project. Am J Med 110:81-7
Steffen-Batey, L; Nichaman, M Z; Goff Jr, D C et al. (2000) Change in level of physical activity and risk of all-cause mortality or reinfarction: The Corpus Christi Heart Project. Circulation 102:2204-9
Goff Jr, D C; Pandey, D K; Chan, F A et al. (2000) Congestive heart failure in the United States: is there more than meets the I(CD code)? The Corpus Christi Heart Project. Arch Intern Med 160:197-202
Morgenstern, L B; Pandey, D K; Smith, M A et al. (1999) Greater stroke rate during hospitalization for acute heart disease among Mexican Americans than non-Hispanic whites. Neuroepidemiology 18:241-7
Meshack, A F; Goff, D C; Chan, W et al. (1998) Comparison of reported symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in Mexican Americans versus non-Hispanic whites (the Corpus Christi Heart Project). Am J Cardiol 82:1329-32
Goff, D C; Nichaman, M Z; Chan, W et al. (1997) Greater incidence of hospitalized myocardial infarction among Mexican Americans than non-Hispanic whites. The Corpus Christi Heart Project, 1988-1992. Circulation 95:1433-40
Farmer, I P; Meyer, P S; Ramsey, D J et al. (1996) Higher levels of social support predict greater survival following acute myocardial infarction: the Corpus Christi Heart Project. Behav Med 22:59-66
Herholz, H; Goff, D C; Ramsey, D J et al. (1996) Women and Mexican Americans receive fewer cardiovascular drugs following myocardial infarction than men and non-Hispanic whites: the Corpus Christi Heart Project, 1988-1990. J Clin Epidemiol 49:279-87
Goff Jr, D C; Nichaman, M Z; Ramsey, D J et al. (1995) A population-based assessment of the use and effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy. The Corpus Christi Heart Project. Ann Epidemiol 5:171-8
Orlander, P R; Goff, D C; Morrissey, M et al. (1994) The relation of diabetes to the severity of acute myocardial infarction and post-myocardial infarction survival in Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. The Corpus Christi Heart Project. Diabetes 43:897-902

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