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Article: Heart disease: the no. 1 killer of Blacks.
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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FOR years, Shirley Lytle considered herself the picture of health. She was a healthy nonsmoking professional who ran up to 4 miles three days a week, and practiced healthy eating habits.
Then one day, the unthinkable happened. Her doctor told her that she had coronary heart disease and that she could die of a heart attack if she didn't undergo bypass surgery immediately. She was just 31 years old.
The Phoenix resident, now 43, had a successful operation, but for the rest of her life she will have to contend with coronary heart disease, a condition she inherited from the maternal side of the family.
Shirley Lytle is not alone. Nearly 4 in every ...