Heart Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Time for Action

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1688-1693

  Damasceno, Albertino ^a   Cotter, Gad ^b   Dzudie, Anastase ^c   Sliwa, Karen ^d   Mayosi, Bongani M ^e  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH;

EID: 35248870263     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.07.030     Document Type: Editorial

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