Forgotten cardiovascular diseases in Africa

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Sliwa, Karen ^a   Mocumbi, Ana Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Instituto do Coracao Maputo   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiovascular disease; Endomyocardial fibrosis; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Submitral aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CATHEPSIN D; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID THERAPY; SUBVALVULAR ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77950861130     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-009-0094-1     Document Type: Review

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