The clinical consequences and challenges of hypertension in urban-dwelling black Africans: Insights from the Heart of Soweto Study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Stewart, Simon ^a,b   Libhaber, Elena ^a   Carrington, Melinda ^a,b   Damasceno, Albertino ^c   Abbasi, Haroon ^b   Hansen, Craig ^d   Wilkinson, David ^d   Sliwa, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiological transition; Heart failure; Hypertension; Hypertensive heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THORAX PAIN; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650840371     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.05.061     Document Type: Article

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