Cardiovascular disease in children in Djibouti: A single-centre study

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Massoure, Pierre Laurent ^a   Roche, Nicolas Charles ^a   Lamblin, Gatien ^b   Dehan, Celine ^b   Kaiser, Eric ^a   Fourcade, Laurent ^a  

^a LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hôpital Bouffard Djibouti   (Djibouti)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Congenital heart disease; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Horn of Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DJIBOUTI; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HORN OF AFRICA; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARDIAC SURGERY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HORN OF AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DJIBOUTI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876482630     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.141.2016     Document Type: Article

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