A simplified echocardiographic strategy for heart failure diagnosis and management within an integrated noncommunicable disease clinic at district hospital level for sub-saharan africa

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-236

  Kwan, Gene F ^a,b   Bukhman, Alice K ^a   Miller, Ann C ^c   Ngoga, Gedeon ^d   Mucumbitsi, Joseph ^e   Bavuma, Charlotte ^d,f,g   Dusabeyezu, Symaque ^g   Rich, Michael L ^a,h   Mutabazi, Francis ^g   Mutumbira, Cadet ^g   Ngiruwera, Jean Paul ^g   Amoroso, Cheryl ^d,h   Ball, Ellen ^h   Fraser, Hamish S ^a,c,h   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^a,c,h   Farmer, Paul ^a,c,h   Rusingiza, Emmanuel ^d,f,g   Bukhman, Gene ^a,c,g,h,i  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Inshuti Mu Buzima ^*  (Rwanda)

^e KING FAISAL HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^f Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^g Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^h PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Epidemiology; Global health; Health policy; Hypertensive heart disease; noncommunicable disease; rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NURSE; PATIENT CODING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DECISION TREES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; RWANDA;

EID: 84878623558     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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