Pattern of congestive heart failure in a Kenyan paediatric population

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 117-120

  Ogeng'o, Julius A ^a   Gatonga, Patrick M ^a   Olabu, Beda O ^a   Nyamweya, Diana K ^a   Ong'era, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Infections; Kenya; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880862042     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2013-015     Document Type: Article

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