The burden of heart failure in Africa

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 829-831

  Cotter, Gad ^d   Cotter Davison, Beth ^a   Ogah, Okechukwu S ^b,c  

^a Momentum Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRALAZINE; NITRATE;

AFRICA; CARDIOLOGIST; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84881004755     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft073     Document Type: Editorial

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