Recent advances in the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of endomyocardial fibrosis in Africa

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1481-1487

  Mocumbi, Ana Olga H ^a   Falase, Ayodele O ^b  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENDER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART SURGERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; MEDICAL CARE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84884587797     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303193     Document Type: Article

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