Contemporary profile of acute heart failure in Southern Nigeria: Data from the abeokuta heart failure clinical registry

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 250-259

  Ogah, Okechukwu S ^a,b   Stewart, Simon ^c   Falase, Ayodele O ^a   Akinyemi, Joshua O ^d   Adegbite, Gail D ^e   Alabi, Albert A ^e   Ajani, Akinlolu A ^f   Adesina, Julius O ^f   Durodola, Amina ^f   Sliwa, Karen ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e Sacred Heart Hospital   (Nigeria)

^f FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Clinical registry; Health outcomes; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEST INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUDDEN DEATH; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URBAN POPULATION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ACUTE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEART FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84901691686     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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