Heart failure in Africa: Continuity or change?

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1223-1224

  Bukhman, Gene ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TANZANIA; TOBACCO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEART FAILURE;

ANEMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84904607934     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305936     Document Type: Editorial

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