Rationale and design of the Pan-African sudden cardiac death survey: The Pan-African SCD study

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 176-184

  Bonny, Aimé ^a,b   Ngantcha, Marcus ^c   Amougou, Sylvie Ndongo ^d   Kane, Adama ^e   Marrakchi, Sonia ^f   Okello, Emmy ^g   Taty, Georges ^h   Gehani, Abdulrrazzak ⁱ   Diakite, Mamadou ^j   Talle, Mohammed A ^k   Lambiase, Pier D ^l   Houenassi, Martin ^m   Chin, Ashley ⁿ   Otieno, Harun ^o   Temu, Gloria ^p   Owusu, Isaac Koffi ^q   Karaye, Kamilu M ^r   Awad, Abdalla A M ^s   Winkel, Bo Gregers ^t   Priori, Silvia G ^u,v  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE ROUBAIX   (France)

^c Universitaire de Yaoundé ^*  (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^e Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^f ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^g MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^h Centre Hospitalier Général de Port Gentil   (Gabon)

ⁱ Heart Hospital HMC   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^j Hôpital Général de Bamako   (Mali)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire   (Benin)

ⁿ Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private Academic Hospital   (South Africa)

^o AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^p KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^q Department of Cardiology University Teaching Hospital of Accra   (Ghana)

^r AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^s Khartoum Oncology Hospital   (Sudan)

^t University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^u IRCCS   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVOR; AFRICA; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908461366     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: 16800745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2014-035     Document Type: Article

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