Gender differences in clinical characteristics and outcome of acute heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: results of the THESUS-HF study

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 481-490

  Ogah, Okechukwu S ^a,b   Davison, Beth A ^c   Sliwa, Karen ^b,d   Mayosi, Bongani M ^e   Damasceno, Albertino ^f   Sani, Mahmoud U ^g   Mondo, Charles ^h   Dzudie, Anastase ⁱ   Ojji, Dike B ^j   Kouam, Charles ⁱ   Suliman, Ahmed ^k   Schrueder, Neshaad ^e   Yonga, Gerald ^l   Ba, Sergine Abdou ^m   Maru, Fikru ^m   Alemayehu, Bekele ⁿ   Edwards, Christopher ^c   Cotter, Gad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Momentum Research Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^g AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^h UGANDA HEART INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

ⁱ DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

^k UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^l AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^m Faculte de medecine de Dakar   (Nigeria)

ⁿ Addis Cardiac Hospital   (Ethiopia)

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Author keywords

Africa; Gender; Heart failure; Sex

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84929947241     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-015-0810-y     Document Type: Article

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